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ive found the Uniclife Nano Aquarium Air pumps to be completely silent.

this advice is good. using live plants such as hornwort will quickly remove anmonia/nitrites etc..

None. fish specific diseases are not communicable to humans.

there are many who have such tanks, often called "water gardens". mostly show nano tanks. these tanks often have fertilizing and co2 additions. many look real pretty, altho not a natural look.

Ammonia 8...sounds like you hav a contaminated well water source.

just add a heater to the bucket and they should be fine.

Many brackish water plants require higher light. What you want to do is difficult to make work in a small aquarium. Let me know what plants you get to live.

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Yes purigen will remove tannins. so will Poly-Fiber by bio marine. i would use both.

The guppies will actively hunt those shrimp. Best to have shrimp breeding tank separate.

Your live plants will have those nitrates knocked down in no time. Dont sweat it. If need be, add some floating live plants to speed up nitrogen uptake if you want.

what you find is many compartmentalize aquatic fishkeeping, without bringing in System Biology or mini ecosystem understanding. The public at large would have way few problems with aquariums if they werent being bombarded with quick fix chemicals, gas infused waters, sythetic derived...

i stopped adding any fertilizers or liquid carbon. planted Tanks with fish dont need em, and may even cause vigor to decrease.

Get some live plants, no more nitrate problems, less frequent water changes.

i run lights 8 hrs per day on live planted tanks. cutting down light will definitely help with blooms etc.

58g go for canister or a deep blue professional hang on back 55.

i think #1 is a ludwigia stemmed plant.

i agree with fiddlercrab. Remove ramshorns asap.

Sure, add a few fish at a time and see how tests look per day. i think your aquarium ia aetup to succeed and be stable.

ah with all those live planta should be good!

Shrimp will eat dead snails.

I would add more live plants, live moss etc. Red cherries will more rapidly increase in population. temperature flux doesnt seem to hurt shrimp like it can fish.