My mead has achieved a SG of 0.992 in 14 days, and i need some help with it.

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Uniique

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Hello, this is my second batch of my homebrewing hobby and this is my recipe
Oct 15 Traditional batch 2 (2L)
honey - 570 ml/1022g
water - 1500 ml
Yeast - Mangrove jack MO5 ~2.5g
initial gravity - 1.100
week 2 - 0.992
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So I was the guy who posted My mead stopped bubbling after day 5 and there is no activity inside currently and I studied a lot and I tried another batch and my main focus was setting the temperature right because I thought that was the main reason that my first batch for so messed up ( i got soo many off flavors (fusels?) because of fermenting at 35 C)

So this time, I fermented this carboy inside a vessel of cold water (Temp ranges were from 6C - 29C and i changed waters when it reached 29+C)
this resulted in my carboy staying around 15C+ to >31C (it took around 8 hrs for my mead to go from the lowest and highest temp mentioned)
because of this fermentation happened very slowly and i was able to see activity inside till day 10.

Here is where I need help with

So as there was a constant change in temperatures I am worried if it could have produced stuff other than just alcohol (ethanols,fusels, etc) because I am surprised that I was able to achieve this SG by just regulating the temperature a lot (because i thought temp was the main reason my 1st batch messed up)

and also I have another question, even after 14 days in the primary with an SG of 0.992, but I do not yet see any clarity (my first batch was also very blurry)
so guys, what are your thoughts on this? did I do everything right or should I look out for something?
 
I wouldn't worry about other stuff other than alcohol having been produced, I can't think of anything that would impact the sg. I had one hit 0.97 before.
Regarding clarity- mead, wines and ciders can take a long amount of time to settle out. I usually leave alone for at least a month to let things settle out after the first transfer from primary to secondary before I think about racking off the lees.
 
I looks like a lot has dropped to the bottom. With a small size like yours, you can put in into a refrigerator and the cold crashing will help some of the items to drop out to the bottom.

I've had a few cases with unfiltered honey where I needed to use some kind of fining agent to get it to clear. For now, I would say to cold crash it and see how much it clears.
 
I looks like a lot has dropped to the bottom. With a small size like yours, you can put in into a refrigerator and the cold crashing will help some of the items to drop out to the bottom.

I've had a few cases with unfiltered honey where I needed to use some kind of fining agent to get it to clear. For now, I would say to cold crash it and see how much it clears.
yeah unfiltered honey makes sense, cuz i sourced mine from the mountains in the diff part of my state and it is straight out of the honeycomb
 

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