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no sand, and only large rocks, no gravel type stuff.

I have an aqua tech dual carbon filter. The parts that are supposed to spin no longer do. The water still passes through, though. I tried cleaning the parts where they lay inside in hopes that would help, but no luck. Is it imperative that those things spin if the water is still being filtered...

using a dual carbon filter. Aqua-tech

checked my tap water for nitrates and they are 0. But won't my tap water hurt my fish also because the water is off the charts hard, and the pH is above 8, and alkalinity 275?

are the RO systems strictly tied into plumbing or is there such a thing as one that works on it's own? I do water changes weekly, only about 10-15% because of the lack of options of water to put back in. I do not have the money to keep purchasing distilled water at this time. Yes, I do weekly...

ammonia .2 nitrate 100 nitrite 0 hardness 300 alkalinity 280 ph 8.2 running a dual carbon filter

I have a 55 gallon with mollies and plattys. The fish are doing well right now but a couple weeks ago I had a couple die. I just cannot seem to get my water conditions right. The biggest problem is HIGH PH, high hardness, and high alkalinity. I know the solution is to do lots of water changes...

Hello all, I have a 55 gallon with some platties, mollys, swordtails, and a pleco. It was doing very well, but then I had a baby and hadn't vaccummed the tank for a couple months because of being in the hospital and then getting used to my newborn! The fish seemed alright, but then a few days...