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I can provide updated photos. Trying to replicate the creeks in south east asia where you might find my fish I use mostly emergent plants that are very slowly creeping into the water. I have a narrow leaf java fern that loves the stump it has just about taken over the entirety of it. You can run this setup with a lot higher flow but need to provide eddies and shelter for fish to get out of the current The orange fin hill trout were lethargic at the LFS but as soon as I dropped them in this tank they are 24/7 energy Since I can’t run many aquatic plants due to the flow, I let the algae and Christmas tree moss build up on the rocks.

Rather than do a 15g Walstad tank it would probably be a good idea to start with a gallon jar first. I'll try to document as I go.

@TheSwissAquarist you’ll be happy to know there are still shrimps in Geppetto’s tank I haven’t really seen him hunting lately. I think it was just the initial introduction that intrigued him.

I'd tamp down expectations, it'll probably become another jungle tank with me ranting about the best way to avoid algae is with healthy plant growth..... Walmart special! 🤣🤣 I saw, I already stalked the first few pages of the thread! 🤣 I'm following her directions from the book which is in the 4th revision. As for the book it's pretty good but wayyyyy too science-ie, I almost want to rewrite it then reread it, but change every scientific plant name and every single scientific element notation!!!! Ammonia, just say Ammonia...... Sentences like "nh4 + o2 provide anoxic conditions which turns it into no3" Just make my brains itch!!!!

Update on the Ich situation: I did beat it, but the last 4 of the Sundadanio did pass. When I heard they were an "Ich Magnet" fish, I wasn't expecting them to be this sensitive to it. I'd love to add another group of either the Sundadanio or maybe try out a Boraras species like the Chili. The good news is, none of the other Samurai passed and are all doing good. Now onto more positive news, this was an exciting week since those surface dwellers I was talking about arrived! Meet the Borneo Redline Halfbeak (Hemiraphodon tengah) ! (I just call them Tengah halfbeaks for short). This species has been on my bucketlist for a while ever since seeing them from Alex Bell (Alexb_aquatics on insta) and Ruben Rensink (also on insta), they're a gorgeous species and arguably the most stunning of the Hemiraphodon genus. Another cool fact about them is that they're the sole egg laying species of the genus, every other species is a livebearer. It'd be cool to see them breed and try to raise the fry since this is a pretty rare species. When the light hits them just right, they have a super bright iridescence, especially the males. These guys just got through velvet so they're a little skinny which is what I was expecting so I'll be fattening them up in a bit. The main concern is that they tend to do better in pairs since the dominant male gets territorial, though the damage isn't anything to worry about i heard and they tend to stick to their own areas anyways. I have 6, so I'll see if I need to remove everyone but the pair in the future. Enjoy these pics!

That's a cool setup. That stump is awesome. I also just learned that @Biotope Biologistand I live in the same town (more or less).

@Biotope Biologist has a similar effect in one of his tanks. It’s this one in his sig. I’m hoping to manage something a little like this if I can find the right rocks for the 180 G that’s still out on my patio right now. 😆 I’ll have to find just the right rocks and put them on lighting grid to distribute weight.

hi, Mi name is Joan Brugal. I'm from the Dominican Republic. I recently bought a 3.5-gallon tank with some plants, basic gravel, 2 widow tetras (i think), 3 guppies, 1 nerite Snail (i think), a sponge filter with a 2.5w pump and a small light. My goal is to try and achieve the best water, and health conditions for my fish and maybe in the future have a bigger tank a breed guppy. i bought some test kits. I have a thermometer that is showing 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit), My snail showing some white spots, my PH is 6.4 (trying to reach 7 with API PH UP), my GH is <3d, my KH is 0-3d my cl2 is 0-0.8, my NO2 is 0-1mg/l, my NO3 is 0-10mg/l. Using Nutrafin Cycle to maintain my tank and feeding my fish some tetra color tropical Granules. Anyone have some suggestions? do I need to feed something to my snail? do the plants need something extra? one guppy died 4 days after i setup the tank, the other fish seem ok.

Hi everyone! Here's the new stock for this upcoming week after they are cleared from quarantine. Most fish are ready to go by Sunday/Monday (depending on how quarantine goes). All fish are sold on a first-come first-served basis. If you have any questions on these fish or other questions related to the store, please email us at: store@aquariumcoop.com ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Frogs, Shrimp, and Snails African Dwarf Frogs Blonde Leucistic African Dwarf Frogs Cherry Neo. Shrimp Orange Neo. Shrimp Red Rili Neo. Shrimp Blue Velvet Neo. Shrimp Small Amano Shrimp Asst. Nerite Snails Assassin Snails Asst. Mystery Snails Blue Wood Shrimp Bamboo Shrimp Bettas Asst. Halfmoon Males Asst. Crowntail Males Asst. Plakat Males Cichlids Apisto. Borellii "Opal" Corydoras and Other Catfish Panda Cories Albino Cories Sterbai Cories Reticulated/False Julii Cories Pygmy Cories Red Venezuelanus Cories Plecos Common Otocinclus Assorted Small Bristlenose Plecos (Locally Bred) Loaches Kuhli Loaches Reticulated Hillstream Loaches Tetras Neon Tetras Green Neon Tetras Cardinal Tetras Rummynose Tetras Ember Tetras Candy Cane Tetras Barbs Green Tiger Barbs Danios Gold Ring Danios Rasboras Chili Rasboras Other Cyprinids Siamese Algae Eaters Badis Gouramis Sunset Honey Gouramis Powder Blue Female Dwarf Gouramis Pearl Gouramis Livebearers Asst. Fancy Guppies (Locally Bred) Asst. Endlers (Locally Bred) Asst. Mollies Asst. Platies Rainbowfish Threadfin Rainbowfish Killifish Clown Killifish American Flag Fish Red Striped Killifish PAIRs Goldfish/Koi Small Red & White Ranchus Black Ranchus Ricefish Oddballs Indian Peacock Eels Sales (While Supplies Last): -40% OFF All Non-Aquarium Co-Op Branded Rimless Tanks Photos 1. Red Stripe Killi Male 2. Sterbai Cories 3. Dalmatian Mollies 4. Endlers

A couple of days ago I made a reply to a thread saying I can't get moss to grow. And my AC order shows up today... Notice the packing list. Is this a sign? Do I owe Cory some money? Here's the kicker... The order was shipped before I made this post (ordered Wednesday last week). *roll The X-Files theme*

Done with maintenance for the day. I took some pictures of the Easy Flow kit in action. I have it hooked up to an ACO dual outlet air pump, unrestricted. Before starting maintenance. Popped the lid off and got a shot from above. ~5 gallons taken out of the 55. At ~10 gallons taken out, the air pump is not strong enough to continue pushing water out of the curved piece. I can imagine that if you had a linear piston air pump these things could CRANK. If you have a standard air pump, you’re obviously at the mercy of the pump. Regardless, it functions well on a standard air pump. Overall, I’m pleased with it. The air collar is awesome and I’m so stoked to not have to mess with an air stone on this filter ever again! The flow is a nice addition. When these launch I’ll definitely be getting a kit for each sponge filter I have, as well as updating the 2 nano sponge filters I have in use to work with the air collar. I’m not sure I’ll use the entire flow kit for every tank (who knows, maybe I will) but to not have to take apart filters and “never clog” air stones every week has me sold. Also took some pictures of the water that came out of the blackwater tanks. Mature 20 long blackwater tank. Newer 29 gallon blackwater tank. Each bucket has 2 gallons of water. The 20 long has just been going longer. Hoping to get the 29 equally as dark and took some steps today to make that happen. Post water change I dumped in ~1/2 of the blackwater tea I have been making and saving. I then boiled a new batch of botanicals. 7 or 8 big Indian Almond Leaves, 3 acorn caps, 4 Birch pods, 4 of another pod that I can’t remember the name of, and 1 Sweetgum Pod. All 3 acorn caps went into the 29 as those are said to release a TON of tannins, as well as a couple of the pods, and the majority of the leaves. The Sweetgum Pod and the remainders went into the 20 long. Excited to see what the 29 looks like tomorrow when the lights kick on!

I edited to add the fact that the order was in transit when I made the post. 🤣 These predictions are getting real good.

No if that is the room temperature you are better o just leave it and add another airstone to get a bit of cooling that way or just leave it be. Constantly trying to adjust temp is more harmful to fish.

Welcome to the forums! I did notice your temperature seems a bit high. If you do have a heater in the tank, be sure to lower it to the 76-78 degree range (basically that green band on the thermometer). It will have add oxygenation to the water and help with those fish in particular as they like that temperature range.

You got one too?! Heck ya!!!!!! Initial thoughts on mine are that they’re pretty rad, well worth the $6, well packaged, and I’m so stoked to have one less air stone to fiddle with each week. I’ll be adding these to all of my tanks, as well as getting 2 new nano filters to be able to use this kit. I’m stoked.

Still adjusting, but it's in. cc @AllFishNoBrakes In the kit we have what amounts to a few things going on here. For the sake of ease of clarity I'll use basic terms and poke fun at myself for the ability to overdescribe things in a box. 1. 3x big tube 2. 1x small tube (adjustable) 3. 1x bent tube (direction matters) 4. 1x Air collar/diffuser/Jetlifter 5. 1x small coupling with airline tubing holder hook 6. 1x large coupling with airline tubing holder hook 7. 1x small coupling without airline tubing holder hook 8. 1x large coupling without airline tubing holder hook I tried to guesstimate what I would need to get the tube to the height of the tank, broke down everything on my sponge filter and then tried to plug it into place. Tubing falls off because it's just hard/dried on the end. Grabbed the scissors and cut that off, applied the tubing to the air diffuser and then tried to plug things in. It's a small note, but what a joy to not have to go "ah crap" and realize you didn't route the tubing through the tube to get to the thing to diffuse the air. It's nice to just have the diffuser outside of the tube. This is the first time I've ever seen an air collar and it was pretty interesting to see where the air comes out of. It wasn't what I'd expected and it's definitely a unique thing. Interesting little bit of engineering. I got all of that into place and then tried to decide exactly how to point things. I don't really know what is "optimal" apart from making the water move around. It's a whole new world! I pointed it towards the front middle of the tank, there is a heater near the flow as well as a future moss wall about to be on that right side. It's nice to have the surface movement from the filter. I do run two on this tank, so I have one on an air stone and one off the new jetlifter piece. Noise on the air collar is perfectly acceptable and it works. You can use 1, 2, or 3 tubes and you can even end up with the adjustment piece all the way inside of the big tube if you have a really long, but shallow tank. It'll be interesting to see how the bacteria and algae acts towards the new setup. As far as flow goes (intake) I do have a pretty unique situation where the baby shrimp will go en masse to whichever one is pulling more air. I have found myself having to balance the flow if I wake up one day and notice that all the shrimp are on one side of the tank. It'll be intriguing and fun to wake up during the week and see how the shrimp are behaving. As far as construction, I do recommend that you take all the bits apart for cleaning. There might be some plastic burrs on the end to remove, but it's not any sort of a major issue. Plastic rubs and burrs happen, it's just the material doing what it does. (literally just had it hit me) I wonder if there was ever a "steampunk" type of filter that uses some 304 stainless steel for the tubing? I imagine that a "pecktec" edition of a sponge filter like that might be pretty cool and unique looking. Top heavy, needs a special base, but cool. Anyways, the tubes are lengthened and we'll see what we see! Thank you again to Cory, Zenzo, Randy, Candi, and the rest of the co-op team for doing this and sending these out. Much appreciated.

Hi @Supermassive, Thank you for the clarification. S. repens is very much like the Staurogyne sp 'Porto Velho' that I grow but has smaller leaves. It does need more light than I see in your photos so I would still trim the Myriophyllum in your tank. And additional available iron can't hurt. My experience with the species has been that cuttings pretty much don't do much until the roots have formed and are extensive enough to support growth and this can take a month or more depending upon light levels and nutrients. I have also found that they seem to benefit from a couple of root tabs in the vicinity of the cutting. Two weeks ago I did a major trim on my stems of Staurogyne sp 'Porto Velho' and replanted the tips and they have done nothing yet....but they are still alive. Here is my tank with the Staurogyne sp 'Porto Velho' on the right. -Roy

When you decide you might want to post about it here. There are a number of members here who raise and ship fish and shrimp. I can't promise you won't get scammed through this or a similar forum, but I'd be surprised if it happened. I've had dozens of transactions, both buying and selling, and haven't had a really bad experience.

Ahh very nice! My thread is here with the instructions I used from Diana Walstad’s shrimp jar article. I am excited to follow along with yours!

I love the idea of a mossy rock tank! Planted tanks are cool but they do not remind me of local nature. We have a lot of creeks, streams, rivers, outlets and you name it. What I see is moss covered rocks, wood and fish.

Danio fry enjoying the merits of First bites (it looks so much like BBS)

Redundant heaters are a better idea because if the 300w. fails to shut off you will cook the fish.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzEPJ3AIg8o/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

What works for me is adding Indian almond leaves to the tank or boiling them and letting that “tea” cool, then adding that to the tank. Indian almond leaves have antibacterial and antifungal properties.

Yup been doing that before as well. It's going to be a combination of running the HOB in an existing tank, use some existing media from other filters and add bacterias from a bottle to get me going. Thanks all, I was just interested to understand how fast this could go without putting stress on the fish I need to move.

I have a video from a breeder that uses an "all in one" setup for breeding his barbs. Pretty ingenious little setup and it works well.

I cheat when I need to do this quick. I take half of the media needed for the new hob from the one on the tank or the canister on the cycled tank. I’m using to jump it. and use half new media. I replace what I took from the one on the seasoned tank with new media. This works well for me and I only ever see a tiny bit of ammonia and nitrite in the new tank and have never seen any in the tank I stole media from. This might not be an option for you but in case it is I wanted to share.

Lemon blue eye bristlenose getting big.

Hi, I'm new to fish ownership and needing some help. I found this forum through the comments in the below video. Today I moved my betta fish because I saw a hole in her tail so I moved her to a hospital tank. my nitrite numbers were 1.0 so I got her out. There was nothing sharp to cause damage. She is also red and the color is dulling. I dosed with Ich-X and Maracyn. I have an air stone going too. I know in the video it says to not follow the directions on the box for dosing. Can someone confirm if I just dose once, no water change, no food, and wait 7 days or am I supposed to dose daily? Thanks to anyone taking the time to read this and respond.

Hi @Supermassive, The pictures above are don't really help. Can you provide pictures of other plants in your tank that may be suffering but not as badly? Are you doing weekly water changes? How much? (25%, 50%, ??%) Also need water parameters: pH, dKH, dGH, nitrates (ppm) Lastly what are you using for fertilizer(s)? How much of each? How often? Thank you, -Roy

Check ammonia daily if you are using Maracyn. It has a tendency to disrupt the beneficial bacteria in/on filters. @Big B

not what you ask but yoyo is one of the species that it is really important to keep in a group; having said that your tank is not large for a group of 5 as they require a fair amount of horizontal space for swimming. As for dwarf cicihld most will spend a fair amount of time near the bottom; though a few will be more mid range at times during the day - even rams spend a lot of time near the bottom. keyholes and laetacara (a genus of which i recommend thayeri, araguaiae (more colourful) and curviceps). If keyhole you need to get at least 4 - the others i'd also recommend 4ish but it is not as critical. None of them are easy to sex while young if that matters. araguaiae are not tiny fishes - and the ones i had and a friend had were both larger than what most places claim - a hefty 4+ is what you should expect from males - females are smaller. in the community environment keyholes are really a good option as they are very peaceful and friendly fishes - the laetacara are more aggressive (not aggressive by aggressive standards) and much more assertive.

I manned up and cleaned the glass in the shrimp/indostomus tank. With a sponge. I also cleared the airhose tube in the filter, but the flow is not better. As in it doesnt exist. I raised a lot of debris and given due to shrimplets I never gravel vac, it is an interesting tank. I wonder if I should remove the sponge from the "filter" as I am not sure if it is working and just leave the airstone to provide a flow. I also cut some growing of the hygrophilla and planted them in the back and removed 80% of salvinia, as always. Since it is Wednesday, shrimp feeding time. I feed once a week something just for them, a spirulina tablet, a nettle wafer, a vegetable,... During the maintenace it showed how many shrimp I actually have and oh boy, such an explosion. Nice difference after the planaria caused them to die off, I had like 7, and now there are 30, easy.

I'll get the leaves now. Thanks so much!

It’s very possible the maracyn is killing off your green water. Do a larger water change and redose maracyn for what was removed as needed. In so glad you live the little lemons. They have such different personalities from other fish.

BISCUITS. There are nitrites in the Green Dragon tank. Did a 50% water change and gravel vac’d again. The water came out dark as sweet tea, so the almond leaves are doing their work. I do need to be able to see the fish, though.

River is still active, and still very ill. She’s in a 5 gal hospital tank with Maracyn 2, and has gotten a few water changes due to ammonia. I’m not sure the green water was a good idea, I think the meds might be affecting it. The new residents are settling in. Dansfish sent me a new pair of Platinum Dumbo-ear Redtail guppies, which was super nice of them. Trios of Blue Dragons and Green Moscows. They seem young, and not as elaborately gorgeous and colored up as the previous guppies, and I hope that they are young, and that I’ll get to see them grow into their tails, and have them for a couple years. It breaks my heart to lose them. Esmerelda and Darling are sorely missed. But they were very large females when they were sent to me, which isn’t necessarily ideal. Beautiful, oh my, yes. But my goal is a little colony tank. One I can add pairs to every few months, to make sure I don’t inbreed them into oblivion, but just a little 10 gallon tank of pretty guppies. It’s good to have a goal to work towards! Gives me a solid direction for those tanks, and a standard to measure things by. If it isn’t good for the guppies and fry, then it shouldn’t be in the tank. And the Goodeid tanks are the same way, though I’m treating them with the “GBR protocol,” which is still developing, but gets more and more careful, thoughtful, and stringent. Some of the tanks are treated very casually. Those fish need to be hardy enough to handle slightly irregular feeding times, temperature swings of a few degrees, a day or two without outside food, things that would actually happen in a fish’s natural environment. Weather patterns, food patterns, seasonal shifts. The Blue-golds are treated this way, they are a casual tank, with nothing but Kuhli loaches for company. Tons of fry. Redundant colony in the GBR tank, just blue-gold culls (that are lovely) that have also had fry in that tank as well. The GBR tanks are more hands-off. Nothing goes into those tanks without intention and research, no new plants, no new creatures from outside the house. Very rarely I’ve added inverts from other healthy tanks, or a particular guppy. I’ve removed a few guppy females when they start getting enormous, that’s not a breeding tank, after all. The GBR are considered first. Seems sensible. Another fishy goal: doing things in the Fishroom intentionally, instead of haphazardly “because that’s what I heard somewhere/read on FB/saw on YT/etc.” I set up a few tanks very hastily this summer, and now I’m reconsidering whether or not to take them into the winter. Some of them are doing fantastic and actually need a little thinning. Others, not so much. I don’t know how to figure out the equilibrium of a livebearer colony yet. It’s very exciting to be breeding fish, to see the generations of fry in the tank and watch them grow up. The summer tubs were great for producing tons of fish, and they were very colorful, but I didn’t get to spend time with them. I didn’t even really get to see them much, cause the dwarf water lettuce took over. It’s good at that, I’ve noticed. Something to think about for next year’s tubs. Speaking of tubs, the last one got put in the utility room yesterday. Got very very cold last night, and I was worried the heater wasn’t enough. I’d like to figure out how to make a little pond that I actually enjoy. With the koi guppies, preferably, because OMG prolific. I thought I rehomed the majority of the colony, along with the original trio. How do I still have an entire colony of koi guppies?? They left enough fry in the tank for a pond tub by themselves. The Panda Lady, however, chased around some fry last evening for a while. I thinned the floating plants and she seized that opportunity… to go hunting? Yikes, Panda Lady. The yellow shrimp never did catch on in that tank, I wonder if she ate them. When I have a spare tank (LOLOL why am I like this) I could try moving some of the fry into it to grow up more safely. Marigold is the Tank Boss, and I am Here. For. It. She’s doing great, and there have been a couple small batches of fry in that tank. One of them significantly smaller than any others I’ve seen from them, more like guppy fry, so they’re possibly from a younger female, or they need a rest. It’s time to lower the temperature anyway, I’ll check it today and probably lower it a degree. There are quite a few juveniles and fry in there though, which is lovely to see. Also in that tank, the dwarf aquarium lily has some disintegrating leaves. I put a plant weight on the bacopa, now that it’s long enough to reach from the substrate to the surface. Lemon Blue-Eyed Bristlenose babies. I visit the Violet Mosaics often to check on them, and the guppies are looooving the extra attention. There aren’t enough fry in that tank, it needs more plants and more regular food. Which it is now getting, so the lemon babies, Lee and Kaywinnet, are benefitting the guppies. They don’t seem to hang out together much. I haven’t had a pleco in 20 years, lol, and those were in my Monster Cichlid tanks. These are teeny little aliens, with completely unfamiliar and strange patterns and movements. Utterly darling ones, that I have to resist sitting to gaze at in wonder. I never had babies, back in the Monster Cichlid days. They’re getting microwaved green beans, and last night I made some green repashy, which will be shared amongst the tanks as well. The entire Fishroom is gonna love those babies, lol. Maybe I’ll even get a picture of them soon. They’re shy, and I haven’t wanted to frighten them by ‘hunting’ them with direct and focused attention following them, I want them to feel safe and settle in. Like the difference between a boss-stare with a dog and a soft-stare. Not as subtle, but still, the principle applies. GuppySnail has me thinking about the psychology of fish quite a bit! It’s fascinating. I believe in the subtle energies and emotions within these tanks, I spend hours with them every day. My job gets done, certainly, but the tanks get a lot of time as I move throughout the house during the day. There is the Guppy Room, which is the bedroom. The Goodeid room, which is the office. The “lab” which is the front of the house, because that’s where the direct sunlight comes into the windows. And the GBR room, which is the living room (and now has the least killifish and the tiger teddies, too). I like that each tank is starting to become a decorated, planted, individual little ecosystem. Even if it’s only the very beginning, with just fish, plants, and snails. Snails!! I am becoming more and more obsessed with snails. Piano Snaaaaaails. I only have FOUR. Well, I can only find 4, in the 20 gallon which is full of hiding spaces for catfish and shrimp. But still. Heartbreaking. They did not thrive there, like I expected, instead they were outcompeted. An important lesson for me. I tried to target feed them, but it didn’t seem to work, so I need better methods before I try that in the future. Now they’re in Snailhaven, and there wouldn’t be any fish in there at all, if I hadn’t needed a place for Darling and Dearborn 2.0. No. More. Tanks. If something comes in, something’s gotta go out. Equilibrium of some kind has to be a goal, too. OMG. Omg. There’s a baby in the Tiger Teddies tank. Oh, my heart, it’s so teeny. I love, love, love this hobby. My heart feels so full in these moments, even when desperately worried about them, too.

ACO run baby! 🙂

I’m definitely trying that with my tetras!

Totally a kelp forest right there.... stem jungle scape? Just looks good. 🙂

The stuff on the substrate is cyanobacteria. As for plants, you definitely can adjust some things to be able to help the ecosystem out and "reset the balance" so to speak. When it comes to algae, water changes are your friend. 1. What are your water parameters in the tank compared to the actual tap where you get your water change water from? 2. Manually removing everything can be really difficult. Start with a blackout (details below) and consider dipping the plants during that time as well. 3. Up your water changes from once a month to bi-weekly or weekly. See if that helps. 4. Let's review light settings, filtration setup, and make sure that is cleaned out. Check the pump and make sure it's working properly as well. Blackout+deep clean method: This is courtesy of Bentley Pascoe and a question he had taken on one of his live streams. Most times you hear blackout and people will simply cover the tank in towels or blankets while turning off the light for X amount of time. A. Clean out the filtration, check everything, verify the pumps work well. B. Deep clean the substrate and make sure you don't need to repeat this process. If you do, just fill the tank up again like you normally would and repeat the deep siphon after 24 hours. C. After you have things clean, then you would black out the tank normally as mentioned above. Normally for 7 days. D. Every day, do a 30-50% water change and continue the process. This should get things back to normal... That being said, you can also do a treatment on the plants. This is a 3-4 day process, but I've done it over weeks and it works fine. A. Setup a bucket with an airstone and move the plants to that bucket. Cover it with a lid or heavy towel and keep it in a dark place. B. Follow this video for the 3-day treatment to remove algae or follow the video by mark's shrimp tanks for treatment with hydrogen peroxide. Gluteraldehyde treatment: Hydrogen Peroxide treatment: For the hydrogen peroxide treatment, I'd run anywhere from 2-3 treatment in the bucket. For the gluteraldehyde, it's a 3 day (2 dose) treatment. That would get your plants back on track and you just give them fresh water and keep them in the bucket for anywhere from 7-14 days. You can also try dosing the tank itself with the hydrogen peroxide to try to kill off the cyano, but I am not sure if that will be effective.

Yep.... And a lot more conversations with support which is getting increasingly less helpful. My favorite is when it's shipped from, sold by Amazon and it ends up being a third party and they try to push the blame off. I push back on that whenever possible because whenever anyone posts a review on the sellers it's "this review was removed, item was fulfilled by Amazon." Over and over again. It's frustrating, because it's so hard to go to the local anything and get what you need sometimes. The last one was literally fish food and dechlorinator. Had to buy it online.

albino cory fry, hatched in the tank, i only see him out at night, probably hides during the day to stay alive:

Found this little cutie (panda Cory) that some how made it without incubation. Nature finds a way.

Selling an aquarium cheap is just like selling computer printers cheap. It's not the printer they make the money on, it's the ink... once you buy the aquarium glass, they know you'll be buying a ton more over the next several years, so they can afford to sell the aquarium cheap.

So, I think I have 2 females and 1 male. The male is much smaller than the females. Over the past few days, I haven't really seen the females around but one seemed to reemerge today. Not sure if she's pregnant, but I'm hoping so!

They hatched and started leaving the cave, so my homemade Dean style fry tray.

Hey I just feed, they do the work :))) But thanks I took whole tank shots yesterday, it requires me to have turned off lights, turned off other tank light and in the seethrough one has to have my boyfriend standing behind it with a black sheet :))) And that is all for me this week

Asian tank, fed repashy in powder form, enticed all the sewellia to go out, to eat, to chase each other and the garras. Nothing too vicisous, just chasing, sometimes sitting on one another. Garras will chase the sewellia back but like "tag you are it" The golden sewellia is the female I have since August I believe, rest are new crew