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I started to hear some nice from my fluval 306 and then found some leaking. I checked the main seal and it looked fine. It seems I am leaking in two places which is strange to happen at the same time. Any suggestions or buy a new one. It's about a year old Thanks

Does anyone have a recommendation on adding a smaller micron filter bag to the eheim vac? It seems like almost everything I vacuum just filters through the plastic filter it comes with. I tried to use filter floss but it becomes messy to clean. Any suggestions with links please?

So this is a comparison of two new packets and the two old ones that I left in bleach for 2 weeks, then in seachem safe, then seachem neutral regulator They never turned close to what they were before, and actually seen smaller in size also. Oh well, all 4 going into te fx6

Usually it turns completely back to normal, but this batch just didn't after a week in beech. I had a top on it, not sure if that makes a difference. Going to reuse it anyway and see what happens.

I just tried to restore my purigen and it looks like it is still brown. This is relatively new purigen, and this is the first time I tried to regenerate it. Any suggestions?

I still haven't setup the sterilizer and I am still pretty clear. I bought an inline pump and a sterilizer to setup separately. Do you have yours attached to a filter ? What's your setup?

So just an update for everyone that helped. I saw my clown knife make a big move against the sand, and it made a huge cloud . I was thinking that the sand was just full of waste Over the last year I have been vacuuming the top of the sand, it never really cleaned it like gravel (I was told...

I could put him in a extra 10g I have for a week or so to see if it makes a difference. See if my son notices him missing

I now only have three canisters 2x 306 fluval and one fx6. They are all cleaning within 2 weeks. I tried to get rid of the pleco. My 5 yo will not let me :)

If the uv light does not work, I'll remove the sand.

Thanks for the reply I will be setting up a inline uv light today. I think that should help if it's algae.

The sand has been in for a while, but wouldn't that clear up by now anyway ?

Sand , just plain old aquarium sand that is supposed to have no effect on ph etc. Thanks for the reply

I will try to give as much info as possible, but if you need more please let me know. I have a 125g freshwater tank that has been running for about 1 year. I recently noted the water to be cloudy. At the time I was running 2x fluval 306 loaded with MarineHD biomedia, a sunsun 404b with 2 l...

Thanks for all the replys. I am going to try several plants. This weekend I got some bamboo and another plant and so far so good. They uprooted the plants, so I used some brown thread and tired the bottom to some drift wood.

Any plant recommended for American cichlids and Arowana?

I have a reducer pad in one of my filters, doesn't seem to do much. Looks like I have a little ammonia. In the filters I list below I have a total of 2 liters of matrix and 1 gallon of Marine pure biomedia I have a 125g tank, 2 x fluval 306, 1 x sunsun 402b, 2x sunsun 302b Water is crystal...

Does anyone know a good nitrate remover besides my weekly water changes? Anyone try the cobolt resins or trying the ammonia reducers to slow the whole process? This is one week after a 70% change. Yes I am overstocked, but not that much

Got the Eheim and it is perfect for this use. I don't think it would be close to strong enough to do any significant cleaning but for spot cleaning it is good. Hopefully this will lower my nitrates. I am currently doing weekly 70% changes to keep it down..

Thanks. I went with the Eheim. That is exactly what I was looking for.

I have a 125 g freshwater tank, and even after a good cleaning, and vacuuming up the sand, u occasionally get these pockets of garbage on the bottom. Does anyone have a good way to clean this without a while big deal and water change ie a vacuum that is electric and doesn't need to be hooked...

Anyone?

That doesn't look like black beard algea to me. That being said, when I spray black beard algea with hydrogen peroxide, it turns purple when it dies. I would take the wood out, spray with hydrogen peroxide (get a clean spray bottle and use regular over the counter peroxide), and see if it...

I have a 125g cichlid tank and am using two sun sun WaveMakers that I bought off ebay. They have been working fine for about a year now.

If you need more flow and not the filtration, get the sun sun and a cheap WaveMaker. I have two cheap sunsun WaveMakers and don't seem to have any issues.