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That's what I'm aware about. Not all of them are bad, but I am going to be aware about the quality of the aquascaping tools most LFS's sell. I'm going from a mistake-ridden 10 gallon to a 32 gallon aquarium with more room and better water quality. Sell the silvertips and move the remaining...

Oh. But how are we going to place plants in the substrate? I will be gentle with the tweezers however. Put the plants in the substrate gently. And they need to be trimmed in case it overgrows. Propagation can be done with plant scissors in most plants. Don't want my germs in the aquarium water...

I know it can be hard when it comes to live plants for the beginner fishkeeper. It can be hard looking after live plants in a big aquarium, but once I get the hold of it, it could look pretty. Plant scissors, tweezers and other essential tools are all I need for a nice planted aquarium. I will...

It's Saturday. Found some nice tanks from FB marketplace, including a 91 x 46 x 53cm (221L) Petworx aquarium costing $200. It's nicer than fish tanks (undersized for goldfish etc.) shown in the American locations. But I choose the 60 x 45 x 45cm starfire Petworx glass aquarium (121.5L, 32 US...

It's that tiger striped crypt you see in LFS's occasionally. They're beautiful plants and they might be a must have for hobbyists who want planted tanks.

That's a great list @Colin_T. Have you heard about Crypt. nurii before? They have tiger striped leaves, which is a beautiful sight for the crypt. genus. Is it a species or is it just a cultivar of the wenditii crypt?

Everyday I learn something new. Takes some time and effort to look after a planted tank. What are the best beginner aquarium plants to start with?

Going on the stepping stones of getting a larger aquarium. I was originally going for a nano community tank, but I have decided to put my three remaining year old cardinals and new cardinals into the 121.5L tank. They deserve a bigger home instead of the mistake-ridden 10 gallon tall tank. I...

Everyone watching the thread: Can cardinal tetras go with Microdevario kubotai together peacefully?

Today's Friday. The school holidays have come. It's Easter in a few days time. Dad can't go to Queensland because he has a sore back. Mum and my younger sister won't arrive back to Perth until April 4. Focusing on the stocking of two aquarium projects, but I have to choose first. Bigger's better...

Oh, and @GaryE, people do have different feelings about WCM minnows and I understand the very risks about them in the BC area of Canada. I'm from Australia, not Canada, but I am aware about this issue. I first heard of it recently and dozens of native fish species have gone extinct since 2000...

Oh, White Cloud Mountain's in China, not Hong Kong, but I understand on what you're talking about. They're extinct in the wild from their original range, and there could be conservation efforts for these fish, while keeping them out of the British Columbia environment at the same time. Keeping...

I see. What if zoos and public aquaria from British Columbia kept WCM minnows for conservation purposes? With the help of hobbyists not from the area and scientists, it could happen, but I don't know if it will nowadays.

Oh. Common plecos are even worse in Florida. And speaking of WCM minnows, why are they extinct in the wild in their original range (White Cloud Mountain in China)? We do not know what the streams in WCM looked like, but some aquarists recreated the minnows' natural range from memory. And it's...

Oh. I thought they're like tetras, eating eggs and cannibals to fry. I think the best way to breed them are a single species tank, but could breed in a community tank with other fish. They don't breed like rabbits or guppies, they're easy to breed as long as you have a big tank and leaving them...

Today's Thursday. Busy day today. Looking after my younger sister's pygmy cories and they're doing fine currently. I like experimenting on some things because I like to do that. Experimenting on the hardscape and stocking list flexes my creative muscles. I like freshwater tropical fish because...

White Cloud Mountain minnows get up to 5cm, but they're larger than the other nano fish I will be stocking. Maybe another time, once I have a separate single species tank for them. The pygmy cories, celestial pearl danios and Microdevario kubotai are a good candidate for community tank...

Ohh. Got it. Do celestial pearl danios eat their eggs? But I do like your suggestion to breed them. Not so fun fact: The White Cloud Mountain minnow are banned in British Columbia, Canada because they're a pest overhere. But they're not banned in Australia. I was thinking of a community tank...

That's a nifty idea. But I'm doing a community tank (121.5L) for nano fish, so I'm not quite ready to breed fish yet.

There are things that I like the most. I'm actually asking the parents for a bigger tank (bigger than 40L). A nano community would look nice in a 121.5L aquarium. I heard that ember tetras would go well with Kubota's rasboras. The Canning Vale LFS has a setup that houses both of them. I picked...

Maybe, but in September.

It's Wednesday. Looking after my younger sister's fish because she and Mum left for Queensland a few days ago.

Oh, my apologies.

Oh, I thought online sources see them as community fish but maybe I'm wrong. I was doing some checking of tankmate compatibility and it seems that clown killies are not on the list. I tried opening the Seriously Fish profile, but it ended up with the 'try deleting your cookies' page. Like Nano...

@Colin_T @GaryE I think a normal aquarium should do for now. However, I went against my original opinion on community tanks (being overrated etc.) and want to do a normal community. The 60 x 45 x 45cm low iron glass aquarium holding 121.5L of water (32 US gallons) would do for a community of...

Maybe. Guess I'll remove the ember tetras then, but I understand that they're not a good mix (Boraras and ember tetras). I'm going to change the stocking a bit.

It's Tuesday. I was originally against normal community tanks, but how times change? I now realise it's easier to look after than a biotope or similar. Okay, a custom made aquarium (65 x 47 x 42cm) with a volume of 128.3L would be sufficient for different types of nano fish (Africa, Asia and...

If I have a custom-made 65 x 47 x 42cm aquarium, I could do a community tank of nano fish. Here are the pH of the fish I picked for the setup according to Seriously Fish: Ember tetra: pH: 5.0 - 7.0 Dwarf rasbora: pH: 4.0 - 6.5 Pygmy Corydoras: pH: 6.4 -7.4 Is it appropriately stocked?

Did lots of research on the paludarium, but I'm not ready for it yet. Since the difficulty of paludarium care is a bit more than of an aquarium, I think it's time to put it in the backburner until I'm completely ready to do one in the future. I hope that's understandable. I wish I had one...

Today's Monday. Research is going good for me. Borneo and Bangka holds many treasures in terms of fish species. I'm going for 2-3 species (small 21 gallon continent-focused community tank) with similar pH requirements. The Canning Vale LFS has a Bioscape paludarium which contains albino neon...

It's interesting. Okay, I might get those lights. Maybe. Hmm... I'll have a think about it. I'm very interested in Australian (my home country) and Southeast Asian fish, but Psuedomugil sp. would do good for a riparium, but don't know if they do great in a paludarium. I think Borneo and the...

I think this is it: https://www.zetlight.com/o2-freshwater-p00134p1.html I don't know if the lights are controllable via app, but it should do for the paludarium. I was thinking if I can make a lush, rocky rainforest with wood roots as the hardscape. A few designs later I can pick the one that...

Today's Sunday. I've made a significant change on the paludarium. Originally it was going to be a blackwater setup, but it's hard to look after a blackwater setup since I'm a beginner. This setup is more for experts. I'm going for a normal, slightly acidic aquarium (6.5 pH) because I'm not fully...

Oh. Sorry.

Priced out the plants and lighting. The Canning Vale LFS has an adjustable 75 watt Zetlight, don't know which model, with the adjustable brackets costing a total of $370 ($280 for light, $90 for the brackets). Also, they don't have Paro gouramis for a long time. Better check the O'Connor LFS on...

It's Saturday, the weekend. Continuing costing what I need for the paludarium, slowly getting there. The O'Connor LFS only has paro deissneri gouramis, since they're the only legally importable species. So, I might have to remove the Boraras because of this, unless the Canning Vale LFS has...

@Colin_T and @GaryE, Would you like to share your experience with southeast Asian fishes (i.e. Parosphromenus, Pangio, Boraras, Betta, Trigonostigma), especially the endangered ones that are found in the hobby? I would love to know how to make an appropriate, biotope (not community tanks)...

Today's Friday. It will be a busy day today. Done my pricing except for the licorice gourami species and plants.

Oh, right. I was looking for Bornean blackwater tankmates for Boraras brigittae and Parosphromenus. AI and Bay Fish does not have them, I'm going to ask the Canning Vale LFS if they have Parosphromenus species. They may have come from an importer other than the two mentioned. I priced Boraras...