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  1. MDoc
    If we buy these, we get a Fluval 3.0?!?!? You heard him folks!
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    That main school looks like Denison barb/roseline shark (Sahyadria denisonii).
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    🤔🤯 HOW?!?! Where are you that your city water has a pH of 12 (or higher)?!?! How are you testing that?
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    I think that certainly sounds doable. It's certainly not as highly stocked as I've seen some people make theirs. Neon tetras and zebra danios are pretty easy fish when it comes to bioload. Especially if you have some live plants, I think you'd be okay. You may consider adding your fish slowly rather than all at once though. Make sure you are giving the bacteria time to adjust to the bioload. Depending on the size of your sponge filter, if things aren't looking good you may need to add additional filtration. But that will depend on various other factors (how heavily planted it is, etc.). Can't wait to see pics. 🙂 Edit: Also, I meant to add, I LOVE all the research and thought you've done before starting your tank. It's another reason I believe you'll be successful. You are clearly interested in doing what's best for your fish. 👍
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    One other tip you could try is to hold the net still and use your other hand to have them scoot backwards into the net.
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    I was thinking some kind of Ludwigia. Maybe Ludwigia repens or Ludwigia ovalis.
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    @gardenmanYour mystery snails were shipped in water (the way you would ship fish)? All packed in the same bag?
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    I want all of this. If you just want to go ahead and pick up this whole section of your backyard and transport it to my house, that'd be great. Thanks.
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    To me, a "mystery bulb" immediately screams Aponogeton. There are several species (ulvaceus, crispus, boivinianus, even hybrids) that are common in the aquarium trade that I would consider at first. Some are fairly similar, but take some time to show how big/how curly the leaves will get. Once the leaves get bigger you may have more luck getting more specific. If it is indeed an Aponogeton (which from the looks of it I think it is), it should grow super fast and may get really big.
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    My favorite floating plant of all time is probably dwarf water lettuce, although I have recently been LOVING najas grass/guppy grass. Love it. So of course neither was in the poll options. 😄
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    Just to echo some of these others, a betta with some nerites in a 10 gallon would be fine with the nano sponge filter. ESPECIALLY if you are planning a planted tank. Definitely lightly stocked, so you should be good to go. Good luck and keep us updated.
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    How long have you had these plants? What kind of nitrate levels do you have?
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    Awesome Cory. THANK YOU for being so proactive. What a bizarre situation. Glad you all are on top of things.
  14. MDoc
    Looks like duckweed (Lemna minor) to me.
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    Cloudy aquariums are very common when first set up. It's likely just a nonharmful bacterial bloom that will clear up in the next couple of days. Just because you have had other tanks set up that never went cloudy to start doesn't mean you did anything wrong this time around. Normally there wouldn't be too much of a difference in this regard between a planted and non-planted tank. I would just give it a couple of days to see if it clears up. Here is a video of @Coryspeaking about cloudy water. It may have some more information for you:
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    This thread has me convinced to buy an actual camera. My friends and family are probably a little tired of getting texts like "that little blurry thing is the new fry!" or "that smudge of red is the shrimp".
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    If you order plants from Aquarium Coop they will mail you the plants in one of those bags. Very handy for visiting the LFS in these cold winter months.
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    I didn't know that was even possible to do. 😁😄
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    Yep. I always say if it has little Yoda ears, it's a pond snail. Thin ones mean bladder snail. The direction of the shell spiral also can be determinant, but I think that's tougher to remember which is which/tell by looking.
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    Looks more like a bladder snail to me. But they probably have both pond and bladder snails in the warehouse. I love 'em. 😄
  21. MDoc
    Barry is his undercover name. The name he uses to check into hotels so people won't bother him.
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    I love this. So cute. 😄
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    I had seen that video before, but completely forgot about it. I think that's close to what I was imagining, although a little more vlog-y than instructional in my opinion. I had tried searching for "substrate" and browsing through the videos but guess I overlooked this one since it didn't seem to be what I was thinking it would look like/be titled as.
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    The most recent livestream had a question about changing substrate in an aquarium. With more and more people getting into planted aquariums (with more plant-focused substrate) and away from fake plants and regular gravel, I think a video showing the steps/breakdown of changing substrates would be helpful to a lot of new aquarium keepers. Maybe it sounds simple ("drain the tank and change the gravel, duh"), but it's a daunting step for many people and I think a video showing someone switching to a substrate more suitable for a planted tank would be helpful. Plus, it may be one more item pushing people toward planted tanks. (Although obviously the caveat that you can grow plants in regular gravel should be made.)
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    Tacos

    MDoc replied to Cincykid's topic in Off Topic General

    The location is likely just where your IP address resolves to. It's fairly common to be slightly off your actual location. I think certain reviews require approval to show up. Probably those with pictures (wouldn't want something questionable to be immediately posted). Give it a few days.
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