Quote Originally Posted by pairadocs
thank you for making me feel even more clueless.

It was shock, as the bag name I wrote says. I needed to shock as directed by all other posters, and it worked, as evidenced by my overnight change from brown to aquamarine, a more hospitable color.
Paiardocs, I was trying to help you; I certainly wasn't trying to offend you or make you feel clueless.

There are many kinds of "shock" and some of them, as Waterbear has explained, could make your situation worse. I'm glad it didn't (yet) in your particular case.