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Good for you, that 20 times you didn't kill or maim yourself or others. Will you be so lucky next time?

Never boil rocks, they can explode. Simply put them in a bucket and pour boiling hot water on to them. Dump the water out and pour more fresh boiling water on them.

0 Nitrates? That would suggest to me that your tank might not be cycled. Or you both did the test wrong.

Pretty cool looking stones even if they're not dragon stone

I'm not sure if you intended to add one or not, but there isn't a picture, so it will be difficult for us to ID them for you.

With snails, you just have to wait and see sometimes.

What size tank was she in before you moved her to the 55?

Whilst my dwarf lotus bulb took a good while to sprout, I don't recall it looking like that although it did get a tiny bit fuzzy. Root tabs would be better for the bulb I think, I don't think bulbs get their nutrients from the water column.

I'm so sorry, I missed this post somehow. Here is a photo, it's from February of this year. The tank has changed a bit but is still densely planted. I'll a get an up to date photo later today.

I would double-check all decor in the tank for sharp edges whilst you're doing the water change, just in case.

A big water change and a thorough gravel vac should be sufficient. Sorry for your loss.

They prefer sand. Part of dwarf puffer keeping is accepting that your substrate is going to end up being a snail shell graveyard. Try some root tabs for your root feeding plants. I have black sand in my puffer tank and the plants are growing so well they have to be trimmed regularly.

I just use black paper on mine, makes the plants and fish stand out nicely.

... Demeter beat me to it! See if you can take the peppered back and swap for another bronze or albino. Bronze and Albino's are the same species.

You need a test kit and to read up on keeping a brackish fish. However, it's not an area I know about, so please do some research.

Ideally, you should cycle the tank before putting the puffer in there. But first, we really need to know the water parameters, do you have a test kit? Is your water brackish? Because if I recall correctly GSP's are a brackish fish.

Hard to say from the pictures, but they look like either Mollies or Platys possibly.

Without any dimensions, it's hard to say either way imo.

My clown pleco sticks it's head out of it's cave when there is food about, otherwise, it tends to stay in the cave most of the time. It shares the cave with an Armoured Shrimp, it's funny when they're both sat next to each other in the entrance like an elderly couple sat on a doorstep on a sunny...

Yeah, Rams need a meatier diet, well that's what my LFS said when I got mine. Bug bites, vibra bites, frozen daphnia and frozen brine shrimp seem to be a hit with Sid, who has tripled in size since I got him.