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Hiya I'm a n00b and have recently set up my first tank - I have a 440 L planted tank with an AquaEl Unimax 500 filter. I cleaned the filter's foam first stage basket for the first time last night - the tank has been running for approx 7 weeks now. When I reconnected the filter it auto-primed itself, there was a bit of violent bubbling coming from the intakes, and a lot of what I assume was algae came spewing out the outlets. Am I right in assuming the stuff was algae, or does dross settle in the pipes? Is this normal behavior? Should I clean the pipes on a regular basis, or before reattaching the filter after cleaning? This time round I just I let it settle and did a vacuum and 1/4 water change to remove most of it - the water's looking good. -Si

That's a resounding "No!" then. Cool, no extra work. Thanks for the help

Hiya I'm new to keeping tropical fish and was wondering, should I clean the back of the tank - on the inside I mean. I have a black backing, and it's against the wall so there's no visual issues, I'm just wondering what's best for the fish! Cheers Si