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I had a light break and I'm just replacing it this week- for the past month the tank has been getting light from a bunch of desk lamps I have. Unfortunately a lot of the plants have become quite leggy from the lower light levels. Now that I have proper lighting again will those leg areas fill...

Thats genius!!! I'm going to try that!

Perhaps my sponge filter is unusually "aggressive" with its bubbles, or maybe there's some need I've failed to realize in their care.

I have never been able to successfully grow floating plants besides 2 heads of water lettuce- all my other plants in my tanks seem to take off and grow quite nicely, floating plants come to my tanks and just die. I've been trying to figure out why this might be and my best guess is that it is...

I think you'll be. fine as well. Enjoy your dwarf crays!!! I love them so much- they truly do have loads of personality

I would be inclined to say no but don't quote me on that; do you know what kind of rocks they are? I think most rocks sold for aquariums don't contain metals.

I think if you do/ have done a lot of water changes then it'll be fine. There are copper water tests but you probably don't need them to be honest.

They'll appreciate hard water but you don't have to go out of your way to make the water perfect for them, dechlorinated tap water should be fine. Don't worry to awful much about minerals really, but that's my opinion. Copper will kill them so if you've used fertz with copper in the water I...

I have a 1 gallon closed jar eco-system so maybe I can help! If the pH stabilizes then you could definitely do snails in it- I have some in mine. I used a deep sand substrate which I really feel was why it was successful because it allowed for a lot of beneficial bacteria. I haven't done a water...

They don't always die, wait a while and if it starts yellowing and dying - then cut it off.

OP says there is no water involved- they are gecko tanks so at most there will be condensation for the geckos to drink from.

I would feel iffy messing with either one for structural support reasons maybe. Try maybe sanding off both sides of the tank and bookshelf to lessen the amount taken from one side on either one. Sorry this isn't super helpful though. To be safe though I probably wouldn't put the tanks on that...

How do people have it where plants grow out of the tank in the water? How do I make a planter in the tank for that? Will it need some kind of substrate- what kind? I have pothos, creeping Jenny, and some kind of rush I want to have growing out of the tank. Thanks for any help?

Yes, the more air going through it the more water it will filter.

Update**** One of the tetras died and another isn't looking like it will make it through the day. Could they have been sick when I got them or was my tank too over-stressful for them, or was my hour drip acclimation not long enough? I've never had fish die off so suddenly on me, sorry if its got...

Giant frogbit / amazon frogbit would work

Its a 10 gallon that I've had up and running for about two years now I think, currently and for the foreseeable future they are the only fish living in it. If everyone looking healthy on Thursday morning I will definitely pick some more up then!

Hi, I will hopefully be attending the University of Saskatchewan for my masters degree (fingers crossed I get accepted; its low-key my dream program and I'm a huge fan of the program chairs works). If all goes well I'll be making the move to Saskatoon, Canada in the fall of 2021! So I'm...

Thank you! I have a meeting on Thursday that's just across the road from Petco so if its not doing better I will take it back then- I was also thinking of buying a few more to give them a better school incase they feel shy (the more the merrier right?)-- that is of course if none of the current...

I just bought 6 ember tetras after work; after I acclimated them I set them loose in the tank. So far I'm slightly concerned- one tetra just kind of sits at the bottom and occasionally swims like a centimeter, a few others are huddled in a corner and the rest have disappeared into the dense...