Well i used a turkey baster and blew most of the brown stuff off Saturday. It seems not to be coming back nearly as much I also used ro/di saltwater from the lfs for the water changes. My phudochromis looks much better now too. How long should i wait b4 puttin in some xynia and other softie frags?? Also the refigum idea sounds very cool but i really don't know were to start with that, do i just cut the black film off the back of the tank and put a light close to it? I have a nice lil power compact only about 4 in long from a pico 1 gallon if that will work.