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Looks like a clump of hair algae to me.

if desperate for heating in the event of a power cut, you can fill drinking water bottles with warm water and place in the tank. Admittedly, probably not that much of an issue if the tank is at typical room temp for a home.

Nice tank, but at only 21" in all dimensions, you are restricting your choice of fish. Cubes like that are great if you are setting up to be viewed from all sides, but in most cases it is far better IMO to go for a tank that is rectangular. You could get a 90 or 100cm tank that would have a...

I'm not that knowledgeable about the spectrum side of things either. All I know is that I use this on my two 40cm nanos and the plants grow really well. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BQMDJFPY?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 There is supposedly a way to fiddle with the settings to...

ludwigia palustris "super red" is an easy to grow red plant. I attach a pic of one that has been in my tank about two weeks. It's starting to grow quite strongly now and is colouring up nicely. I don't use CO2, just some root tabs and TNC lite liquid ferts. The M Keisak to the left isn't doing...

In my experience they are hardy and easy to care for, although I've not kept them in hard water, which is what I assume you have if you are keeping guppies. Make sure your water parameters are suitable. Feeding wise, they'll eat pretty much anything. They usually quickly find any stray food...

i find ebay quite good for this sort of stuff. You can often find food grade plastic pipes and connectors etc.

I would add that I was unable to use the offending plants and just had to throw them away. Even after a week of floating them in a bucket outside and frequently changing the water, whatever it was that was causing the issue was very persistent and the same thing happened when I reintroduced just...

i had a similar issue a while back. cheap plants bought off ebay. The shrimp immediately went absolutely ballistic when I put the plants in and some crawled out. I did a big water change followed by filtering with Polyfilter and it all calmed down. I don't think I lost many shrimp, other than...

Have a look at red eye tetras or black neons, or harlequin rasboras. You want something that inhabits the middle up.

Definitely covered for me. I have lost a lot of chili rasboras due to jumping. Certainly with nano tanks (here in the UK anyway), it seems you can't really get any that come with a proper hood and decent lights, so if you want a decent light unit you have to either go open top or just have a...

Many would be envious of the soft water you have. There's good advice above. My recommendation would be A school of corydoras at the bottom - seriously fish will give you guidance on most species you are likely to encounter at a fish shop, including temp requirements. Go for a soft sand...

Yes, blunt the edges and give it a good clean, but the only way you'll know is if you try it. I'd try it with cherry shrimp first though, as they will quickly let you know is there's anything toxic in the water. Make sure you are fully cycled before adding any creatures.

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Catappa leaves and alder cones are available on amazon.au. Is rooibos tea available in your supermarkets?

Okay, well, is there are a chance that it could have come into contact with things like weed killer, fertiliser, agricutural chemicals etc? You need to make a judgement call, but be mindful of what it might have been exposed to and you won't know until you try it. Give it a good soak and scrub...

If the slate was previously used as flooring then there's no telling what may have been put on it over the years - cleaning products, adhesive, grout etc. It's possible that there will be traces of these left, so I'd probably steer clear. The vinegar test is really for calcareous rocks, which...

Personally, I'm not a big fan of using chemical filtration media in the tank filter. However, you could pre-filter your water-change water overnight before doing a water change. Appreciate that you are probably changing 60 litres or so, but you could get something like this...

Personally, I like my fish to be as close to the wild type as possible. I can't think of any fish that I have kept that were noticeably different form their wild ancestors. Whilst I would never buy glofish, I actually find them to be less offensive than many other fish in the hobby, which...

No problem. good luck with it all.

No, don't do a fish in cycle. I'd remove the snail. I've no idea what type it is, whether or not it'll survive a cycle, whether or not it can reproduce asexually, whether or not it'd eat plants, how much it will reproduce etc. If it survives you could find yourself with a big pest snail problem...

Oh, you mean the snail! your tank is essentially sterile at the moment so there has been no chance for any algae or biofilm to develop, so nothing for it to eat. However, if you are about to commence a fishless cycle then you will get an ammonia spike followed by a nitrite spike, so the snail...

mine was fully grown and way bigger than my cherry shrimp and chilli rasboras. If you've got a bigger tank and bigger inhabitants then it will be fine, but I suppose, depending on what fish you have, it's possible that they may become snacks.

So you got an amano?

snails often come in on plants. I'd remove any you see for now. I have two nerites in both of my tanks. They cannot reproduce in fresh water. I also have a population of tiny freshwater limpets in each tank which came in on plants. I did for a while hate them and tried very hard to get rid, but...

That's what I would do, but I'm just trying to think of ways ali can use what she's got. If it were me I'd also saw a rectangular hole in the top so that I could put a decent LED up there and cover up the hole with a sheet of glass.

I've been investigating a bit more and it looks to me like the filter works like a box filter. I had initially assumed that the water entered the filter housing through the sides and/or underneath. But it looks to me like the water enters through the top plate, so it's really just an air driven...

You are right, there will be eddies and currents in water bodies, as well as locations where different tributaries are coming together, so a bit of natural fluctuation does occur. It's not something that I think about. If my thermometer is telling me it's X then I'm happy, and whilst the other...

Exactly, I think your pic is just showing the limits of that test kit. it can't measure above 7.6 so it's showing 7.6. You need a high rage test kit as well. The pH should drop a bit naturally as the tank matures, especially as you have such soft water.

cherry shrimp are easy to feed so you don't need algae in your tank to sustain them. They'll eat pretty much any fish food - flake, granules, algae wafers, catfsh pellets. The only problem with your substrate being the way it is, is that uneaten food will very easily get lodged deep down into...

They are quite cheap and cheerful lights actually, but work well. Loads like that on amazon for about £25-30 for a 30cm wide unit. Cherry shrimp don't really do much in terms of keeping algae at bay. They nibble at it a bit but they aren't algae controllers in the way that say amano shrimp are...

Although, the dim lighting may mean that algae doesn't grow, so may not be a problem. You won't know until you try it.

okay, that's pretty low lighting. My LED unit puts out something like 800-900 lumens and the leds are spread out across a length of about 25cm on a 40cm long tank. See attached pic. My water depth is also only about 20cm from water surface to substrate. I think you'll be limited to small anubias...

Plants tend to either grow or just fade away and melt. Other than an initial settling in period, they seldom just stay as they are for long. if they aren't growing then it most likely means that the light is insufficient, although some plants are slow growers, so you can't rush to judgement...

Does the biorb instructions say how many lumens the light gives out, and any info on angle of dispersion? 120 degrees? 180 degrees? Oh, if your biorb uses an airstone then these need replacing every now and then as they do clog. Get some spares and replace when you notice the airflow has...

I'd trim off the leaves with the bushy algae growing on them. and if it's still wrapped with a weight i'd take it off and see if you can push the bulb bit at the base into the gravel a bit. far better off in a little pot with the correct substrate though.