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I set up a new Fluval 106 canister filter today but I'm worried that something is wrong with it because of the loud(ish) humming noise that it makes. I've read reviews saying that they should be silent but you can hear this one from a couple of metres away. Any thoughts? Sent from my iPad...

I set up a 22 litre tank (for shrimp) yesterday. It just crossed my mind that I could use the Purigen pack (100ml - 3 months old) from my other tank as a quick source of beneficial bacteria whilst I cycle the new one. Would this work? (I don't want to take the foam or the ceramic rings out...

My new Fluval Edge 46l has finished cycling (fishless) and I have started stocking it with cardinal tetras. I wanted 5 but the assistant in my lfs said I should only take 3 to start with. How can I tell when it will be ok to add more? Do I just keep up the water tests and check that ammonia...

At the beginning of my fishless cycle (2 weeks ago) I put half a dozen plants in the tank. No snails from these. 3 days ago I added some more and last night the snails started appearing. About a dozen were in there this morning and they seem to be surviving the nitrite spike. I've read a lot...

I'm in the middle of cycling my first tank and have had trouble with some of the plants - some of their leaves are starting to go yellow/brown. In particular the Cryptocoryne x willisii. The assistant in my lfs said that my substrate (proflora start under grey sand) is ok but the light in the...