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I had this in my tank as well and stuck some of it on a slide and had a look through a microscope. It was made up of long thin filaments and therefore some type of mould/fungus and not yeast (which looks completely different). Ronan

I've been getting a serious amount of this white fluff since using my own yeast and sugar with hard water rather than the Hagen mix. I took a sample of the stuff of it and gave it to a Botanist friend who stuck it under a microscope. It is almost certainly a fungus as it is made up over very...

Thanks for that - I saw that the Classic 2211 was no longer in production but it would be an ideal size - I might well put in a bid! Ronan

Hi I have an Aquaone 380 that I have recentkly setup as a tropical nano tank. The fish seem happy enough but while I'm getting great biological filtration from the overhead trickle filter (which I placed Eheim Substrate Pro in as well as the usual foam pads) the flow and oxygenation from the...

I have taken a sample of the white gunk forming around the base of the CO2 input and placed it on a slide. I have then taken it to a Biology teacher who stuck it on a slide. The results were quite interesting - the white stuff is a collection of very long thin strands and is therefore almost...

Hi I have had a new tropical tank setup running for a few weeks now with 8 Harlequins and 2 Otos as well as some moderate planting. The tank has 30 litres of water in it (Aquaone 380) and the filter was matured by its previous occupant (a common goldfish). Everyting seems fine but I have...

Hi I'm really pleased with my Eheim Aquaball - it is quite powerful and has a good amount of filtration area and the option to even add a bit of Substrate Pro to the top bio filter section which I think is quite a bonus. You can also add extra sections to the bottom to increase the filter...

Thanks. It seems that the Hydor won't take any other bottles and at my current usage rate it will cost me hundreds of pounds in refill bottles for a year. I'm thinking of getting a more serious pressurised system kit with a solenoid included such as D&D's or JBL's offerings. I've had a look...

Thanks for the advice. I have now have CO2 at 23ppm. My next question is - can I get an extra shut-off valve to stop the CO2 dosing at night? I currently have the reactor switching off with the lights so from what I can see, a large bubble of CO2 builds up fairly rapidly and then floats to...

Hi I've just planted a 180l Rena tank to which I've added the above CO2 injection system. I followed the advice in the manual which suggested around 16 bubbles a minute for my tank size. Things seemed fine but now I'm getting algae (diatom) on the gravel and some of the plants' leaves. When...

Hi What did you put in as a sponge? I have the 380 as well and I've stuck in some Eheim Substrate Pro instead of the ceramic cylinders and I've replaced the top white pad with filter wool but I'm still not happy with their black sponge pads as, in my opinion, they let too much stuff through...

If you are getting the same model tank as in the PFK article then a small internal model will be fine: Interpet, Rena, Hydor and Fluval all make small and cheap internal filters that will do the job. They are normally just a powerhead with a block of foam underneath for biological and...

Definitely nematodes but doesn't sound too serious. A water change is definitely needed I think. Water was 0ppm Ammonia and 00ppm Nitirite until I dumped in too much Ammonia and there wasn't enough bacteria to cycle it. I'll try to take some pictures of the fuzzy stuff. Cheers Ronan

Definitely nematodes but doesn't sound too serious. A water change is definitely needed I think. Water was 0ppm Ammonia and 00ppm Nitirite until I dumped in too much Ammonia and there wasn't enough bacteria to cycle it. I'll try to take some pictures of the fuzzy stuff. Cheers Ronan

Definitely nematodes but doesn't sound too serious. A water change is definitely needed I think. Water was 0ppm Ammonia and 00ppm Nitirite until I dumped in too much Ammonia and there wasn't enough bacteria to cycle it. I'll try to take some pictures of the fuzzy stuff. Cheers Ronan

Definitely nematodes but doesn't sound too serious. A water change is definitely needed I think. Water was 0ppm Ammonia and 00ppm Nitirite until I dumped in too much Ammonia and there wasn't enough bacteria to cycle it. I'll try to take some pictures of the fuzzy stuff. Cheers Ronan

Hi I've been cycling a Rena 180l tank by adding household ammonia. The tank went right through the cycling process but due to work committments I have not been able to either plant or stock it yet and so have just kept feeding it with Ammonia. I added too much ammonia the other day and now...

The nitrate sponge apparently contains a capsule with bacteria that will eat nitrate (as opposed to Ammonia and Nitrite) and break it down into nitrogen gas. It doesn't have that earthy, planty smell that other tanks have. It is more of a generally unpleasant smell but definitely not...

Hi I've just set up a Juwel Rekord 96 with both the internal Juwel filter and an external Eheim Classic 2213 attached. Everything was going as expected but then I noticed a strange chemically smell coming from the tank. Anyway, my other small tank I am upgrading from never made this smell and...

Hi I've been cycling a 50cm tank for 2 weeks now using a household ammonia solution and everything was going well until I looked in my tank tonight. Ammonia readings had fallen to 0ppm even when adding 10 drops of the solution a day but nitrites were still high. Anyway, I looked in the tank...