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I have a 10 gallon with a betta and a nerite snail, some plants. I just noticed some small hydra. Are they bad?

Unfortunately he did pass away over night. Thanks for taking your time to help tho

Thank you again for this helpful information

Thanks for the reply! After trying to research I will say I did see the same death rate. He’s the runt of the 5 newer tetras I got.. I do notice the other ones do pick at food if my older tetras haven’t gobbled it up first. With that being said this one particular tetra is very skinny. I...

Also to add he is super skinny (not bloated) because he hasn’t eaten. If maybe that’s why he is sinking, how can I get him to eat?

Hello, So to start I will say I had a 3 gallon tank with 2 tetra in it. Yes I am aware that’s too small and not enough fish for a school. That being said I took the old media from that tank and set up a new 29 gallon recently. I put the old tetra in there and everything was fine. I waited about...

Wow well your tanks look amazing! I think I need to try vacuuming less

That makes sense, thank you again for your help

I realized I think you answered my question and I didn’t see it for some reason. Thank you so much for your insights. I do appreciate it

I feel that’s the hardest part trying to navigate all the new trends to follow. My question is, do you use and fertilizer or do you put any root tabs in there?

Do you think I should put the gravel over the sand? And particular brand of sand you recommend? I also only mentioned the root tabs because of the plants I’m getting would probably benefit from them

Any specific brand of sand you recommend? I was adding the aquarium co-op fertilizer cause the java fern I have is soaking up all the nitrates. So I’m siting at 0 nitrates. I was thinking I needed the fertilizer so plants I added would benefit from it. Also so I got a random selection. I...

Hello all as the title suggests I am thinking of adding substrate to my 10 gallon tank. I made the mistake of ordering a variety pack of plants online without thinking that the plants I would receive would more than likely need substrate to root in. I only have gravel. Plants I received are...

Thank you! thank you also! This is helpful, thank you!