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I noticed that often times, similar species (neons, green neons, and cardinals) will often school or a loner neon will with a school of cardinals, but I've seen the opposite as well...I guess it depends Many folks argue that neon tetras need to be in a large school (like 10-15+) in a 20 gallon...

Lol every one of my tanks except the Walstad has green spot and I can't to get rid of it...wish I could "donate" it to your cause :P

Gotta be honest with you - sometimes my tanks are uneven, but I don't care and I've never had an issue - if it's a two inches uneven yeah, I'd fix it...but if it's less than an inch I wouldn't worry about it

I don't know if anyone else sees this but my trio of red coral dwarf platies do the same....they've been fine for well over a year and a half ;)

I don't have an answer to your first question, but I've experienced the same problem with egeria. Do you have any salt in your tank? I heard that it decreases the amount of chlorophyll in Salvinia molesta (giant water spangles.) Maybe it's not the increase of red, but the decrease of green?

I've never had ntd with green neons...or columnaris, or ich. They're easy to find online, but I got mine from my local petco and lfs :)

I recommend Green Neon Tetras; my favorite tetra species. They're small (you can keep lots in a 29,) hardy, fairly easy to find, smarter than your typical neon, and cheap (neons are $1.50 - $2.75 ea. Green neons are $2.75 - $4.00 ea. Worth it, in my opinion!) They're not as prone to diseases...

Do you have fish in the tank? If so, I'd do a water change. If not, a lil nitrate won't do any harm. Do you have plants? If so, they use nitrate as a food source. If not, water changes will take care of it.

Lol no, I'm serious! It's almost a "cure-all." But, of course, I'll use salt or meds if water changes and heat don't work :)

Nitrite only shows up when there's construction around the area, which hasn't happened in a few months/years at least. It's 0 otherwise. Also, I've had friends with 1ppm nitrite that didn't show signs of damage. I don't think it's as toxic as people make it out to be...same with ammonia Good...

Ah I see. Yeah I don't use a lot of salt but I think I should. The mountain water here is "hard", has excessively low pH (starts out at 6.8 out of the tap then decreased down to 6.4 with high filter flow, or 6.6 with little to no filter flow,) and has low salinity. I've been keeping fish in this...

Ho-ly fish! I just checked my local Tractor Supply Co and they have a 40lb bag for $7! I knew I liked them for their selection of high quality dog and cat food or bulk hay for guinea pigs, but I had no idea they'd have fish-safe salt! Thanks Bwood22!

I plugged everyone from your 75 into aqadvisor - at 95% stocked, it suggests a 33% weekly WC. I know not everyone likes aqadvisor, but it works for me. I like a big white skirt school. I'd move the Buenos Aires, gourami, and have 15 total white skirts. Alternatively, remove the white skirts...

I've had plants thrive in plain children's play sand so your substrate isn't bad - I once had a rosette sword with a 6" root under it in a goldfish tank! But ferts? All plants need ferts; organic potting soil, aquasoil, liquid, powdered, or tab ferts are all viable options. Root tabs are great...

It looks quite a lot like Crypt wendtii 'Green'

I'm so sorry to hear this... I can't confirm you have anchor worms but in my case, I haven't seen visible anchor worms in 3mo or so. Only the strange symptoms listed above. I assume the anchor worms are gone since I don't see the adults, but I have a few hypothesis as to why I'm still seeing...

Hmm...I don't think this is ich. To me it looks like the symptoms I've seen on goldfish with anchor worms... especially the shedding slime coat and ragged fins. I rescued my goldies who obviously had anchor worms. Every time I add a third fish, they die. All have ragged fins, problems...

Which test kit are you using? How old is it? The total ammonia (ammonia/ammonium) test on the API kit can have false readings. It could be bad and your tank has been cycled since day 1 What are the water parameters on both? If it wildly differs, the colonies could've gotten shocked or, in...

I was going to mention hydrocotyle tripartita! It's an easy, awesome plant (looks like clovers IMO) If you like bettas so much, use the 5G bowl for a betta and maybe some snails. Shrimp never end well with bettas, in my experience... I've been keeping bettas for almost 12 years. I'd recommend...

I agree - your tank sounds cycled! I once cycled a tank in 8 days with stability :D