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Those are good too.

I just started the third book of 6 in the Belisarius series, by Eric Flint and David Drake (two of my favorite authors). I highly recommend it to people who enjoy alternate history stuff.

I haven't read anything in the replies above that lead me to believe the cycle has crashed. Ammonia not over 0.25 ppm and no nitrites does not sound like a crashed cycle. I don't know why you have the smell and cloudiness, but I don't believe it's a crashed cycle.

That will likely depend on local laws. Many places have a minimum age for employees. I am sorry you're dealing with the problems with your mother. It doesn't sound like she's in the habit of making good decisions.

Don't believe everything you read. Same here. I have always kept them in groups of eight or more, with adequate hiding places, and have never had any issues. And that includes when they were in a tank with 14 pearl gouramis. That is plenty large. I had the ones mentioned above in a 40...

I also have hard water, with 8.2 pH. Serpae tetras have done very well for me, and I currently have around 15 in a 20 gallon long tank. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. Their colors contrast nicely with green plants, especially with a dark background. There are ten or so panda corys...

I had lemon tetras and black neon tetras with an angelfish with no issues. I suspect any of the similar sized or larger ones, like serpae, skirt, or pristella tetras, would also be fine.

Would you mind explaining that? I'm curious, not disagreeing.

I think you'll like them. I have seven in a very heavily planted 5.5 gallon tank on my desk at work and really enjoy them. They may hide until they get comfortable in the new surroundings, but after that they should be out and about often.

I can't tell much about that container from the picture. How large is it (how many gallons does it hold, and how deep is it)? Also, is it in a place where animals can drink from it?

It sounds like you might be new to keeping shrimp, so some of the information in this blog post might be of interest.

In my limited experience with them, guppies are just jerks. I got rid of mine because they'd follow the corys around waiting for them to find a morsel of food, then chase the cory away and eat it themselves. I got tired of it pretty quick.

Are you sold on mixing the topsoil with pool filter sand instead of just the sand? Unless the cap is pretty thick it will likely get messy, especially if you need to disturb the substrate for some reason. I have had good luck with plants in just pool filter sand with weekly applications of...

Are there any locally owned aquarium/fish stores near you? Some of them keep their bettas in small tanks, with heaters and filters.

It should be okay. The listing says the top is 36.2" x 20.5", and a 40 gallon breeder is 36" x 18".

I probably wouldn't. I have a group of Turquoise rainbows in a 65 gallon tank, which has the same footprint. I believe they're a little smaller than the Boesmanis, and my tank is right on the ragged edge for them.

Or a big bunch of a single species of colorful little fish in a big tank. When the rainbowfish and pristella tetras die out in my 65 gallon tank I'm seriously considering doing that with it.

I've had as few as eight of them in a 40 gallon breeder, with a good sized group of pearl gouramis, and had absolutely no issues. Given adequate numbers, and hiding places for them to retreat to if they feel threatened, I am confident you won't have any problems with them either.

Same here. They're one of my favorite fish, and they look especially good against green plants.

If you aren't ready to try CO2 I'd suggest starting with a good liquid fertilizer, like one from the Niloc brand. That's all I use, and plants grow great for me.