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Got my water tested everything is perfect the snail made it no problems and now I'm doing algae wafers to supplement some food

I have 4 zebra danios 1 snail and there was a pleco I did a water change after I noticed the pleco had died and before that maybe two weeks

I don't have a home test kit taking water down tomorrow tank has been running 5 months

So last night my pleco bought the farm and today it looks like my snail did the same it also appears that I had a large algae outbreak could this be poison algae or something of that nature the fish appear to be fine

Adding the color layer tonight I hope the color stays it might take another coat and I still haven't found a cost effective clear coat of anyone has suggestions

Nothing about what I'm doing so far is okay for creatures you just have to check water levels a bunch and do massive water changes prior to adding anything

I did a bit of research also on various clear coats that can be used and nothing at the local hardware will live under water and I don't want to pay for some of the products online that are made for this they want upwards of 140$ a gallon for the stuff so next week when my local concrete supply...

Here's a look at some of the products that I'm using

Here's my new attempt to get things squared with the tank I siliconed the joint then clamped the two pieces in place I used a piece of parchment paper where I was siliconing so as not to make a mess on the tank let's hope it holds and I'm able to patch the cement back together

Rookie mistake I suppose time to learn from it

here it is

Did a test for today missed true square by an inch I had to take it apart and tomorrow is a new day time to try again this time I think I'll try and attach the two parts inside the tank them remove them and finish the cement

Just finished up coat number three hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to add the color

Awesome thanks for the advice on the plants I hadn't gotten that far yet but it was definitely on my mind are they plants that are easy to maintain?