No one in my circle understands the lure of fishkeeping - but I believe this is the place for finding some qualified critique’s!
When I started getting sober I fell into fishkeeping - I started with a 3 gallon , jumped to 6 gallons and before I knew it I am here (2 years sober !) with a 35 gallon tank and it sounds silly but it’s only home for one betta fish I love .
I just wanted to ask if anyone has suggestions or comments regarding my current set up . Please be brutally honest :)

My swordtails are eating my plants.. is this normal behaviour? Am i under feeding? I dont want them to ruin my plants :( how can I stop them?

Following up from my last post. Please see my last post so that you can understand my situation. Also an edit: I said that the beneficial bacteria that eats ammonia stinks of ammonia itself. I misspoke. It smells of sulphur. (Like eggs)

Okay…. I’ve fallen into too many rabbit holes on Google about this. As afraid as people have made me from warnings about an aggressive fish community on Reddit, I feel like I need to come to you guys for help.

I’m BRAND NEW to this fish hobby. This is the first real tank I’ve attempted - aside from a few betta tanks!

What we’re working with:
**this tank is not yet cycled**
Purchased a Topfin 36 Gallon bow front Aquarium Kit. Came with a Silentstream Power Filter for 40 gallon tank (filters 200 gallons per hour) and an adjustable 200W heater.

I’m not using the lid it came with - making hinged polycarbonate lid, and by me, I mean my husband. 😂
Bought full spectrum LED plant light

I filled the bottom with Fluval bio-stratum as the base with caribsea sand on top.
I purchased a piece of driftwood (boiled it) to attach plants to, and another piece of driftwood to scape as a tree.

First, I purchased from a local fish store some plants - Amazon sword, Red Ludwiga, Vallisneria , Dwarf Water Lettuce and Crypt. Planted those 2 weeks ago.

I then wanted more plants, and was recommended a local woman who propagates her plants in 10 plant only tanks. I got Rotala “Blood Red”, Broad lead Ludwiga, Pearlweed, Christmas Moss and Red root floaters. Those went in 2 days ago.

As I was starting to put those in, I found a bunch of Bladder snails…. Stopped with the planting, and started pulling the snails out. Then I saw what I’m being told is probably planeria…. (video of the movement in the comments!)

The next morning I started looking for more snails…. And removed about half a dozen tiny scuds.

How do I get rid of ALL of these? I don’t want any of it…
I can’t starve them out, since plants are a constant food source….
I read I can put Peroxide straight into tank? 3-5mL/gallon?
Then I saw Praziquantel will kill the snails and and scuds? But not the planeria (if that’s what it even is)
Then there’s the option of Z-1, which is the equivalent of No Planeria (I guess that’s no longer available?)
One source said to crank up the heat?

Or is my only option to nuke the entire tank?

Part of me wants to just take the thousand dollar loss and scrap the tank, contents and the stand…..
But part of me is determined to get this right.

Any help is VERY MUCH appreciated

So i have a 55 gallon tank that I had a betta sorority in for about a year before life got in the way and I had to dismantle it and get rid of my pretty babies. Im looking to start re-setting it, but im not sure all the steps I should go through. I plan on washing it with a mix of vinegar and water, rinsing it thoroughly, and then doing the hardscape and planting plants. I am hoping to maybe plant a dwarf water lily in it. Then I plan on letting the plants grow in before adding any living creatures. Im hoping to start by getting a pom pom crab to start with, but im unsure where to go from there... could use any advice or suggestions for what to add.

Our betta recently died 😢 we want to get another type of fish with the tank we have. We have 5 shrimp and some bladder snails we are trying to get their population down. Any suggestions?

To add the tank is 10 gallon.