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Sorry for the late response, I am thinking it could be freshwater limpets. I had them in my tank a few months ago, and they look like teeny tiny snails. They don't do any harm to the tank, other than the fact they breed so much. If anything, they eat some of the algae on the side of your tank...

The tank is doing great now :) I took the lamp away because the side of the tank was brown with diatoms. The new danios are doing really good, (one leopard and one choprae,) eating and schooling with the others. The limno has grown 1-2 cm. Along with the choprae and leopard danio, I have one...

I went out and got two more danios to increase the nutrients for the plants. I managed to get some diatoms off the plants by tapping the stem with a straw. The limno is now growing, and the bacopa cuttings are starting to root.

When I clean the filter media I use the water I have vacuumed from the tank. I will probably start doing water changes once a week but not vacuuming. Thanks.

In that case, how often should I clean the filter, vacuum the gravel, and do a water change? Should I take out less water and not vacuum as deep? I might get 1 or 2 more fish so there is more nutrients for the plants. Do you think that would help? Thanks.

My pH is exactly 7, and it has been for the two years the tank has been running. When I clean the tank I vacuum 4 gallons, scrape the sides of the tank, (I use a credit card,) and thoroughly clean the filter. I clean the tank every two weeks and test the water two days after a clean. I think...

I put a small lamp next to the tank, but then lots of diatoms grew on the plants, glass, and filter. I took out the denitrate because I had added that around the time the plants stopped growing. I just took out the bacopa and trimmed the stem off, then planted the tops hoping they will grow...

Hi, the substrate is natural coloured gravel a bit smaller than peas, and around two months ago I added seachem denitrate because my nitrates were a bit high, (around 40.) Before the plants stopped growing I started feeding my fish a bit less, (started off twice a day but lowered it to once a...

hi, new to forum and need some help. 20 gallon tank with 7 danios, 5 cories and 2 shrimp. planted with some limno, bacopa, and java moss. tank has been going for almost 2 years. added the live plants about a year ago. plants were doing great. but over the last couple of months really noticed...