i was think that yesterday when i tested the runoff again because the water was really brown, but the color it turned before was bright red. its a little easier with the strips because it also shows alkalinity and the color of water doesnt affect it as much as the pool test tubes. saturday it was back to normal though around 6.8. i need to post some pics but my camera is broke, but they seem to be doing much better since i repotted them on saturday into bigger pots. i also soaked the roots in a vitamin b complex, even though i read an article from a botanist that says there no scientific evidence of the b vitmins helping roots. two days later theyve shown good growth from where they were so either the bigger pots or the vitamins helped them out, or both. i wish i had some pictures of how they looked before saturday then after, but theres a big difference.