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  1. H.K.Luterman
    I want a Murphy plush. X3
  2. H.K.Luterman
    Welcome to the forum! Guppies doing what guppies do best. :3
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    I've seen people have this stuff in their tanks, just wrapping it around decor and letting it spread. I believe it does ok in low light, just grows slower. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/live-plants/products/hydrocotyle-tripartita-japan
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    I recently made the decision that I would like to play with making mutt platies. SO, I began the process of moving my humpback limias to my 29 gal, and leaving Pooka's tank to be the crazy rainbow platy mix tank (save for long time resident The Unsinkable Molly Brown). Man oh man, catching every last limia was such a pain. I really, really didn't want to take apart Pooka's cave or risk damaging my giant sword plant. So every day I just made an effort to get a few, mostly by trying to surprise them at feeding time. The last two evaded me for days, finally catching one yesterday, and the last this morning - I removed the sponge filter which decreased her hiding options. So now I have the option of bringing home platies when I feel like it (though my quarantine tank is still occupied atm), and I have a happy little limia tank. After my victory I took this pic. I don't know why, lol. I was like, "HAHA! Take THAT!" Happy limias! Well, actually I think they're all still a bit freaked out, but they'll settle in. And some delicious chocolate milk. I'm lazy and don't clean my sponge filters often. X3
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    Algae ridden means it's had time to season. :3 The algae helps balance the parameters as well as gives food for your shrimp and snails to nibble on. Also, shrimp and snails don't create as much bio load as adding 10 fish. Should be fine!
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    The java moss all piled up on the plate reminded me of seaweed salad and now I'm hungry. The tank looks great! I love all the activity in it.
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    Take it slow. A well seasoned tank is more stable than a brand new one. Add fish to a new tank just a few at a time, with a few weeks in between. And quarantine any new occupants for at least two weeks, but more time is even better. It's a journey not a race.
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    You know, it might just be dirty, and so the green isn't getting light and such. Every time I do a water change I take mine and rinse it / gently squeeze it out under the tank water, and then give it a little roll between my hands. You could try just doing that and see if it improves.
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    Crayfish will eat everything, including your fish (they sit up high and try to catch them as they swim by). You might want to put rock piles in your tank to give your fry and other fish little crevices to hide in that the crayfish can't fit into. As for plants, floaters might work - frogbit, water lettuce, hornwort, even letting the water sprite float. Perhaps the crayfish will have a harder time getting to them if they're out of reach. But anything rooted into the sand will be dug up.
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    Hmph. Are there any green spots left? It might be too far gone to save. You could try putting it in a glass on the window sill and just give it some TLC, see if it comes back.
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    How warm is your tank? Sometimes being too warm can cause them to brown. It also might not be getting enough nutrients. How long have you had it, and was it nice and green at the time of purchase? I ordered one from Aquarium Co-Op about a year ago I think, and when it came it had a little brown spot on it (it can happen during shipping or if one side just didn't get enough light in its tank). But over time and making sure to turn it, it grew back in green. It's now a happy little fuzz ball.
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    Welcome to the forum! I love how you get your whole family involved!
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    Putting rock piles in your tank gives fry a little fortress to hide in. I have livebearers living with a catfish who loves to eat baby fish, but she can't get them all!
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    Welcome to the forum!
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    I attach bamboo skewers to the ends of my siphon hoses with elastics so that I can stir up the mulm but not suck up the sand while doing water changes.
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    Welcome to the forum! I love the names of your dojos. :3
  17. H.K.Luterman
    There's a fungus among us.
  18. H.K.Luterman
    The largest I've seen commonly for sale is Anubias barteri "Broadleaf." You might have some luck looking on Aquabid for some already grown out a bit. Any reason you want anubias specifically?
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    Definitely put plywood under them, imo.
  20. H.K.Luterman
    My 75 really isn't that much work. I think getting a Python for water changes would be the only thing I'd say would improve its maintenance. Also, it's a bit tall and I'm short, so a step stool would help as well. :3
  21. H.K.Luterman
    I have pinks! Oh man, yeah yours look amazing. I don't have crushed coral in there yet but I think I definitely will order some now. Edit: Oh! Also, how much did you add per 10 gallons? 1 pound?
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    Honestly, so far, just more water changes. The nitrates have never shown that I NEEDED to, but I'm guessing the plants in the tank were eating up all the minerals, as I was seeing heavy erosion. Now that I'm doing water changes every 7 days like clockwork, im seeing these really nice, smooth shells. I think my next step will be to get some crushed coral. I do want to breed mystery snails so I think it's a good idea to figure it out on my ramshorns first.
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    Neat looking little guys. The red on their eyes is very striking.
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    In my efforts to produce ramshorn snails with perfect shells (0 erosion), I'm starting to see some really good looking ones in my snail tank.
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