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  1. Finally got around to pulling the primer part out, it was on there really good with all that silicone. Here is the culprit. Doesn't look like I can repair it. I wonder if I can just seal the primer hole and use the filter without priming.
  2. Just wanted to add, it's also possible the primer itself may be leaking. As you can see the plastic piece is thin and has seams. After so many times of using it, it's possible for it to split somewhere at the seam and create a leak. Not sure how to pull it out, I think I need to break that seal mentioned in the previous post, and pull the whole thing out.
  3. Just wanted to update the thread in case someone else is having this issue. I never got around to fixing the issue, but may have found the culprit of the leak. I took the motor apart and found this a silicone seal that seals the intake tube going to the priming button. I think that seal is bad and letting water into the very top of the motor, which is where it seems to be dripping from, around the side locking clips.
  4. UPDATE: So I've had a chance to use Seachem Clarity, and while it worked to some extent, it didn't completely make my tank clear. What I did next was change the media in my SICCE filter. I noticed that the coarse pad that I was using was way too coarse, and it was letting everything through, clogging up the finer pad and completely plastering my polishing pad with gunk. I swapped out the coarse pad for a fine pad and stuffed the rest of the space with polishing media. I changed the media during PWC, and an hour later the water was crystal clear and has been crystal clear for 5 days now. Sure hope it stays this clear.
  5. Depends on the type of algae you have. Snails will eat the soft brown algae film, but they won't help much if you have green spot algae or any other hard to wipe off algae. Is your 55g planted?
  6. Is your water treated with chlorine or chloramines? My water is treated with chloramines and I will sometimes see minor flashing after a water change.
  7. It's something your Nerites produced. I've had my Nerites excrete exact same white tube looking things when they were young. My platys would attack it. One small platy tried to swallow one whole, and it got lodged in its mouth. Had to catch it and pull it out.
  8. I ordered some Seachem Clarity as it uses precipitating and flocculating agents to clump up the particulates. Here is something interesting I've experienced. Since making this thread, I noticed one of my Celebes rainbows exhibited ich symptoms and had a single speckle on its fin. So I promptly treated with Nox-ich for 3 days. I noticed that my water turned crystal clear after the treatment. This is without water changes. Does Nox-ich have some sort of flocculating agents? Strange. Anyways, since I've stopped using Nox-ich, the water is getting cloudy a bit again. I will be using Seachem Clarity soon and will update with results.
  9. In my 20+ years of aquarium hobby I have never experienced this. Then again, this is my first dirt tank. 🤷‍♂️ Setup: 40gal tank with dirt and sand (play sand). 2 inches of organic soil capped off with 1.5" of sand. Filtration: I'm using two internal filters. A Fluval U3 and a Sicce Shark 600. I'm also running an air pump through a Hygger air stone. Light: Hygger 48" LED Plants: Anubias, java ferns, a huge Amazon sword, hornwort, cryptocoryne parva, ludwigia pepens and couple other unknowns. For nutrients I use Seachem root tabs, Co-op easy green, flourish trace, flourish iron. I dose once a week with easy green and flourish trace, and every other week with iron. Inhabitants: A single GBR, 9 lemon tetras, 3 celebes rainbows, 3 praecox rainbows, a bunch of cherry shrimp and ramhorns snails. This tank has been running since December. Water tests as follows: 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 15ppm nitrates, 7.5 pH. Temp. is currently at 82 degrees. The cloudiness was there pretty much from the beginning. I remember when I first filled the tank and the sand settled, the water was clear for about a week. After that, I would see haziness/cloudiness to various degrees throughout the day. I do 40% water changes every 2 weeks since the plants are keeping the nitrates at bay. Whenever I do a water change, the water in the tank will clear up to near crystal clear, but a few days later it will become hazy/cloudy again. I don't think this is a bacterial bloom. I'm seeing very fine microparticles in the water column. I recently changed the media in the Sicce 600 filter to try and combat this cloudiness. I used two very fine sponges and topped it off with a polishing pad. This made no difference. Is it as simple as my filtration not being good enough? Both of the internal filters are rated for tanks up to 40gal, so two of them should be enough, no? I have a Fluval U2 in my 20gal and the water is crystal clear! The only difference in these two tanks is the substrate. Is there a different filter media I can try to trap the microparticles in the water column? Thanks all!
  10. usually their poop is tiny little chunks that are dark in color. resembles fish poop. maybe it ate some remains of a plant that didn't fully digest?
  11. I got these little buggers as hitchhikers on plants and they spread like fire. I can't use traps, loaches, assassin snails as I have red cherry shrimp in this tank. I'll just pick them off manually when i do water changes. won't fully get rid of them but at least i can control the numbers.
  12. I have one of the cheap ones that was in the tub where my canister filter used to be. Glad I had it, because my canister leaked! Those things are super loud.
  13. Send a clear picture of the discoloration to UNS and see what they say.
  14. I have red cherry shrimp in a 2gal jar with Hornwort plants. no airstone, no filter, no heater. the shrimp are thriving and reproducing. I do of course have a LED light over the jar for the plants.
  15. I have bought from trinsfish and aquahuna before. they both use usps priority mail to ship fish. a lot cheaper than UPS/FedEx overnight!
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