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I’ve had planted tanks for 15 years now, I was always lead to believe that nothing but plants and water changes reduce nitrates, period. In high tech planted tanks we actually add Nitrates to stay in the 10-20 ppm

You can always lower the output of any canister, shouldn’t be a problem, Just lower the flow with the output control knob, I wouldn’t go below 50% though.

I owned one about ten years ago and the baskets fit so loosely that plant matter and detritus would go right up the outside of the baskets. You can fix the issue by stuffing floss on the side with a chopstick or pen or something. well that got old quick for me so I sold mine got an ehiem and...

Penn Plax canister is a decent canister but I don’t believe they’ve fixed the bypass issues, you’d be better off with the new sun sun fx 5 knockoff imo

Not sure how the fx is any different from any other canister in the fact that is has a magnetic pump/impeller and it has quick disconnects that will also act as flow valve, just slow the output valve and not the input as you don’t want cavitation On the input of the pump.

Pretty sure that’s seachem purigen.

Sounds like the impeller, clean and lube it up with some Vaseline or food grade silicone lube

Eheim 2211 is a great small canister

Stay on top of parameters and do a water change when they get high, I’m surprised with such a small bioload that levels got so high, are your test kits old? In nature betas live in small puddles that’s why you always see them in little glass jars for sale in the pet stores, they are usually a...

You need to feed the bioload in the 46, why not just keep him in there and do 50% water changes until the bio catches up?

Keep the sponge filter going on the 10 gallon and if you have prime water conditioner use that until the ammo comes down, it binds ammo and makes it safe for fish. just stay on top of water changes

If it’s just one betta and a few snails? That canister will do just fine, it’ll probably outlast the sun sun for many years, plus he will will be happy with the low flow in that big tank, I don’t see a reason for another filter unless you plan on fully stocking that tank, imo of course. What...

A 2213 is pretty undersized for a 55 gallon, are you planing on adding other fish? If not too many then you should be fine, if you are going for a full stock you might need to add another filter. As for the filter and his fins? There should be plenty of dead spots for him to hang around in. I...

Yup, I’ve used Vaseline for years and haven’t noticed anything unusual happen.

Vaseline will work, most use food grade silicone but I’ve never had a problem with good ole Vaseline. The impeller is the part that pushes the water, looks like a fan with a cylindrical magnet, lube the magnet area and the shaft itself, just a light film will do. The impeller is at the bottom of...

Try putting some lube on the impeller, that worked for my AC, it should be super silent, I don’t even know mine is on it’s so quiet. Many people own this filter for a reason, it’s ability to easily modify the media basket. It’s a great filter and there is a reason why the sponge is so dirty...

I got a decent shot of him, if you zoom in you can get a good look at his face, he’s a wild one! Doesn’t sit still until he finds his hiding space, and there are a lot in this tank so he’s hard to see most of the time.

Absolutely try and lube the impeller, the shaft might not benefit the lube but I don’t think it would hurt, the magnet and the inner wall where the mag sits is where should help, I’ve had noisy impellers and lubing definitely helps. I might have to disagree with you on the bypass of the cascade...

Is it a rattling sound? Tried lubing the impeller? I owned a PP 1000 about ten years ago, the thing had major bypass issues, have they fixed that yet? If I were you I wouldn’t spend more on a new can but that’s just me.

Thank you! you nailed it Chromedome! Looks just like the cats you mentioned. This guy is really hard to get a good pic, he loves to hide. And you are right I watched him over eat to the point where his stomach was all bloated lol I’m going to not feed him for a day or 2 Thanks again