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I believe the white one may be a female?
My tank is a 20 long and I only have 1 male guppy and one snail, but plant on 6 kuhli loaches and 1 bristlenose. Should I bring the female back, or should I get more females to even out the attention?

On day 3 of cycling a new tank and the water is cloudy. The rocks were all rinsed prior to setup, day 1 and 2 the water was clear. Day 2 is when I added my pothos, which were already long term water props. I’ll admit, I didn’t wash the roots off prior to adding them into the tank, because they were going straight from water to water.
Anything I can do here? Should I just start with water changes and adding quick start?
Pictures are day 1, day 2, and today.

Will be setting up this 20H this weekend! I will be cycling for quite a while with live plants before adding any fish. I am leaning towards soil and sand as substrate. I currently have a 3gal with a few fish and have been practicing water changes with a gravel vacuum, and testing the water. Any and all suggestions please!

I have a 3 gallon which initially started with an African dwarf frog and a male guppy. The filter that came with the tank seemed weak, so I decided to get a snail. A few days later, I also ditched the stick filter and put in a sponge filter. The sponge filter does not seem to do much? There is a layer on the bottom. I had a LOT of shells on top of the gravel, so I thought maybe the crib was getting stuck in the shells so I removed them all. I have only had this tank for about a month, I have rinsed the sponge filter once at the 2 week mark (didn’t look dirty) and again at the 1 month. Am I doing something wrong? How do I get the gravel to stay clean? First two pictures are taken while cleaning, first picture is the whole tank prior to removing the shells.

I can not get this vinyl to stick. I have been at this for an hour, at this point the plastic is warping but vinyl refuses to stick. This is a canvas tote that my grandma gave me( it is probably 20 years old). I’m using a regular iron on the hottest setting, pressing down for 30sec-1min.

I got this silver sword as a very small cutting last year, and since then it’s gotten much taller and thicker. Should I cut the top half and root it to start over, since the top is so much thicker than the bottom? Thanks!