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I've had good luck buying plants online from Aquarium Plants Factory. They usually have Vallisneria Asiatica in stock, which I've purchased for my 30 gallon tank and been really happy with. They're based in Fontana, CA, so shipping distance and time of year are worth considering.

I don't have experience with a sand substrate as I use under gravel filtration which doesn't work with sand. Still I would think a structure shaped as you want under the sand would help. You could use vertical 'fins' in the structure under the sand that would sort give a terraced look. This would ...

I'm planning a new tank, probably a Waterbox 30 gallon. I've got corydora and pseudomugil rainbows in mind, but I'll add more later.

I want to create a slope in the sand, either on one side or the back corner. I'll have live plants like my current tank. To get the slope, I was thinking of adding ...

Thanks for the confirmation. I've got Gertrudae and paskai, so either way, my female should thrive. I was stoked when I found the tank of Gertrudae at my local shop, Shark Reef in Tucson, AZ.

Initially, I was a bit miffed that I'd bought a 'guppy' that wasn't, but she's become one of my favorites ...

I'm trying to ID this female pseudomugil - I'm fairly certain it's a spotted blue eye, specifically Gertrudae. I picked her up a while back, the shop had her labeled as a female guppy, haha, didn't take long to figure out that wasn't the case. After months of searching, they finally got some in ...