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IAL are a great treatment thanks to their anti bacterial properties and calming effect. Paired with frequent small water changes they're quite effective in my experience. Aquarium salt causes more stress than it's worth, and is best only used in the most severe cases. Plus if you use it in the...

There is a copper test kit you can get, but if there's rusty pipes, chances are you'll see little pieces of rust coming through your tap. Could be another contaminant either, check the local news, or info from your local water grid if possible.

Any chance of a sudden contamination from your water source? like copper or something from rusty pipes. This is known to kill fish in large enough doses.

Yeah that's true. Sterbais are generally considered the corys who tolerate the high temperatures. Peppered corys and pandas are best suited for goldfish temps, and bronze and most other corys are the middle range ones.

Another cool fish you could add are some hillstream loaches. Say you had three, they would pretty efficiently eat algae. On top of that you could have the other things you said, I'd go with about 3 male guppies. Make sure all your algae eaters are getting fed as well! drop in some fresh veg...

Baby platys do have a yolk sac, and they most likely bred in the tank. Most likely it's a platy. I'm not sure if it could be an ADF tadpole, I've got no experience with them.

You could consider sparkling gourami, chili rasboras or various types of killifish. Lyretail killifish are not annual species, so they will live for several years.

what kind of cory were you thinking? the only kind i would keep in a 10 gallon are pygmy and habrosus.

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For the typical freshwater aquarium fish, phosphate compounds can be harmful, especially above 1ppm. So keep an eye on it, but it shouldn't be at zero because your plants need it. It would be best to use a different, phosphate free water source. Aquatic Toxicity Assessment of Phosphate Compounds

I used to use that exact heater and it did fine fully submerged. :)

ebay and craigslist are made up of completely different sellers, look for a new seller that has good feedback. Plus, mold occurs very easily in microworm cultures, it might be because the substrate used is too deep, or if your container is too humid. Alternatively you could try vinegar eels...

I would remove as much of that water as possible, salvage what plants you can and then fill it with prime treated water. It'll save you the hassle of having to clean your sponge filter for the next few weeks most likely. As for the cycle, dose ammonia until the tank measures no more than 4ppm...

On eBay, Craigslist etc. there are lots of cultures of various live foods for sale.

Alternatively you could try microworms. They are smaller than baby brine shrimp and arguably easier to prepare. You can buy a culture off the internet for like five bucks. It's best to have a couple of things going at once, I fed my sparkling gourami and killi fry microworms, infusoria, baby...

Yep I've had some runaway nerites so make sure you have a decent lid. I think it's big enough, but make sure there's a decent layer of biofilm before adding one. Walstad tanks are good in that regard because stagnant water builds up biofilm faster.

They're pretty specialist, all the orders come with heat packs and i think there's methylene blue in the fish bags. If you do order from them keep in mind they only ship orders on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. So if you order on Wednesday night and they arrive a week later, they didn't spend a...

Shop 1: Ask for a refund or store credit. Look carefully at their policy, many shops don't give refunds if you open the bag, tamper with it etc. Shop 2: This may not have been thee shops fault since they were in transit for 48 hours. I believe that's the maximum time most online fish stores...

I've also kept dwarf lilies and duckweed in a tank with a lid. As Yeoy said, all the floating plants I can think of have evolved to have a hydrophobic leaf surface. Assuming red root floaters are the same, then they should be fine. :)

You should leave the rhizome out of the substrate, attach it to something so that it stays down though.