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I think its dumb and rude: When my favorite fish died years ago my boyfriend at the time ( now im married to a fellow animal lover) told me it was childish to be sad about a fish dying because I can just buy another one that looks like him. (his name was Driscoll- I buried him and planted a...

Looks like rotala indica to me

How often and what percentage is your water change in the 30?

I really like Anacharis, it's a stem feeder but grows roots from its stem when floating and grows quickly!

What about peppermint shrimp?

Looking good so far!

I love tetra brethren Haha I'm going to use that now

Welcome! Looking forward to pictures!

Should be about 5 days to hatch

Make sure to put your filter media in water from the tank with an air stone if you are able. Itll help preserve the beneficial bacteria and lessen the chance of starting a cycle all over again. Walmart sells airstones powered by batteries in the sporting goods section. When my power line got hit...

The filter will house the beneficial bacteria which starts the process of consuming ammonia. The debris which would be in the substrate can be vacuumed with a gravel hose easily. So I would just buy a gravel hose if you don't already have one and not worry about running tubing under the dividers

I think Crystal and Ghost are the lowest gh accepting that I've seen. I believe it was around 4 or 5. You could perhaps raise that with crushed coral or cuttlebone, also many shrimp specific supplements and calcium rich diets. My mom uses dolomite rock to raise her tanks gh. There are also many...

How many did you get? Serpae do great in numbers above 8 (in my personal experience) my favorite of the tetras so far!

I have bladder snails, they lay eggs on the glass a lot and I'll just wipe the eggs off. If I missed some it seems like the fish eat the tiny ones. If they miss them and the snail becomes an adult I usually just let someone name it lol we surprisingly only have maybe 10 adults, stopping the eggs...

I think I'm aiming for this shade of tannins, thank you for the suggestions and the picture!

Is it co2? I only add root tabs once a month for the swords and liquid ferts once a week for the floaters. I'm too afraid to try any carpet plants. I can't keep my rotala indica alive even without Blackwater. Maybe I'll swap plants out of another tank. The black water will help in preventing...

Oh I didn't even think of the testing being difficult. I don't wish for any serpae fry, I think I'd be stuck with them since they're so readily available here, so the leaves are purely for the existing adults. Maybe I'll change out the wood for mopani and see if I can create the color I'm...

Wow, I would love to include them in a community tank in those numbers!

I desperately want rummy nose. No lfs has them by me 😩

My favorite plecos are clown but wow are they messy lol

So to save my swords a replant I could do a mild stain, have any of you tried oak leaves? There's places I can just gather those. Ill look for aldercones as well. Maybe I'll have to play around with the amount of leaf litter to find a tone that still allows enough light for my plants. I didn't...

I've been seeing blackwater tanks and they really interest me. I want to set-up my 30 as blackwater. It's currently my species tank for 20 serpae tetra, they have swords, driftwood, sand, some rock structures. I don't know much except that you can stain the water with tannins, so hoping someone...

I have a school of juvenile harlequin rasboras, heres the littlest one 😊

I really enjoyed this 🖤

Also started with one, then Multiple Tank Syndrome set in haha

At least the seal wasn't broken! What a scare! One time I left a gravel hose hanging out, thinking since I didn't start the suction-it wouldn't pull out water haha

I'm sorry that happened 😞 how deep is your substrate? What plants are they? A lot of plants can be attached to wood or rock to avoid uprooting. In my sanded tank (1 inch layer) I gently disturb substrate once every other week with my gravel vaccum where there are no plants. Sometimes having too...

I think that's how java ferns sprout new plants. They should drop off and grow

I used stress coat for a little over a year and I noticed whenever I got towards the bottom it was also murky. Maybe ingredients settling or aging. I think most things are true to shelf life once its sealed but the aloe part could start to turn once opened. Just a theory! I use seachem prime now...

I keep having question marks appear where a symbol or maybe an emoji was used haha

Well in any case, Manzanita has great branches similar to spider wood but usually darker in color. That should due for a good replacement!

I heard if a rock has any reaction to a drop or two of vinegar to not place it in a tank

I also have a soft spot for Peavey. I still have my first amp, a peavey vypyr and I also have the vypyr VIP 3

Welcome! It should clear up soon, right now the bacteria is starting to colonize, it's a process best explained in the following link: https://www.fishforums.net/threads/cycling-your-new-fresh-water-tank-read-this-first.421488/

Elvira, my Warlock. She's my soulmate 🖤

Welcome! We'd love to see some pictures or videos of your ponds!

Daily 50% water changes with dechlorniated same temperature water for a week should help, don't over feed during this time