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    Agreed. I'd try to get at least 3" thick layer of substrate.
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    I would need to know which filter, flow path, etc. If you let me know the filter then I can get you a setup diagram
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    I can answer the question, I just don't understand what you're asking. Bags of soil substrate leeches particles into the water column for certain plants. That's why some people use it. Especially in shrimping for PH reduction.
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    Yes. Unsalted is what should be used. You can also use frozen.
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    I love this. I'm definitely going to have an island style setup in the new one. Open section for the little corydoras to vroom around. Beautiful setup.
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    Might be called coal slag there. You can look it up, but it's basically what they use for sandblasting and it's recycled. So whatever was blasted is added to the bag. Batches vary based on how much is recycled. Great tip! 100% I actually enjoy starting over on a tank. It's like getting to redo everything.
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    Just my personal preference and my experience with it. Id recommend changing off the BDBS. So yeah, depending on what is chosen, removing that and not reusing it. What is the substrate in your red tank? Photo please!!!
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    There are usually substrate calculators. You'd want around 2.5-3.5" thick for most situations with plants. I shoot for 4". For a 75g I plan 3 bags of fluorite black.
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    If you use bigger gravel I recommend a feeding dish. I used to run sand. BDBS is extremely fine. Caribsea crystal river is a lot larger if you want to use sand. I switched to seachem flourite and it compacts well for corydoras. The black flourite is pretty decent stuff. It's a balance between sand and planted soils that seems good. Sand only I recommend plants that send runners or attach to hardscape: This is the fluorite black. It's probably 2-3x larger particles than the sand. Probably 3-4x smaller than gravel. Caribsea lists the particle size on their website. Fluorite should be somewhere.
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    Ask the local shop if there is a fish they have that does well. Might be German rams, might be plecos, heck.... Otos would be great. Usually there's always a species of corydoras that is popular enough. I dig the killifish idea. You can dry out eggs too, I'm just not sure which king would work for that. I'll add another and mention ricefish that were noted above as well. Dwarf rainbow, like Gertrudae. The might be easier than killi but hard to say. One thing to keep in mind is how easy the fry are to raise as well as how they fit into the region. Say the store has a heavy focus on 78 degree fish, tetras, etc then you'd want to pick something that fits that range. If they have a lot of cooler water species, that gives you a lot of options off the list above. White clouds + corydoras is a fun tank. 😉
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    Feel better! Best of luck with the order. Sounds like an exciting time to see all the new life!
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    This explains a lot.
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    Oh he's the happiest little corydoras. Just one of those things where if I can't clear it up, I don't want to put him with the group and spread the genes. He'll have a good life no matter. He's the first one on sand and spends all day and night exploring, doing up downs, wonderful personality. You'll giggle. Not the same spoon. I've seen people dip a paintbrush to dose it. I use a small plastic container and then a pipette to mix/dose out powder food. Tap in the amount I want from the container, mix it with tank water and then feed it in. Marks shrimps tank uses one of those blender bottles and mixes a few powders with tank water that way. Very effective for a lot of tanks.
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    Weren't far off.... 😂 Any luck yet? @tolstoy21
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    I'd argue your biggest challenge isn't the project you choose and having success, but what are your plants with a ton of fry if it goes that way... Do you have a local store that is willing to purchase some? A Bolivian ram, white clouds, or barbs would be a great beginning project. Same with corydoras and plecos.
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    A turkey baster comes in really handy for that too. Trust your fingers. Trust yourself to roll and move the eggs. Be firm but gentle and just put em where you want them. I've even used tongs and moss or a net. (net in the tank and then use my finger to feed them into the net underwater to move them) Raising eggs is a fun experience, you learn a ton.
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    One of the big things with anubias (and other slow growing plants) is placement. Anubias likes shade and likes the off angle lighting. It does best in the corners, sides of a tank and this helps prevent algae on the leaves. I'd recommend moving any of those to the left side of the tank between the glass and the spider wood. Same thing with java ferns.
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    Green stuff could be a type of disease. Unfortunately. 😞 White could be an indication of a bacterial disease as well. Unfortunately they are slightly more expensive, but I do recommend amano shrimp for their ability to handle a bit more. ...... alright, so what you would need to do if this is a disease is treat the tank for the two indicated diseases. We need to start at square one and check everything. Ghost shrimp are very fragile and so there is a risk here. If you want to add shrimp to the tank in future you'd want to treat the tank for that reason as well. https://aquariumbreeder.com/understanding-dwarf-shrimp-diseases-and-parasites/ The green things are called ellobiopsidae Definitely could be the case as well. 100% I've attached the video above and details on shrimp diseases. Hopefully it's nothing there and just more baby shrimp!
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    What foods are you feeding? Depending how much you're feeding, small amounts 2 or so times a day is probably beneficial and helps them if one fish is being outcompeted. Keep an eye on the runt and try to target feed them too.
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    Hey everyone, Please feel free to join in and post things that you feel are unique to your experience or just something that you're witnessing in your tanks that's pretty cool. For me.... I check on the tanks prior to bed and I don't think anyone would believe me if I didn't show them, 30 or so corydoras fry going bananas and when I tossed in food they went even crazier. They really are such a nocturnal fish sometimes!
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    It means it’s not too healthy 😅 I do better with Christmas moss. Meant to post this morning... I guess the day started off with some chaos. Here is the bright green tips on the moss. This is also common on most plants. S.Repens Anubias Ferns doing their thing
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    So frustrated that I woke up and the last spawn was gone 😞 😞 😞 I should've moved the eggs....
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    Before you add salt, I would siphon the tank really well, perform a 50% water change, and add airstone(s).
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    I would pre-emptively dose in salt and research columnaris.
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