Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:36 pm
I second mikev on the organics being part of the problem.
Remove any dead/dying leaves. Take a look at the wood making sure there's no soft spots or rotting areas. Maybe take a look under your rockwork, one section at a time (with the gravel vac handy in case stuff turns up).
Don't clean too much at once. Do it in sections with waterchanges.
Your tank has only been running since January, so I doubt it is "Old Tank Syndrome" but here's an article on it.
http://www.bestfish.com/oldtank.html
Purigen is also a wonderful thing. I have it running in three tanks now and they are clean and sparkly.
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fus ... 3/cid/1635
Remove any dead/dying leaves. Take a look at the wood making sure there's no soft spots or rotting areas. Maybe take a look under your rockwork, one section at a time (with the gravel vac handy in case stuff turns up).
Don't clean too much at once. Do it in sections with waterchanges.
Your tank has only been running since January, so I doubt it is "Old Tank Syndrome" but here's an article on it.
http://www.bestfish.com/oldtank.html
Purigen is also a wonderful thing. I have it running in three tanks now and they are clean and sparkly.
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fus ... 3/cid/1635