Well! I'm figuring out real fast about planted tanks with hands on. I moved things around a few weeks ago. I change out my pad and clean my canister every 4wks. If not sooner. I do a 50-60% water change every wk. I try to do it on the same day. But, sometimes get busy. Anyhow... I pulled my canister apart and found my polishing pad black. I didn't realize I've stirred up the tank as much as I did when I was planting some plants in different spots. Planted tank is still very new to me. So learning a lot as I go. Did a lot of research on planted tanks. But this is something I never came across, so I just wanted to tell y'all what I've done and hope some learn before hand. I cleaned up my canister, changed my pad, did a 60% water change. I always vacuum the bottom. Even though i have eco complete my Molly's, and pleco make a mess, and it's not fully planted yet. Think my one Molly I said that has ich, has fungus, not ich. It's hard to tell with white fish. But she's in a 10g now, with salt. I got a better look at her after putting her in the 10g. After I already had it set up with salt treatment. I'll change that out tomorrow. Get the salt out and get some meds in there for her. I'll be cleaning my hoses to the canister as soon as I can. Ok. The upside of all this is my plants look pretty good after the water change. I dosed with potassium today everything is so colorful and the yellow leaves i had turned back to green. Another busy day. I'll diffently be more careful with my planted tanks now. Another lesson learned.