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Before you scrape the old sealant out, try heating the sealant with a small torch or long-stemmed lighter, just enough that the sealant softens and the cracks seal up. Sometimes this works; if it doesn't, you can still scrape the sealant out later.

Large crustaceans are generally not fish safe. So, ghost shrimp are about it.

Your tree frog will not be eating in the water portion, so use whatever substrate you like. A couple of questions: what species of treefrog? I ask because some treefrogs don't do well with open water. Also, do you want rooted plants in the water area? If so, a sand substrate is better than...

If you want to keep koi in this pond as well, plan it around them; their space and depth requirements are greater than the turtle's. There are plenty of sites with good info on koi ponds; khoiphen.com is a good one. A 10 X 13 foot liner will make a 6 X 9 pond about 12-18" deep, but only if...

Was the tank bare? Substrate and decor take up room too.

Atya gabonensis occurs in South America as well as Africa. There are some freshwater ghost shrimp native to South America; I think Palaemonetes ivonicus or P. carteri (Amazon ghost shrimp) is imported occasionally. There are also several species of river shrimp (catadromous Macrobrachium...

Bingo! Bird-voiced Treefrog. You're up, Lifeless.

No and no.

Nope.

Nope. Tadpoles are tough, but this is one of the few that can be reliably identified by pattern.

Nope.

Awesome! I'll give you a hint: it's a US species. And I'll give myself a reminder: I need to get some better tadpole pics!

The first picture looks like Otocryptis nigristigma, the second like O. wiegmanni.

Goldfish aren't from here, true, but their native region of Asia has winters as cold as those in the northern US. They're adapted to cold weather. But they're not adapted to actually becoming frozen; only a few polar marine fishes can withstand their tissues dropping below the freezing point...

Correct. The plants do all the filtration. That said, you can have a moderate stocking level once your plants are well-established. You just have to be careful, add fish a few at a time, and pay close attention to parameters.

There is nothing in the article to indicate that the seller, the buyer, or the photographer had any idea what the bird was. I suspect it's identification and status were only determined later, by someone looking at the photos. Inka is right on the money, too. Conservation is not as easy as...

Flakes are pretty much useless for big fish. Pellets are good; I like Tetra's cichlid pellets. Of course live feeders are good, but with live feeders there is always a risk of parasites. Don't feed him heavily on feeder goldfish. I think rosy reds are a better feeder; nightcrawlers, crayfish...

They probably will grow plants, just not as well as real plant bulbs. The only thing I would worry about is the UV level. UV is damaging to plant tissue and may cause some 'burning' if the exposure is high enough.

You can collect diatoms in most any body of water. The brown felty stuff on stream rocks- that's mostly diatoms.

Diatoms also require large amounts of phosphates. Good luck and let us know how it goes!