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If the water's going straight from the unit to the tank, and you're not changing a huge amount of water, I'd reckon it'll be fine. A 50% change probably not so good though. Doing more regular smaller changes might be the way to go. I do top ups straight from the RO unit into my brackish tank...

Hi guys, thanks for the help. I've found the problem I think. I had phosphate and nitrate remover in the filter. Big Oops! I also tested the nitrate with my api test out of interest, and it came up 0, which was pretty much what I expected. I've taken the stuff out and done a water change with...

Ooh, forgot to mention. I have a powerhead one end, and the filter outlet the other. Is that likely to be the right amount of flow? So much to learn!!

Cheers, I'll try changing the co2 first and see if it makes a difference then. I'll test nitrate when I get in anyway to see if that tells me anything. Do you think I'm best to chop off those bad leaves and see what the new growth's like? Or are they likely to heal?

Sorry, didn't realise! Here's the specs; The tank's 130L, I've got soil under the gravel. You'll have to excuse my ignorance on lighting, still new to all of this! They're normal flourescent tubes (not T5s) which said "for plants" on the pack! (I might still have the packet floating around, so...

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Couple of quick qs if you don't mind :thumbup: I have a bit of a holey plant :( ; Can anyone tell me what's likely to have caused that? I've got pest snails in the tank, which I wasn't worrying overly about since it would be useful for picking out and feeding to the puffers, but I wasn't...