sorry guys, it has been a while, so i did a mega water change with the tank water flowing out while new clean water was flowing in, my ammonia was at 4 so now i have it at 0, and its been that way for about a week now, unfortunately a lot of my fish have died due to the gar but now its at a manageable rate, the sandy bottom looks amazing, and my fish are doing great, i think i finally have it all good