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I have 2 Tydal HOB in each of my 4'x18"x18". One is set at full flow during the day and turned off at night using a mechanical timer. The other one is set at reduced flow to reduce the noise of water falling from the filter at night, starts at night and off during the day, again using a...

If you have a couple of minutes, read this “entertaining” thread from the same poster from 2012. Doesn’t sound like it’s from someone who has difficulty with English. https://www.fishforums.net/threads/i-want-to-know-what-tinfoil-barb-eat.386561/

Rocky, I see your point, but every kid in the OP’s country learns English at school and I bet they have a decent command of English. When it comes to mosquitos, everyone who lives in the tropics knows where they come from. How do I know this? I lived in the tropics for 20 years myself, although...

Could you post some photos of your 3' tank so that we can see how you set it up. A pic of the whole tank and description and number of the fish would be helpful.

Do you have a candle, a (construction) nail and a pair of plyers? If you lit the candle, use the plyers to grab the nail and hold it to the flame for 30 seconds or 1 minute, then you'll be able to push the nail through the plastic lid quite easily. That said, I doubt if the light will last very...

Now that you mentioned it, I remember in the good old days when batteries were expensive, we had this thing called bike dynamo which was used to generate electrical current and light for push bikes. Inside that dynamo was a magnet! What I meant and should have said was, a magnet sitting on its...

I doubt that magnets and magnetic fields would interfere with electric pulses emitted by the fish. We can use electric current to generate magnetic field, but I don’t think the reverse is possible, I don't think magnet and magnetic fields could generate electrical current to interfere with...

Thanks for your responses. Now that I know it's BBA I'll reduce light intensity and see if it helps.

I have this algae on and off, attached to basalt and HOB's water intake. It seems to only attach to dark surfaces. Just wondering what type it is?

Thanks for the links. The Lake Malawi is an impressive doco. Yet to watch the coral reefs.

Not many members use the Fluval U series internal filters, so you aren’t likely to get many responses. I have a U3, the next size up from yours, but only used it for around 18 months or so. I had to clean it every week so is a bit of a chore. I replaced it with a much simpler Eheim Pickup 160...

Your workplace uses a very high concentration of salt, could be the reason why it’s added over 3 days (not to shock the fish too much) and do water changes removed salt the following days. This sounds more like a salt bath. I think most members here use no more than 1 to 2 tablespoons of salt...

I can give her another "like". Cats are very smart. If a cat doesn’t want to be surrounded by 4 walls of glass it will get out in a flash.