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The Eheim filter is rated for I think 90g and the tank is 46g. No sand involved just ceramic pellets.

Yeah thanks, I thought after 3 years I'd stop making rookie mistakes. I guess not.. Again live and learn. :ssmile:

Please tell me more about silicates do I need more or less of them? Where does is come from. All the stone work is slate and I'm using the eco substarate. I get that algae thrives in light but so do...

Yeah after a bout with brown beard algae I stripped down the tank and really did not give it the care it needed. Thanks again for all the advice.

Live and learn I guess. I'll save out a big bucket of tank water next time. Usually I take a long hose and empty into the street. Then I attach another long hose and run it to the end of the house...

Yeah I did rinse the ceramic media in tap water because it was ignored and almost all sludge. I would guess that the remaining water in the tank would be more important to the cycling than a few cups...

:sconfused:Yes it's a mystery. Zero on amonia nitrates nitrites and 6.6 PH
Aquarium has been established 3 years. Was not temperature shock because they kept dying 2 days after the change. Hmmm...

I change out half the water from the 46 G tank. I called my store and they said my dissolved solids may be too low and to add aquarium salt. I did and half an hour later the fish stopped dying and...

Adding a power head that oxygenates just on general principles. Filter recently had an impeller replaced before that the water was terrible. Progress is being made and the fish looked happy last...

:22: Changed too much water two weeks ago. Have not vacuumed the substait for a while but I stired it up a lot when I put in some plants yesterday. Three of the fish I thought died were just hiding....

No I didn't QT them but they were also hanging near the surface. Also my Trapdoor snails were at the top too. All the normal tests came out good. Zero anything and 6.6 PH which may be a bit low. I...

Thanks for all the help earlier with my Eheim canister filter.
I introduced 9 new small fish to the tank yesterday and found 3 of the new fish dead plus another neon tetra from before dead this...

Yup I have a world class fish store ten miles away. And I'm in love with the sales girl who worked like a slave to find the right impeller and installed it. Then she tested it and it worked fine. I...

Well it almost worked. I took the hatch off the inside of the top and pulled out the impeller. There are three fins on it and two are broken off and one looks bad. Off to my fish store to get a new...

Thanks!!!! I'll try this tonight. thumbs2:

My Eheim Cannister filter is actinig up. When I cleaned it last night it made a racket and did not pump. It is supposed to be self priming but it would not pump. When I disconneted the top and...

Well the Mopani chunk is out of the tank now and decorating a pot with a big Banana plant in it. The peat filter media is the big question but I guess Eheim wouldn't sell it if it turned your tank...

I could go with the Python but all my faucets have weird spigots. Designer spigots that are square and one with a sprayer.

I did a 60% water change and the brown water went away. I hope that's the end of it. :ssmile:

That's about the best pic I can get but another one turned up this morning and I'm convinced it's some kind of egg sac. Lots of short tendrils are coming from the roughly round egg.

I know I have the siphon type and spent a lot of money on a battery vac that does not work so well. It just bugs me that I may need to get another gizmo.

After doing a 60% water change the gravel...

Picture is sideways but here it is.

Underwater Freaking Object that is.

What is this thing that turned up when I changed my water tonight?
It looks like a semi transparent small pea with a white yolk surrounded by little spikes...

Thanks, you guys are fast and kind. :ssmile:

Can I just stir up the substrate and let the gunk go into the filter? I had a gravel vac that you pump up and down until a syphon starts but it seems to have stopped working. Plugged up?

One...