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Begin Dragonfly trivia: Dragonflies can't walk. End of Dragonfly Trivia, resume normal operations. Tom

Getting the fish from Wally World had nothing to do with the deaths here, so blaming Walmart is silly. They were fine in the bag until the OP started trying to acclimate them. WalMart didn't send a Greeter out to your house to kill the fish. There are normally only three things that could...

When nothing is broke, why are you trying to pour stuff into the water to "fix" it? More fish have been killed by swings in Ph from well-intended aquarium keepers adding and subtracting "stuff" to their tanks than have ever been killed by just having a stable, clean water environment. Fish...

"Topping off" is really not a good aquarium keeping practice. The problem is that minerals in the water do not evaporate. They stay behind and every time you "top off" you are just adding more and more salts/minerals into the tank, making the water harder and harder. Tom

You already have WAY more fish, and different species, in that tank than I would have ever put in there... but that's just me. Tom

Exactly. Tom

Your Ph is fine. Fish can adapt to almost any reasonable Ph level. What kills them off is sudden changes. Most casual fishkeepers kill their fish trying to add stuff to the water to make the Ph "ideal". They get huge swings in Ph levels, add more stuff, get more swings... and dead fish. Tom

What kind of filtration? If you are using foam filters then quit adding stuff, dosing stuff, fiddling with water parameters, or putting ANYTHING else in the water. Do a water change and put in your fish. Start with a low bio-load and go from there. Tom

Cracking with hammers and screwdrivers??? Did no one tell you that you can saw a terracotta pot in half with a hacksaw? Just go slow and saw away. Cuts perfectly. Tom

No "store employee" in his/her right mind sells anyone three tetras no matter what the reason. He should be fired for that alone. These are schooling fish and need at least 6 others to be stress free. Second, adding 8 tetras to a 29 gallon planted tank, even UNcycled will do no harm. Their...