I'm a new driver looking at getting my first car, and I would really like to get an ev. I saw a second hand id3 vw for a reasonable price that is in budget, but i wasn't sure if it having so many miles and already down to 87% battery should put me off? the price is around 9k£, and i wanted to get your guys' opinion on if this made sense or seemed more trouble than it's worth
noticed a reddish stripe along the lateral line of my kuhlis, is this something to worry about? I have a sand substrate and 90% of my rocks are super smooth, but i have a couple with texture, and worried maybe they were scraping themselves?
Ive had this plamted tank for around 3 months, and had fish + shrimp in for about a month and a half. In the last 3 weeks I've lost 1 endler guppy and 1 rilli shrimp. I know I've got a high pH (tap water is 8.5 ish after degassing) but is that the only cause? I'm a first time fish keeper and really want to avoid future deaths. Any advice more than welcome, have attached photos of tank and the 2 deceased individuals. I do a 10-20% water change every week or so to manage TDS, and use dechlorinator on water. I feed dried daphnia, fish flakes, shrimp sticks and sinking algae wafers in rotation, and try to not give more than can be eaten in 2-3 mins.
Stocking: kuhli loaches (8) endler guppies (6) rilli shrimp (4) amano (1)
Tank size: 110L
Parameters:
25°C (API freshwater master kit) NH3 0ppm NO2 0ppm NO3 0ppm pH 8.2 (Tetra test strips) KH 10°d GH 8°d