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welcome to the forum. sorry cant help you with store hours.

i use a dremel to trim that stuff to fit. that stuff is tough to hand cut, well hand cut and not look like you were having a seizure when doing so.

welcome to the forum.

a 20H will be perfectly fine.

no such thing as too big of a tank.

the whole deal with tanks with plants and lights is finding the balance of light, and nutrients. pretty much no tank needs more than 8 hours of light. the thing is finding how long to leave the light on, pick a length of time, 6, 7, or 8 hours and monitor it for a week or two and see how much new algae grows. if you still grow a lot of algae, cut it back another half hour, etc. no matter what, you will always grow some algae, so find where you limit the algae growth, and still keep your plants growing.

this was the 2nd annual xmas tree drag race.

salt is a good start, ichx or similar are great. as mentioned do a good cleaning, especially a gravel/substrate vac, as thats where the ich spores lay.

cut the light down to 6-8 hours a day will go a long way to slowing down the algae. clown pleco's arent big algae eaters, they like to nibble on wood more, so it likely wont do much for the issue.

gravel substrate and plants are just fine.

i would venture a guess that an air pocket found its way out there.

im no fish doctor, but probably a week and a half away. +/- a week!

glad you caught it, probably wasnt too much longer before they were cooked. if its just shrimp, snails, and guppies, room temperature is probably just fine.

i got a co-op towel in the forum giveaway thing the other week. i count it as my xmas gift.

groups are better, but i have had them as singles, and they did just fine.

welcome to the forum. good bunch of people here.

at 1/2", i might stick them in with the green neons for a few months. just to be on the safe side.

i keep them in a community tank, and have had no issues with them being eaten.. imo any of them 1" or bigger should be fine with most community fish.

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looks good.

id stick with vinegar. for me, bleach has no place near an aquarium.

nothing like 200mph xmas tree's.

i say 1.5" minimum, more is better. i run about 2" gravel in my tanks, and have plenty of plants.

so basically a smaller northern pike. long time ago i kept all kinds of game fish including northerns. they like to eat, and they make big poop. live food is going to be the staple for feeding. crappie minnows, creek chubs, basically whatever is an appropriate size at the local bait shop. definately a large tank fish.