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So over the past few months I've noticed that the older leaves of my plants start to grow holes and turn yellow. After a few days they detatch from the stem. I thought this was just because they are in the bottom of the aquarium and don't receive any light so the plant doesn't need them anymore...

It came with my fish. Guy accidentally put him in the bag. I don't know what species it is.

Is it okay if the pothos roots (or any other plant roots for plants growing outside of the aquarium) are straight under the sponge filter? is the current and flow good or bad for the roots and plant?

It's not fuzzy like hair algae is described. It's rather strands of algae that come off the side of my plants. (Not hydra I have some but these are definitely algae). Any way of stopping it's growth?

I have that plant. It's very nice.

What's the name of that bright green plant? Looks good. Wouldn't the snails and loaches be enough to dig around and move the substrate to allow oxygen in ? They're constantly burrowing. Also I heard there are benifits of leaving debris on the surface and creating a layer of mulm. What are the...

I have a planted tank with a small-medium sized grain gravel substrate. No aquasoil or any dirt underneath. I also have some root tabs in the gravel and dose flourish. I have kuhli loaches (which I feed blackworms) and Malaysian trumpet snails that both burrow into the substrate. I've been...

T I'm using a sponge filter so would I just lay some charcoal sponge or charcoal bits on-top? Also the females are super plump. I've been feeding them BBS and blackworms daily for a few weeks now. How do you use peat moss to lower pH? How much to use and where is the best place to get it? I...

How do I know my rain water is a good source? Also I was planning on getting the water ready before my question was if I need to drip acclimate them to this water due to the pH and GH being different

I want to set up a breeding tank for my rummy nose tetras and I read online they only breed in low GH and pH. How would I go about that? My tap water has 8gh 3-4kh and 7.4ph. I don't want to invest in a RO water system. Would I be fine to just use rain water? And then how would I go about...

Here is a video of my white cloud minnow fry tub (50 litres) There are so many little copepods and detritus worms! I added a bit of water from my outside greenwater tank and this is what happened. I also have some bladder snails to clean up any leftover food that sank to the bottom although...

Can I just put activated carbon in my filter after the treatment is done?

I will take most of my snails out just in case.

Turns out I do have hydra in my tank. They started spreading among the leaves of my plants but none are on the glass. I stopped feeding live food for now and I ordered some no planaria as I heard that is good for hydra as well. How have you treated for hydra?

Is feeding live cyclops to white cloud minnow fry a good idea or will they end up just competing for food? I have a bunch of cyclops growing in my green water tub outside and there are already some in my fry tank as well. They seem very small compared to my week old fry but if anyone has any...