I have backed off on feeding. I will check the well water ph in the am. I may be guilty of pressing on before a full cycling was reached. Should I be adding bacteria still? I did start with some water and four small sponges from a friends established ap tank, added more bacteria and waited 3 weeks before introducing fish. My amm/n3/n4 levels were borderline acceptable, then. Ph was low 7s consistently, then. I will also nuke, peel, crumble some eggshells into a nylon stocking to hang in a GB water outlet to bring ph down. Ph of 8.7 sure cant help things and waiting for it to self heal is dumb. Thanks for the nudge