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Just a quick one. I have a canister filter (a cheap asian version Kandige Brand) and it has 4 media baskets and came with a white sponge like filter pad in the top basket, next is ceramic noodles, next is loose carbon pieces and in the last basket was some gravel like stuff. My question is, I...

Hi guys, yes I have washed the driftwood thoroughly before using it in the tank, as with everything I put in there. I am not sure if I can attach photos here but here are a couple of close ups of my artificial rock background (latex), and you can clearly see the olive-green/brown dust like...

Hi and thanks. I have done water changes, about 20% each week. I cleaned the filter today, I wasnt sure if I should have, so I just rinsed the filter pads in tank water and didnt clean the bio balls etc, they looked clean anyway. I checked out some photos of that Diatom algae, and it doesnt...

Hi Guys. Just wondering what I could have done (or not done) to my tank. It's a 5 x 18" x 18" with 3mm gravel substrate, some driftwood, a universal habitat latex 3D rock background, some elodea, ambulia, 2 small black ghost knife. It has been set up for a couple of weeks now, fish went in...