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You are 100% correct, I'd probably see no benefit from trying to combine methylene blue + shimplets. And yes, it's all about the quality of the water. That's the point I was trying to make, I just took 3 paragraphs to say what you said in a sentence :) I just hadn't seen any direct...
Yes, the eggs are sticky. I moved them by scraping them off the plant pot with a razor blade. I have quite a bit of surgical experience, so I don't think I damaged any of them. Several more eggs have hatched in the 1 gallon bowl as of now. I think only 5 didn't make it there.
Methylene...
tl;dr: I got wrigglers, details below.
Tank: 75 gallon community: Cardinal Tetras, Angels which just spawned, German Blue Rams which just spawned (unsuccessfully - the Ivans ate the egss), Bushynose Plecos. Buffered substrate (generic version of Akadama), moderately planted (lots of Amazon...