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  1. Fonske
    I have no rust issues with my moss carpets. The moss grabs a piece of gravel or two if I don't touch it for a while, but the carpet can still be moved around for cleaning, no problem. Shrimp love to live in the carpets.
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    Here is a tank with two suction cup mounted white-blue submersible lights in addition to the main light which is hidden inside the tank lid. Currently the tank has no plants in it but it had before, and also had lights of other colors. Some observations: algae really like to grow on the lights, regardless the color (see the green spots on the picture). fish like to peck on the algae and move the lights around (see the small light on the right, it's never in correct position) white, yellow-white, white-blue LEDs are good if there are plants in the tank. Green plants look horrible with red lights but red plants really pop.
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    Amazon sword details
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    A fitting name might spontaneously reveal itself after a period of observation and connection-making. I would not hurry and give it some time to do so. //My first idea would be "Pearls", because of the pretty spots.
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    My two apple snails were found in an, ugm, suggestive position yesterday. I am adding an extra line to the "prospective earnings" spreadsheet.
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    I would try detention first. A mayonnaise jar or any random glass with some duckweed or frogbit. That should teach him a lesson.
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    I had a male-only mixed strains guppy tank and it was quite peaceful. The males were chasing each other all the time, but never in seriously aggressive manner, no damaged fins or anything, even for slower guys with huge tails like deltas and half-moons. Maybe because there were a lot of them and the tank had plenty of plants and line-of-sight breaks.
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    Depending on how much fish you plan to keep in the 20g, a heavily planted tank with some floaters and no filtration at all might be an option.
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    Black molly
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    Larger/lighter colored gravel gets and looks quite dirty after some time. So in a setup like yours I would do a good deep gravel vac near the front glass, and a light surface-only vac around the plants to keep the tank clean and the plants undisturbed.
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    I had the same concern soon after getting nerites, they were so efficient in dealing with algae. So I started feeding blanched carrots and algae tablets and the snails took that readily, especially the carrots. When feeding algae tablets, I put them right next to the snails and I skip feeding the fishes.
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    Rosy bitterling
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    I have a bunch of struggling plants grown from fruit pits and a seriously tenacious anthurium that flowers and makes babies all-year-round despite the relative humidity around 30%. Too bad I can't stick the babies into my fish tanks, it would have been quite a decor :)
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    Seriouslyfish.com might be the site you are looking for.
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    Ghost shrimp (and nerite snail) enjoying a piece of carrot.
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    I took it out of the pot and the bottom looks like a rhizome, although I'm not sure. Tried to separate it, but it does not divide easily, feels like a single plant rather than a bunch.
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    Microwaving works very well indeed. My critters won't eat raw veggies, but gorge on slightly cooked ones. And it's extra easy to spare a slice of a carrot or zucchini while cooking for people. I always peel off skins and use small pieces so nothing remains after a day or two.
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    Can someone help me with ID of this tiny plant?
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    Congo tetras, LED light and sunlight
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    There is a park near me with calm ponds full of myriophyllum which is covered with silt and does not look very good. However, there is just one special bush of myrio that is emerald green, very dense and awesome-looking. It grows right in front of the opening of the huge pipe that pumps clean water into all the ponds. The substrate there is just rocks and sand. So yes, very clean water seems to be the key for dust-free myriophyllum.
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    I once had several wine glasses filled with water, mini-salvinia/giant duckweed, and pond snails on a windowsill. Some of the glasses developed lively colonies of cool-looking tiny round crustaceans. Was quite fun to observe them.
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    Wow, what a spectacular creature! How big it is? Is it a male or female?
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    Goldfish details
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    My cherries live with guppy females with no victims so far. Might be due to the thick carpet of moss at the bottom. I would suggest adding additional cover for your shrimp if your fishes are of murderous disposition indeed and you still want to keep them together.
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    Mini-rainbow on my floor. Brought in by the changing path of the sun and the small aquarium near the window.
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