Green & Gold turned BROWN..!

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...I'm glad to see I'm already on-track a bit, since I'd decided to do More Water Replacing, More Often before reading your post - I've switched to replacing "all the water I can easily scoop" every day, for now. Analogue thermo/hygro meters go for about $20 here, so that shouldn't be a problem. A lamp might take a little longer for now... This is the first time I've heard of a "foam filter", so I'll go and look that up....

Wow an analog thermometer for $20? Can you order from Amazon (they have digital combos for $15 http://www.amazon.com/Terra-Digital-Combination-Thermometer-Hygrometer?

The foam filter is a compact internal water filter powered by an aquarium air pump. They come in many sizes and for your set-up a small flat one (like no. 1 on link) will work nice. A "kitchen baster" or a small "Gravel Vac" could help with water changes. Vacs with a squeeze bulb start are better because they prevent you from getting a mouthful of dirty water .