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Is Tetramin good for freshwater fish?

Hey, I used to feed my fish Wardley Flake food, and thats about it. But when the food is almost over. I always get a bunch of “flake dust” and it just goes all over my tank. So I switched to Tetra Min today. The flakes are already small. But I picked up the 3 in 1 Tetra min. It has the Tetra min flakes, Baby shrimp, and Granules. I just want to know if these foods are good for my fish.
I have 2 gouramis (1 male 1 female, get along great!), 5 Gold barbs. 7 tiger barbs, and 3 Albino corys. (oh I feed the corys ALgea wafers and sinkable shrink pellets).
Will all my fish be able to eat the shrimp and granules? And every what should I feed the granules and shrimp, since I heard the shrimp is like a snack, not daily food. But I have never heard of granules. Also, how should I feed them? I heard for smaller fish, like the barbs, I need to crush them? And I have been told, that if they are dried. wich they arey, tha I need to soak them a bit in aquarium water before feeding, is this true?
Thanks for all the help, and sorry for all the questions, I just have never fed Shrimp or granules, but since I heard they are needed for a well healthy balanced diet, I decided to start feeding it to them. Thanx!

Will my long armed Prawn (Macrobrachium Rosenbergii) get along with other smaller freshwater shrimp?

The prawn I have now is in a 120g tank his body is only about 4 inches long right now. Im just wondering If I could get some bumble bee shrimp or singapore shrimp or a bunch of different kinds?

I think i have nematodes?

I have a 20 gallon freshwater aquarium with 4 guppies (all males), 4 platies(all males), 4 albino cories, 1 gourami, a bunch of little snails, and 4 crystal red shrimp. Twice, i saw this little white squiggly thin hair-like worm thingy swimming around in my aquarium. It was about 2 cm long… I think it might be a nematode? Are there any other possibilites? Is it (watever it is) harmful? My tank is cycled, it has a heater, 2 filters, driftwood, cabombas, java mass, java fern, crypt and pygmy chain sword.
It’s more like 3 cm…that’s even longer than my shrimp, or just as long. It has no shape, just long and thin…
Ignore that last thing i said, I think they are 2 cm… or not? and I just found another one. It”s kinda cute actually. It looks like it’s trying to get out of the water and the other fish are ignoring it.

Need to change my fish and decor out. 55 gallon freshwater tank.?

Right now I have large gravel and a bunch of cichlids. I would like to change it over to a sand floor, some live plants and some small non agressive fish. Ideas and links would be great. There is just so much info out there, I don’t know where to begin to look. I have double filtration going from the top, a heater, thermometer, 4 air stones going, and of course lights.

I am going to rehome my cichlids this weekend, and give the tanks some time to adjust to the change over from gravel to sand before I start adding in new fish. Need low maintenance ideas. As in, once a week at most. My boyfriend is partial to ghost shrimp for a clean up crew. I am not too sure about them. I know guppies are colorful, but want to stay away from guppies, and mollies. Danios I have had before and liked the coloring and activity level. Any other ideas? What do you have in your tanks?

What animals can live with my betta?

I have a cycled,filtered 10 gallon freshwater betta tank with a male betta and 5 ghost shrimps and a bunch of silk plants.
The betta does not eat or bother the ghost shrimps, he just looks at them and swims away.
What other fish, or animal like ghost shrimps can live with my betta? and if its a fish can you please say names of fish that are not very messy?