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Mystery snails and " apple snails" are very similar looking and often misidentified and while mystery snails arent voracious live plant eaters like apple snails they are known plant eaters. While google research and fish shops may suggest otherwise the numerous reports over the years if mystery...

Depends on how many of your live plants they eat ;)

Looks to be his internal organs which can often be seen in fish. If the spots change drastically could be something but for now im not sure its anything other than mentioned above.

Welcome Personally i wouldnt put tiger barbs which are known nippers with congos which have long nippable fins but youre not the first person ive heard of keeping barbs with congos though personally id avoid the potential risk. Good luck welcome aboard!:)

You could always add salt and look at brackish fish. I dont do brackish but its a thought. Maybe ask in the brackish forum?

MTS serve a useful purpose in planted tanks as they are a burrowing snail that keep the gravel aerated which helps more oxygen get to roots of plants and also keeping substrate from compacting and forming noxious gas pockets that are dangerous to fish. They also will clean algae off surfaces and...

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Bull mastiffs are too slobbery maybe a large poodle;)

Yup or lots of people get them believing the pleco will only grow to the size of the tank, which is true, then it will prematurely die

Yup i dont buy ottos for the same reason. Theyre usually starved when bought and have a tough time acclimating to tank life. Like i said clown bristlenose or rubber lip pleco all stay under 6 inches the clown being the smallest at around 3 inches. As long as they have wood theyre pretty sturdy...

81.5 is a bit toasty for Bolivian Rams, they do better in high 70s and German Rams do better at 82 or above. When one runs higher temps than fish have evolved for it accelerates a fish metabolism and growth and lifespan higher temps also decrease available oxygen levels in water and increase...

Get a dwarf species. Clown pleco get about 3 inches. Bristlenose 5-6 inches same with rubber lip or one can always get a school of ottocinclus but they are sensetive and require being in groups and do better in established tanks but only get about an inch if that.

Crypts, ferns, anubius, hygro, all do well in low light. Even in low light plants will still need fertlizer. For rooted plants get some root tabs for floating or rhizome plants like ferns anubius get a comprehensive liquid fert like seachem flourish and dose carefully.

Tough following this thread because of the deleted posts but personally id add a pleco first. If the tank is cycled plecos do a good job establishing a tank because they are hardy fish that can take a wide range of temperatures and water parameters and as fish that create a lot of waste they...

German Rams like the blue ones you have need warmer water than the rest of your fish. They need 82 degrees and up and will struggle and live shorter lives in cooler temps. Bolivian Rams do fine in tropical temps of 76-80 and higher temps in the 80s will shorten their lives and the lives of your...

In the wild Nerite snails will roam from fresh water to brackish water to breed. They will also hang above the water line when the water isnt to their liking or in search of food. Snails like all inverts are sensitive to heavy metals especially copper. If snail keeps leaving checj your local tap...

Well if they eat them then they will be well fed gourami:)

The fish will fare better in the tank while cycling than a bowl unless one is changing the water in the bowl daily. Cycling a tank can take up to 6 weeks. Different products can help the process along as can live plants. A tank is cycled when nitrites are at zero and ammonia is close to zero as...

Yup i blanche in dechlorinated just to be safe. Im not sure how much chlorine gets into the veggies and into fish but better safe than sorry i say.

BN plecs need wood to feed on and will graze on wood a lot. Sounds like your pleco is doing that. Peas, sweet potato, zucchini, lettuce they should try, sometimes it takes them a minute to get used to feeding on these as in they wild these arent foods theyll eat and if the fish store didnt feed...

also take room temp and tank temp into consideration. Warmer water has less available oxygen in it which could cause fish to gasp at top as well. Can be helped by lowering temp or agitating water to create more oxygen. If oxygen is the issue. I agree with others could also be ammonia spike or a...

Molly could also be picking on your Rams, mollys are a hard water fish meaning GH and rams are soft water 7dgh is too high for rams.and warm water fish. 82 degrees at least which is way too warm for mollies that like it closer to 76. Mollies are also pretty active eaters and though they have up...

Love the parts in the video when its on fast forward, makes me smile as your speech is super fast. Keep up the good work laz. Tank on!

Acaras can be pretty aggresive and im sure congos long flowing fins attract attention. Other than that im not sure.

So thought id give an update on my tank. My plants have really taken off the last few months. The dwarf sagg and hygro campact carombosa is new, from Dustins Fishtanks, if in US id highly recommend. Ordered one hygro he sent about 6. Anyway here it is.

Something ive heard about anacharis is that it has something in it that helps ward off blue green algae by secreting some kind of antibiotic.. Not sure how true this is but its something i heard on the grape vine.

Light isnt going to decrease or increase nitrate. If anything even if one doesnt have live plants algae that grows will consume some nitrates. Like has been said cut down on feeding do weekly water changes, adding live plants can help as they consume nitrates to grow.

The stocking of your tank is compatibly irresponsible as is the amount of fish.

I kept 6 African Dwarf Frogs in a 10 gallon with a couple random small snails. Theyre easy to keep entertaining to watch when kept in a species tank. Dont do well with fish. Probably wont eat small shrimp like cherry shrimp but will definitely eat shrimplets.

Ive never had a pleco eat any of my plants. White kind of pleco is it. Also all plecos need wood to munch on and will actually graze on wood more than algae. Get wood supplement with veggies like blanched peas, lettuce, sweet potato, zucchini or algae wafers. If anything plecos may uproot plants...

New tank algae is usually brown. I find that snails do an excellent job of managing not just brown algae but most algae. Nerite snails do well and wont reproduce in fresh water and eat large amounts of algae. Ramshorn snail will eat most soft algae as well though not as quickly as nerites...

Also if using tap water check your local water municipality for levels of phosphates and nitrates and other organics. If say ones source water has 20ppm of nitrates then algae in the absence of plants will glad take advantage of those excess nitrates as well as phosphates. Adding water during...

Algae is a sympton of a wider range of problems. Algae needs a few things to grow in limited amounts. Light, water, and nutrients. If too much of any of these 3 algae will take over. Algae needs around 8 hours of continuous light to grow, by limiting light for under 8 hours algae is limited. If...

Im not sure exactly how seachem stability works, from the sounds of it it claims to contain 3 different bacteria that build biological filter. Now if ones bioligical filter is dependant on redosing stability to maintain effective levels of bacteria then you are wasting money. Beneficial bacteria...

Bolivians wont do well in the warm water that discus and german rams prefer. Bolivian Rams need under 80 degrees and germans and discus above 80degrees

red cherry shrimp will readily breed though your fish will eat shrimplets Where as Amanos will berry but wont hatch in freshwater as in the wild they go between fresh and brackish to breed. Though amanos especially full grown will be less likely to be eaten as they get much larger than cherry...

Silver tips are very nippy. Black neons, glo light tetra, von rio flame tetra, ember tetras, dwarf pencil fish, emperor tetra, id stay away from bigger tetras like skirts serpaes phantoms and congos and stay away from fast active tetra like blood fin and blue tetra. Also medium tetra like lemon...

Ive been quite lucky, im from Utah and currently live in Kansas, Wichita, both states have lower cases of covid and lower deaths than the national average for what ever reason. My wife has been able to work from home im a stay at home dad my kids are safe i wear my mask when i have to go out and...

Id go with clown plecos if one is looking for a smaller inexpensive patterned pleco. They get around 3 to 4 inches and unlike zebra or snowflake plecos are usually around 10 dollars instead of 50. Bristlenose are popular and get around 5-6 inches and are usually around 10 dollars until you get...