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Just my 2 cents, I don't look down on people doing fish in cycle if they know what they are doing and they are willing to make the effort aka testing/water changes. It is just a lot easier to cycle without fish, as fish in cycle does have less room for errors whereas in fishless cycle, people...

From buceplant customer service, "It hasn’t been determined that our source for marimo balls has been compromised. We were told by authorities that our source shouldn’t have been affected, but we are taking necessary precautions and have stopped selling them. We are trying to do our part by...

A large tote with rigid plastic is quite sturdy. Non-transparent ones are also usually more sturdy than transparent bins. If you are purchasing it, it will probably be a tote/bin with 20 gallon-30 gallon range of storage space, so it should not be a problem. This should be a temporary fix and...

If you want to, you can go to a home improvement store and buy a large tote. If you have floater plants, you can also put them into the tote to absorb the ammonia as well

I wrote an email to buceplant asking their supplier of marimo moss ball since I just received one a few days ago from them. Don't know if it is the same supplier or not.

I want to also add that pure RO/DI water has no mineral and hardness at all. People usually add minerals back into the RO/DI water to give it some hardness and some buffer capacity because pure RO/DI water lacks the mineral that the betta need to survive. You should mix your RO/DI water with...

I am watching my female betta building a bubble nest, and putting her eggs (that she just dropped yesterday) inside.

Have you tried to add a SpongeBob pineapple house? According to Google, this species is pretty shy and prefer some hiding spots to be comfortable.

All things above, and if you can, please click on the link "cycled" in Bettamay's comment to learn about the importance of the nitrogen cycle when you buy a preferably above 5gallon aquarium for the betta.

I used to live in Austin, tap water above 9.0 pH. After I filtered with Brita, the pH tested at around 7.4-7.6. Try to test your water from the tap sitting after a few hours, not from a Brita filter.

Online research tells me that red clawed crab is not fully aquatic (they need access to land area), and prefer brackish water to thrive.

Utricularia graminifolia, UG for short. Second time trying this. I added three tissue cups into my 20 gallons, now only a few strands remain to be seen. It is not a total failure because there's still a few strand of UG hanging in there. Although I don't think they are going to carpet my tank...

I mean life on another planet could be any simple as a unicellular organism or as complex as animals. So I don't think it is too stretched to say there is other life in this universe.

green cabomba. I went to kayaking in a river that's full of green Cabomba that's meters long. It was a gorgeous sight to see.

I once put together my wood hardscape for my 20 gallons long thinking they are going to sink. When I put my water in, all the wood floated. One month later, some of them are still floating

My tank is covered in limpets, they are not harmful. So if you aren't worried about the aesthetics of the tank, I would just leave them be.

damselfly nymphs

Maybe try hydrocotyle tripartita japan, I believe it is a low tech plant that grow fairly quickly

Following for sure

Cycling/letting my plants grow out in my 20 gallons, just did a water change today.