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I also drastically reduced feeding, so I have not been overfeeding and I do 50% water change every Wednesday. They featherfins are more active but cichlids are less active. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

What are all the white specks/particles in my tank, I can not get rid of them, I used carbon, I am currently trying polyfilter, but no improvement. Someone said diatoms, but have no clear answer on how to get rid of them, cut my lighting to half the time and seems like it is no improvement, if...

Looking a lot better, but make sure never clean anything with tap water only with the tank water being changed. Cause the tap water has chlorine and chloramines, even if undetectable by tests. This killed your beneficial bacteria kn filter, so you had to basically do a mini recycle on your tank...

So that instead of removing them everyday with a water change, your beneficial bacteria can still utilize them and recolonize. But still do weekly water change, unless it gets too bad, then do it twice a week to control while recycling. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Every 18-36 hours you should use seachem prime to detoxify your ammonia nitrites and nitrates. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Also the hardness may be too high for the danios I think. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I doubt it just due to the aggression of cichlids from that lake, especially if mbuna. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Yeah, only thing you can do is prime every day and a half as per your tank size plus water changes till your media gets recycled to before holiday. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

This stuff is spreading, I guess it is brown algae growing on these rocks, really bad on small one, just starting to show on large rock. What can I do to get rid of it, or is it okay to keep and possibly beneficial? Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Did you cycle your tank ever? If so, than yes do another water change at maybe 30% and get in the substrate good. What filters or filter do you use? Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Yes, will not hurt. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

If you use this, please let me know how well you think it works and what improvements you see it has made and can you drink it personally not just use for fish tank water. If you use with your fish, what steps and products do you use in order remineralize and bring up or lower your pH to the...

What are these darker spots on this limestone, just did a water change and found this stuff on one of my rocks, is this algae or what? Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

No, I have aragonite caribsea beans but from Petco yes. Was gonna get the Petco sand for my sons tiger barb and clown loach tank I am cycling now but I guess I should get something else based on that comment, any suggestions for that would be great. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice...

Thanks, just making sure. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

It is continually dissolving I think, but not 100% that this is the cause, but this rock doesn't lower pH correct? It s was sold to me as a no affect and if any as a buffer or possibly sight pH raiser. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Guy at LFS says that it is limestone, but not sure just wondering if anyone else knows what it is. If it is limestone is that little particles I have in my water coming from that breaking down. The water is always crystal clear except for these little specs that I am assuming is dissolving off...

Got answer, it is detritus that is just building up in the sand bed and when I move the sand it gets into filter floss. I just need to do a thorough clean of sandbed in a day or two cause I just did a water change today. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Its bad, a quick suck won't make a difference. I just did a water change today too 50%. So I'll get it next time, I think it is just building up in the sandbed. I usually just hover the siphon over the aragonite, but gonna get in there next time to make sure I get a good bit. Sent from my Z970...

K thanks that's what I figured, and it is bad so I guess I'll have to change or at least clean out my filter floss every day or so until it is under control. That is probably why my nitrates stay about 20-40 except the first day or so after water change. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice...

This is coming off my filter floss, so I am guessing that this is organic waste and is not beneficial bacteria because it is settling to the bottom of my at the moment test tank/ cycling/soon to be son's room tank lol. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Every time I do anything to my filter, I get this large amount of what looks like dust that disperses over my while tank, is this just beneficial bacteria being pushed out and than sucked back into the filter? It always clears back up for the most part, there will still be a small amount left...

Yeah, I never leave my water out, I put it right in my 5 gallon bucket with prime and make sure that the water is relatively the same temp then pour it in the tank. Glad you figured it out though. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Yeah I just gotta get some more rocks to attach to, but what should I use to attach the annubias, I have heard suoerglue as long as 100% cyanoacrylate and then thread or fishing line, until the roots attach naturally to rock. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Thanks I'll get some of that next time I stop at store then and see how they like it. Sent from my Z970 using Aquarium Advice mobile app