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It's a great tank tbh. Water changes are light, the nitrates stay in check. There's not really much deltritus buildup on the substrabe, and I can't really get at it anyways due to all the plants. I don't have to clean the filter that often either.

The tank setup is described in this TOTM entry --> March 2024 Tank of the Month Contest (16 gal & smaller)

Yes, there's many more then just 6 in there now. I don't have an exact count it's very jungle plant tank, and there's an artifical log towards the back they can hide in too. But doesn't seem to be overpopulated by any means. Just right tbh.

I don't feed them that much actually. Prob been a month since I've put a green bean in there for them.

Is reducing genetic drift good in red cherry shrimp? I started with 3 from the store about a year ago, then 3 more 2 months after the first. I haven't added anymore since then. This is in a 5 gallon tank. Wouldn't overpopulation occur if I kept adding more from the store?

I would also like to know what partially cycled means. Did you have ammonia source that then you saw converted to nitrites and then to nitrates? Did that ever happen? If not, I don't think a cycled has happened yet. Ammonia should quickly be converted to nitrates in a cycled tank. You won't even...

This is the first aquaruim I started back in 2022. I started without plants and I've gradually tried adding different ones and let the ones that do well grow out. The current livestock is not the same as what it started with. Recently battled cyanobacteria but it's looking much better now. Tank...

As they feast on a green bean.

Does your source water show ammonia? If so, that would be where it came from.

I get this pinkish buildup which stains the lower part of the shower curtain that touches the inside of the tub when in use. It also collects over time on my bathtub spout and shower head and in the water jets. I bleach the shower curtain every so often. I use a cleaner to get the water jets...

Cyanobacteria does smell. I have a 20 gallon with it right now. Just started 1st treatment of it using UltraLife BLUE-GREEN Slime stain remover as advised by Colin_T. Seems to be working.

Thanks! It's a dragon spitter [ Amazon ]. But, I can't seem to find a pump that would attach to the intake line. The comments on the item even mention this but I did read them before I purchased. I've had a few other spitters but they were too powerful for this small of a pond. I wanted this one...

Love bettas. Here's the one I currently have! Alien betta. ( Forum Thread: https://www.fishforums.net/threads/alien.489693/ )

Maybe if they are small (fry) but once they grow you really need do need them in a larger tank.

They seem normal in the video. I do see the spots on the one cory in 0:29 of the video. Not sure what that is.

I've started 5 tanks ( 3 gallon [1] | 5 gallon [1] | 10 gallon [2] | 55 gallon [1] ) since I joined these forums, which has been a little over a year ago now. Prior to joining I started a 40 gallon outdoor pond and a 20 gallon aquarium tank, which are both up and still running today.

Not just house plants but garden plants and your lawn grass too.

The previous pic shows females in the 10 gallon quaratine but I've since moved them to my main 55 gallon tank. I've been moving all the males I identify to the 10 gallon quaratine tank. Really tough to get a good pic they swim around so much. Here's a video. They are getting so big! Most...

Wow, such large tanks and all very nice! Thanks for sharing!

I have a couple of smaller (5 gallon) tanks, they do well and don't accumulate nitrates as quickly as some of the larger tanks I have. This is like you said, due to bioload and amount of plants or extra filtration that intake the bioload waste. Overfeeding can lead to needing more water changes...

I'm not aware of any special dosing amount if your water is treated with chlormine. It doesn't say anything about that on the API conditioner bottles at least. I take that back, looks like the API tap water conditioner does say to do 5ml for each 30 gallons for chloramines. My bad. The API ammo...

I'm running a 3 gallon saltwater tank. But, you can't really have any fish in anything smaller then a 10 gallon for saltwater. You could do a 5 gallon but only 1 fish. In my 3 gallon I only have a single trochus snail and corals. See my thread on the 3 gallon here -->...

I use API Ammo Lock. It does same as Seachem Prime without the slime coat additive. My tap has small amounts of ammonia so ammo lock works for me.

Interesting. What does your nitrates look like after 8 weeks? Lightly stocked? Do you use a canister filter?

Just based on the pics, appears to be a fry stuck in the birth canal.

I will tell Spring to hurry up!

We had a hard freeze for a couple days this past winter in Houston. Everything is growing back nicely though! The heater I have in the pond kept the water at 65 degrees the whole time.

First. please read this thread --> https://www.fishforums.net/threads/what-to-do-if-your-fish-has-stringy-white-poop.466276/ @Colin_T Might be able to shed light more on the issue...

My post wasn't suggesting a python. They were talking about an electrical pump in the thread I linked. The link should go right to the post with the pump.

There is one suggested in this post --> https://www.fishforums.net/threads/python-cleaners.492232/post-4315719 I've used a small pump like that before but since I already have a a larger NICREW pump that fills faster I just have been using that. NICREW Power VAC Plus Electric Gravel Cleaner