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Do they eat small snails?

I feed my fish 4 spirulina tabs once a day. Should I cut it in half? My tank is 42 gallons Malaysian trumpet snails (hundreds), Ramshorns (hundreds), Shrimps (maybe around 7), Nerites (probably 4), a pleco (not the common pleco), 3 guppies, 10 pristella tetras, 3 otto cats, 8 Kuhli loaches, 5...

Thanks for the advice. I only feed my fish thrice a week and I believe the snails are eating the dead leaves of my plants (my aquarium is heavily planted) and this could be the reason why they are reproducing more poop.

I'm already using wave maker to swept away "dust" from leaves. The one, I'm using performs 3000 lph or 792 gph. I have multiple power heads that I could use. Thanks for the advice.

So, I'm having a bit of a "dusty aquarium" problem due to the presence of detritus on my substrate (white sand). During water changes, the detritus is distributed on plant leaves, java moss clumps, and it's getting really, really messy. I use a turkey baster to "blow" the detritus away from java...

There's this article stating that a bacterium caused "Soft rot" in Anubias nana. The bacteria is called Dickeya dadantii

I introduced this new Anubias to my tank. If it happens to get infected with Anubias rot, will it affect plants from other general like Crypts, Java Ferns, and Bucephalandras?

Any idea what this are? They grow on wood

I I previously bought Java ferns and placed them in my old tank with no flow. They all died. Furthermore, I also suspect that higher temperatures(90-95 f) may have been the cause of the problem. I think Java ferns would benefit from water movement because it would help distribute nutrients...

I recently bought a wave maker. The reason why I bought this is to sweep away debris that get stuck in my java moss or in other areas. Will this also make my newly bought java fern happy?

Thank you everyone!

So, I recently had an ICH problem and managed to stop the infection. However, I encountered a small issue with my fishless pond. During the treatment, I accidentally introduced infected water into the pond. Now, I suspect that the pond has ICH larvae. It has been a significant amount of time...

I used a chemical .. called borax if I recall correctly to kill the ants

I have a question, what is that carpet plant?

Above: This was my aquascape before that incident ( when ants destroyed the Styrofoam under the base of my tank) Below: this is my current aquascape (I replaced the old Styrofoam). I edited the picture so I will know what I will add next what do you think is better?