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How cold is the lake? You'd want to roughly match the temp that he would naturally grow up in. I found this link: http://www.wikihow.com/Raise-Tadpoles

Some fish will nibble on blanched zucchini, cucumber, or lettuce - not sure if any of yours will.

Good, 0.25 is much better. Once the aquarium matures, it will go down to 0ppm and stay there.

I'm not sure what they are, but they don't look like eggs to me. They are irregularly shaped with some distinct edges on some. Any kids at home who may have "fed" the fish anything? I suspect the shrimp have become angel and/or convict meals...

Just dust / random little floaty bits. If you don't have a filter which skims the surface of the water, they will collect on the water surface. Doesn't hurt anything. Ammonia at 1.0ppm is actually high and probably contributing to the fin rot on the betta. A water change and/or using a...

That is clamped fins, which is really a symptom of stress in fish and not of a specific disease. It can indicate that the fish is sick or deteriorating water quality (which then often leads to a disease).

There aren't a whole lot of species that can really thrive in a 2-3g space, but there are a few. I think having multiple types of fish in the other 2.8g sections is not going to work though. The problem is there aren't all that many single, small fish - lots of the smaller fish require...

You've got great growth and colors going on in a little space there! Crazy polyps on that Oakland As. The Cali tort has nice bold colors. I highly recommend trying the pygmy wrasse. They have an interesting personality. Kinda drifts around and ignores the other fish, while they ignore him...

Nice turnout! I'm glad to hear they did well.

They tend to be too aggressive... I had one that bullied another paradise fish, so I returned the bully. And then, the remaining one went after black neons and ate the eye from one and a hunk of gill cover from a second. Kept him separate from then on. The one eyed black neon lived a long time...

Do they float? They could be some form of eggs, but to me they look like tiny grains of substrate - black sand or even dirt particles. Honestly I don't know how those Moss balls are grown though.

Yes, you can do that. I'm not sure what you mean by "the mesh" - if it is like a sponge I'd replace that too. If you want to be extra cautious since you don't know the history of the filter, you can soak it in some diluted bleach, rinse well, and then soak it for a few minutes in water with a...

Yup, Wardley is cheap as dirt for a reason... In the grand scheme, you spend a dollar or two more and it lasts for a year or so, because really the amount used is so small. Totally worthwhile.

Nice to see you back! That's a lot of coral & growth packed into your SW cube! I see you have taken the bare bottom route... It's a nice natural looking cichlid tank also. I take it they are not jumpers? You've got some very photogenic fish there.

I haven't had an issue with an opaline and black neons. Had them together for some time. I started with a small-ish opaline, not sure whether that mattered or not. Do not get a paradise fish / paradise gourami with little tetras though...

I'm also going to say he's just settling in. He'll get used to you coming in and out, and will learn that you come bearing food! If he is flaring at the sides, that's usually from seeing his reflection and trying to ward of the "other betta." Usually most bettas will settle down and stop on...

Excellent! As long as the water is nice and clean he should be all set.

You can use a net to chase him into the plastic container, that usually works really well.

Do you have a plastic container with which to catch him? Ideally see through so he won't see you coming as well. If you can catch him in the container (so it won't catch on his fins), you'll have better access to him and can even empty out all or almost all of the water for a minute or two so...

Thank you! I love the nassarius snails! I have a big one that likes to climb the glass sometimes. Thankfully they are good at righting themselves when they inevitably land upside down.