The Cichlids tank so far has been my most least maintenance tank of all.
It has no filter wool since early Jan'13.
The mechanical filtration are only one piece of black spronge, few Jap mat and those colourful small spronge.
Today, the water pump seems to give some noise so i went to check it out, and then i realised the IOS compartment which has plants on top is almost overflowing.
So, i took out the plants, mainly the hortwort and 2 plants tied to driftwood.
Also, discover there are 2 plants dead inside.... not sure what i put in few months back but they had tured brown/black.... no wonder my PH is dropping even though i put in the PH buffer... this could be the cause.
After removed the 2 dead plants, i also cleaned the black spronge and the jap mat.
Also realised the colourful spronge is clogged with poo, no wonder the water flow is slow... so i removed all the colourful spronge.
After the cleaning, i put the jap mat to the bottom and more black spronge on top... this will make my next cleaning of the black spronge easier when i do my maintenance 3 months from now... or when the water flow is slow.
The PH also jump from 7.9 to 8.4 after the cleaning.... that is good sign.
Water changed was also performed today, since it is only few days away from the monthly water changed routine.
To me, the tank still look nice and clean after doing all the above.
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