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Well not bad! Just remember its only day 7! I find when I start walstads, the plants kinda are in this weird limbo state, some dying some thriving, while everything settles and the tank is striving for equilibrium. I'll be honest, I don't have allot of knowledge when it comes to exactly what...

Keep the africans and buy a second tank! Haha that's what I do...lol definitely suffer from MTS. Nice looking fish, love to see pics once he's all setup!

Sounds like your doing what your supposed to! For me those higher temps usually work wonders, I usually see it all but gone within a couple weeks. I also quarantine the fish in a smaller volume of water then my main tank, so as to reduce the amount of meds I have to dump in. ( ex Instead of...

Well I know some people use super fine like 400 grit sand paper and buff out scratches on acrylic aquariums...but at 5 gallons...if it bothers you that much, might be worth a return for a new one? Or even just buy a new one? Not sure what kind you have but pretty sure 5.5 gals are like $13 at petco.

In my experience with GBRs...yes...this kind of goes for most cichlids, unless they are kept in large schools in a larger aquarium or retail store.

Not a bad start! I can't quite tell, but what kind of light do you have? It looks like a simple lamp from the photo, maybe try getting a nicer one of amazon - the aquaneat aquarium lights are super cheap, and can do "okayish" at growing plants. They're quite bright so it might help spruce up the...

I used just plain glass panels from Lowes for about 7$. alrady had a glass cutter - also about 8$. just measured and cut the glass. keeps temps nice and warm. you can also order special drill bits off amazon to drill small holes to be able to lift the lid up. I just super glued a marble on top XD

YES! Walstad setups rock! I've got 7 of them! I like your cap, its a nice color and will help those green plants pop Floating plants in my opinion really benefit the walstad aquariums. In Diana's book, she references their supreme capability in being able to remove nutrients from the water...

That's awesome. My dream is to build a large pond similar to yours and add a red tail catfish Be sure and post pics of those koi if you catch them out, love to see them.

Okay...so having a tank only a week old and only using tetra safestart...is not a good idea. Tetra safestart wrecks allot of new hobbyists, because they claim to instant cycle your tank. In my experience the bacteria that is supposed to be in the bottle is already dead. The bacteria needed for...

Maaaaaan this is awesome, I totally want something like this someday! Did you build yourself or contract out? Either way, very impressive design, and it looks great! What kind of fish do you have in there?

Water change water change water change! Unfortunately this is why I ALWAYS get a spare 10 or 20 gallon aquarium in case of emergencies ( $10 at petco can save you allot of grief ). But with that much food + dead fish, parameters are likely swinging upwards, especially ammonia. Just keep water...

Nice Very nice. As a recommendation, read Diana Walstad's book on the Ecology of the Planted Aquarium. Reading her book totally changed my planted tank experience ( every single on of my tanks is based off of her method ( 7 total, 1 gal - 75 gallons ), aside from a bare quarantine tank ). The...

If you really want a school of cherries in there, id start with 6-10 in a densely planted aquarium and see how they do. That's about what I do with neons and they're the same size. But i'd definitely go with the other posters opinions, it'd be the most ideal if you moved him to the 55 now, also...

I would assume so long as you monitor them closely. The fish would definitely appreciate a heater to help regulate the temperature, constant is a whole lot better and less stressful then change ( this goes for your water parameters too PH level etc. ) Keep in mind...trying to make a bunch of...

This is awesome! I work as a Network Engineer at the moment and can really appreciate this! You should post a video of it working in action...and maybe a build process if your willing to share? Might do something similar to this myself! I've used Pi's in the past for filtering youtube Ads (...

Just so you know, depending on what goldfish, most are huge plant eaters and will likely dislodge the plants from your substrate. You might have slight difficulty keeping live plants in there but that's just my experience, I know others have done so without problem. As far as tank mates though...

Looks a bit large compared to the ich spots i've seen of late. If not ich then likely some sort of fungus. I'd just quarantine and treat for it. Raising the temp in quarantine will also help. You can get ich and fungal treatment at just about any pet store or amazon.

From different sources I've heard they live in larger schools in the wild. That being said, like HarrisonAquatics stated when I've kept them in small groups, they tend to bicker with one another. I've been playing around and at the moment I have 9 in my 75 gallon ( purchased at dime size, now...

Not using the Walstad Method sooner. I dropped so much money on planted tank setups ( CO2, t5 lighting etc ), also lost fish/shrimp to co2 malfunctions once and just the overall hassle of a high tech tank... when the look I personally wanted was just as easily achieved with a dirted tank, proper...