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You're tanks are not finished cycling. Do daily water changes to keep the ammonia ans nitrite as low as possible for your livestock. Sent from my VS990 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I forgot and lost my dwarf crayfish :/ now I don't forget it.

Hydrogen peroxide dosing. No more than 1mL per gallon to start out. Just take a small syringe (ease and accuracy knowing how much you are dosing) and spray it onto the BBA. This is the method I'm using to try and keep it gone. Disclaimer: do NOT use this method of you have Invertabrates in the...

What's the tank size

Acara is your best bet. Jack Dempsey can be very mean.

Cut back to 8, put a break in the middle (easy to do with an outlet timer) and vacuum out as much as possible. If it persists, blue green (if you identify that as what it is) can be killed with bacterial medication.

Probably blue green algae. How long are your lights on daily Sent from my VS990 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Sorry I didn't answer your third question. If you have a quarantine setup you can move it and treat alone or treat the main tank. Typically I soak frozen food like bloodworms for 30 minutes in PraziPro if I suspect parasites. Its harmless if ingested by fish that don't actually have a parasite...

I skimmed the article but I'm really not sure how to feel about the "pathogens are always present" comment. That's a highly controversial statement. Yes some things are in the water (like how a fish gets fungus from an injury) but some more serious diseases like columnaris I have my doubts. The...

I meant if you have zebra nerite snails they have a habit of spraying eggs around the tank lol. However they cannot hatch in freshwater. Certainly not harmful.

The snails most likely. Zebra nerite?

My brother and I have experienced similar except within a year they generally die. Planted 10g tanks alone. Weekly water change. I don't get it, I think it's just bad genes. I don't keep bettas any more for this reason and I refuse to make like 50$ for one from a breeder.

Often times gravel will collect waste over time that you miss. Be sure to vacuum really good. That should be fine though. Ive done as much as 75% twice a week.

Both should be fine. Every fish is different but under normal circumstances they should work fine together.

Never seen one bigger than a small pea. They reproduce very quickly. Population control is through how much you feed. Don't overfeed and their population will stay lower.