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Sometimes the thicker leaves plants like anubias do better, most fish won’t eat Java fern. Personally I highly recommend floating plants, they are nitrate sponges, I have salvinia in all of my tanks. Another option, I have fish that tear my plants up so I planted 3 groups of water lettuce, they...

To start, I would continue to do 50% water changes until that nitrate is down. Make sure you give your fish some time to settle in between changes. 4 hours is recommended in most cases. I am not great with fish ailments but there are people here who can help with that part of the question. Super...

Having a tank that self regulates is definitely a thing. My large tank never goes over 10 nitrates but I still change the water once a month or so. If your parameters stay solid I wouldn’t say you necessarily NEED to do a water change, but just from personal experience my fish love water change...

Crazy, I had a similar experience a few years back but never figured out what was happening. Mine affected multiple species and I ended up redoing it all :( hopefully mattgirl can get you sorted out. I would not recommend clown loaches however, they get quite large and prefer to be in groups...

Most of your pet stores have them or you can order them. Not too expensive at all.

You can never over filter. If you can manage the flow, the more the better.

Like carsonsgjs said, it will depend on the species that you want to keep. Some like higher TDS and some like it lower. You will need a source of calcium in your tank from somewhere to ensure your shrimp molt properly but that can come from many places; substrate, decor, additives like kh up...

Welcome! You have some very nice looking tanks :)

“Whatcha doin in my waters?!”

If it comes with a spray bar you can always drill a few more holes to slow the flow and distribute it more evenly. You can never filter too much, managing the flow is the key. If you don’t like spray bars you can always get a lily spin pipe for the outflow or even put a T connection and put 2...

Definitely recommend this. Wingless FF are my guys absolute favorite. You can find them in petco etc pretty regularly since reptiles and amphibians also eat them. Just make sure they are fresh

Looks like a sword to me, there are many varieties and they will grow different in different conditions, light/submersed/emersed

That should be ok, you can always get a couple different pellets to mix it up. Bug bites, omega one, and hikari micro pellets have been my favorites and generally recommended as decent food. Anything with 40%+ crude protein should be fine though.

I am going to possibly give you the best and worst advice ever… Why not BOTH! Lol kidding aside, I don’t think you will be disappointed either way. Sleep on it :)

Some places have them cheaper, ours were $5 each at lfs but they were tiny. I don’t know about the dwarf corys personally. Sparkling gourami are definitely on my short list of fish for my next small tank, worth a look. Can always do an upper tank fish like the micro rainbows with ornamental...

That would be really cool. I kind of slipped and fell into the badis myself. We have a pretty healthy population of copepods in that tank so both the badis and the killis can graze as they please which makes keeping them a breeze. They are both micro predators so it’s really fun to see them...

I will agree with WRWAquarium on this one. I have a 9g with a pair of scarlet badis and 6 clown killifish and shrimp and it is such an interesting tank to watch. So much personality in the badis as well as the killis

Rocks that react to the acid test are not necessarily bad for your tank at all, they will buffer your water like crushed coral or aragonite. If you do use them, monitor how it affects the pH of water before you put it in. If the rock is chalky or very soft I wouldn’t recommend using it but if...

Replanting the new vals for the third day in a row… Never understood why people trim the roots so short to sell. They look great and are growing roots fast but nighttime activity (I suspect the gouramis) keeps popping them out. Hopefully they will stay this time.

A tank that size would be great for a group of clown loaches. They get big and are very social in groups.