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That's great to know, thanks. I've got a canister myself, but I can angle it to create more of a current. The head (is that the right term?) of my outflow is fan-shaped, maybe they'd benefit from a more concentrated flow?

They've been doing this for months I'm afraid. Here's a video I took a few days ago

The same tank in the same location has had mollies, swordtails, guppies, dwarf and pygmy corys, cardinal and neon tetras, dwarf gourami and honey gourami in it before, and none have even flinched when approached. There is a background! It's a poster with a photo of dense greenery, and is very...

I have a school of 8 celebes in my 29g, who I absolutely love. The problem is, I can't say they think the same of me! They're rather easy to disturb, flinching whenever someone walks through the room, and will often panic when someone walks up to the tank, darting around for cover and sometimes...

Just picked up a beautiful pearl gourami for my centerpiece a few days ago, but unfortunately just noticed her tailfin is quite different looking than images I found in my research. I'd like to know if this is indeed a deformation, and if so whether this might be a long-term health issue for her.

Thanks, looks like I'll have to go DIY on this.

I'm going to run some tests to isolate the problem. But angling the outtake valve up has apparently caused enough disruption to dissipate the majority of the film.

Oh, so they're basically the equivalent of a filter placebo? Also, I'll go back and check using a separate container with the rings, but my pH did drop after I removed them and changed the water. OK new problem, I test my water with an API test kit. I'm using the high range solution because my...

My bad, it's actually a 220! I'll update the op. Thanks for the catch. I have duckweed on the surface, so I've been angling it to minimize the disturbance. I'll try removing as much as I can. I also have a mesh wire mesh guard around the filter intake that's to prevent shrimp and snails from...

I have a 30gal and switched from an HoB to a Marineland Magniflow 220 canister filter approximately 5 weeks ago (Im only using the provided media, no custom stuff). I left my HoB running for a week, just to help get the new filter up and running. For the first few weeks, it was working like a...

Thanks everyone for the great advice! I'm positive this is going to help.

Ok, I'll give it a go. It's on for 10hrs/day. I was thinking of reducing it to 8 and halving my dosage of Flourish (currently it's the recommended dosage for my volume of water according to the label) in conjunction with the water changes. Do those sound good? Lastly, if you take a look at the...

They are 6500k lights. Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I couldn't find any other stat from the box.

They are Flourish tabs. Interestingly, they haven't promoted any growth in my swords at all. I started with many small java ferns and all died except one, which I planted with a tab in the substrate. My mosses do not grow at all. I have several balls and all they do is accumulate this grey...

They are asleep now, but I can post later. Its a 30 gal, with 3 rainbowfish, 11 cardinal tetras, a clown pleco, and 5 dwarf corys. I have duckweed on the surface, a handful of small java ferns, amazon swords, strands of hornwort, a few balls of Christmas and java mosses, and a giant sword (I...

I use gravel substrate, and I do have a sizable piece of sandstone from my LFS that I use for a more comfortable sit for my bottom feeders. Sorry, is that especially with a positive or negative connotation?

Totally agree, that's why I said I was happy it liked my artificial deco too. If it is algae I'm going to look into eaters for sure though. Don't want the blankets all over the substrate

No new food. I do my water changes weekly, 1/4th

That takes more than a few months?

Yep. I change once a week. My stats are all good.

I've been using a hob filter and had no biofilm problems before now. But that reminds me, this was around the same time I started getting algae which I never had before either. If this stuff is biofilm, I'm almost certain it was caused by liquid ferts Im using to try and improve my plants. Not...

I don't remember unfortunately. My gut says no but I wouldn't count on it.

I use a Current Satellite 6500K LED fixture mounted on top of my glass hood. My lights are on 10 hours a day, on the lowest brightness settings available. If lowering my lights anymore is going to hurt my plant's growth I don't like the idea of reducing it any further because I have a hard...

I've had a tank for two years, and never had any film problems before now. Around four months ago, I started noticing a film building up on the surface of my water. After a month, I started using a baster to suck up the patches that were forming when doing my weekly clean. Now I'm skimming the...

I've had a tank for two years that I recently started to use liquid ferts in. This stuff started appearing, what I assume is a type of algae. It is composed of individual flake-like pieces, that reside mostly on or nearby my fake and real plants (the notable exception is a large patch in the...