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Solution

New plants!

Added two new species of plant to the tank to give the shrimps more room to hide and for the tetras to have more stuff to play in. It should help the nitrogen stay down as well.
Solution

Added some shells!

After the deaths of the shrimps in the tank caused by molting I figured there was an issue with my Gh or Kh. I got some of the test kits from API and sure enough the Kh was pretty low which made a lot of sense so to combat this I added some natural s
Update

Added an air stone

I noticed a biofilm starting to form at the top of the tank a while ago. This morning I noticed the Kerri tetras almost exclusively hanging near the top of the tank and nipping at the surface almost as if they were gasping. Worried that the biofilm w
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New decorative plants

I added a few well propagated and well rooted cuttings of pothos through the gaps in the hood to help manage the nitrite spike and for decoration. After the water change today the cloudiness subsided a bit much to my satisfaction. Additionally a few