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  1. Dancing Matt
    How long have you had him? Is he sitting on the bottom of the tank or just hanging out in the back? He could be adjusting to the new home and behind the filter is out of site and a place to rest. That temp should be fine for him. But when concerned yes, always check the water parameters.
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    What is the PH?
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    What I think is good to think about is do you want a low, med, or high light setup. I mixed low light plants and high light plants in my first planted tank and I ended up either burning the low light plants or not getting good growth out of the high light plants.
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    What are your water parameters?
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    I really like the multiwalled greenhouse siding as a glass top alternative. I have it on most of my tanks. It really helps to keep in the heat and is easy to cut.
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    I thought that could be especially discouraging for a first or second tank.
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    Gotcha, I have just heard mixed results of people using silicones that promoted "mold free" not had any experience my self with that kind.
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    Just double checking, did you make sure the silicone was just silicone/aquarium silicone and no other additives?
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    I am getting ready to redo my 45 and this is the kinds growth i'm hoping for in the future. Well done!
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    I'd be curious to hear a suggestion for this. I am having a similar situation with a goldfish tank. I have been doing weekly water changes. Today I got some nitrifying bacteria that I will be dumping in my tank to see if it will help to seed my bio-filter. My plan is to add it every day for a few days or until I run out. I did this once before with the same fish when I first started (I learned to not by on impulse the hard way) and I think it worked... when I tested after treating the water for a few days I noticed that the ammonia was lower. I then tested the nitrites and nitrates and noticed that the nitrites were high so I knew the process was working. The only thing I don't know is if the change from ammonia to nitrites was from the bacteria or was already in process and I just hadn't been testing it. I am currently feeding protein every other day to lower waste.
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    How is he doing?
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    I have airline hose that I cut, melted and attached in a circle (had to do a couple tries to get it to work for me this way). I use it with my beta, his tank has duckweed and Frog bit. If I am not careful with the density it can grow over into the rings otherwise I'm fine. It sounds like your issue is the thickness or density of the hornwort? Can you make an aria that doesn't have multiple layers of hornwort? What about if you float some PVC (vertically) or a plastic container (and cut out the bottom of the container)? Then you would have floating walls that could keep the plants from getting in. Maybe zip tie some eggcrate diffuser together and float that?
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    I believe waiting about 2 weeks. If you are using paraclense here is the link for Aquarium CO-OP product page they have their own recommendation in the "directions/specifications" tab. Aquarium Co-Op Instructions: Dose one packet per 10 gallons of water to be treated. Let sit in aquarium for 7 days. Then do 25% water change. Rest the fish 2 weeks. Week 4, retreat with a dose of one packet per 10 gallons of water to be treated. Let sit for 7 days. Then do a 25% water change. Fritz ParaCleanse WWW.AQUARIUMCOOP.COM Treats Internal Parasites Plant Safe Invertebrate safe We recommend using Paracleanse to treat internal tapeworms, a problem that nearly all freshwater fish have when purchasing from a pet store. We use this on every fish we...
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    @H.K.LutermanOkay, so i just noticed the fish? in your picture. What is that?
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    @H.K.Luterman does the trimming work for dwarf aquarium lilies? I just wanted to double check. I read that that would stimulate growth for tiger lotus but hadn't seen anything about it for dwarf aquarium lilies.
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    One definitely looks stressed, i am pretty sure those horizontal bars are stress bars. I am wondering with hobbit, what kind of food and how much? how long ago did you get them?
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    Great drawings! I like all the algae covered rocks. Have you noticed if your loaches like Baby brine shrimp? I started feeding my White Clouds and my loach would come out and seemed to be eating what it could. Something to think about for the light, when i put an LED light on my 10 gal (bout the same height of my 20L) I ended up having to dim it all the way and put a shorter photo period to avoid excessive algae. Do you happen to have a guess for what species mine is (kinda bad pictures/camera) both pictures are the same loach. My LFS just sold them as a "hillstream loach".
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    One thought is if she healthy and responsive it is probably okay. If she is active and eating, no visible sign of disease... If I startle my male (bump the glass loudly or disturb too much when cleaning the gravel) he will hide behind the drift wood in his tank but otherwise he is swimming up to the glass when ever I get near his tank.
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    Gotcha. How many loaches total do you have? As of now i have one and haven't decided if it would be better by itself or with a couple more.
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    How fast is your flow? I have thought about this for my loach and white clouds but am worried my pump would kill them (white clouds) if they try to sleep or exhaust them till they get sucked in.
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    I'm sure others will input but one thing that stands out is the 12hr plus night cycle. I am assuming that the night cycle means blue light is on? Is that correct? If not 12 hours may be too much, you could try dropping it down to 8 hours, making sure to have them on at the time you are most around the tank. If you do have blue lights on at night that could definitely cause algae bloom.
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    I haven't seen the live stream but I can say that I have been freezing my baby brine shrimp then later feeding them to my white clouds and betta and am having no problem. I dispense the shrimp into a container and throw it into the freezer. Later when I need it I run it under cold water in a net to de-thaw the shrimp. I haven't yet just chucked the ice puck in the tank but I am tempted to.
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