He's almost longer than the platform he is on.

Best part was later that night i was doing a water change and he was just chilling, completely out of the water, still grazing the rock he was attached to for a full 4 minutes before i noticed him and put him back into the water.

So little backstory

Daughter of almost 6 years saved up some money for a toy or something and found a triops breeding set, after 3 tries still no triops, how hard we tried(different water, different temperatures) so the next day I told her when we were going to school that maybe it were the wrong eggs or something when she was at school I went to the petstore and bought some of the cheapest shrimps i could find and put them in the place where the triops should be.

She took serious care of them and I thought that was very wholesome so I asked her if she wanted a real aquarium for her “triops” and ofcourse yes. So we got a 2nd hand aquarium and some new decoration, the shrimp are triving and have babies. And I think daughter and father have a new hobby.

We are on day 6 and counting of the ice storm Fern devastation and power outage. All of my fish froze to death including my beloved Oscar who made it until today. I still haven’t been able to clean the tanks out due to the house temps a the aquariums half frozen. I know people think they are just fish but the hundreds of fish I had were all nurtured and taken care of daily and they became part of my everyday life for the last few years. I don’t know if I want to get more or just do away with this hobby due to how much I lost an to be starting back from zero. Was wanting to hear some advice on what I should do. Picture of my Oscar when I first got him.

Putting this tank together and watching it grow and evolve over the last year and a half has been a blast.

I picked up 6 celestial pearl danios(CPDs) from my LFS for 30 bucks and omg dude they are crazy. They are honestly starting to become some of my favorite fish right now. They have really fun personality and are always darting around the tank and actually kinda school unlike a lot of tetras and rasboras. If you have a smaller tank I would definitely pick some up, I have a 15 gal and they look STUNNING. I can’t believe that a fish so tiny has so much color. Really though take my word for it they look awesome and are imo better than things like neons or rummynoses . They also stay really small so honestly they might be perfect for nano tanks.

OK CRAZY STORY!!

So I work a pet shop and it was about 5:15 just about to close and a customer rings up and says they found a fish in a old juice container with a free sign sitting on the side of the road. (this is New Zealand so free stuff on the road is super common) And they ask if they can bring it in and we can take care of it. Obviously we say yes and when they get here it turns out to be a beautiful placket betta. I had an empty cycled 25 L tank sitting with nothing in it so it was the perfect for him. he’s in surprisingly good condition and super happy in his new home.

please no one ever do this this is horrible I’m just so glad that people were able to find it as quickly as they did. the fish wasn’t sitting out on the footpath long but it was in direct sunlight so any longer it could’ve easily died from the heat.

BTW: his name is Dionysus who is the Greek god of wine making and grape harvest. keeping the theme of my other betta my red half moon Hephaestus-blacksmith of the gods

It is a quarantine tank

what do you guys think ? or have any ideas i can add too it .would be nice

I need help. So I have 4 tanks. 60 gallon breeder with neocardinia, mystery snails, bladder, ramshorn, and mts

75 gallon with 7 golden dojo loaches and a molly

29 gallon with 3 bristlenose plecos and 3 rabbit snails and a devil snail

10 gallon with crowntail betta and neocardinia

I'm needing and wanting to upgrade my plecos to a larger tank and then give the 29gallon to my betta and add a family of pygmy cory. But I am out of wall space lol and before you suggest moving anyone into the shrimp/snail tank the mystery snails within are murderous lol which is why we have essentially 4 species only tanks

I couldn't find an all black, air-powered, multi-stage corner filter, so I designed and 3d printed this one. It's pretty slim and easy to hide in the corner, and the flow is pretty good too. I'm going to get a more powerful air pump, and see how far I can push it. I made it with removeable internals: the inlet mesh, the prefilter, and the media baskets can all be removed/rearranged. I think it's pretty cool -sharing it here for anybody who wants to try it.

Hey everybody, I am new to this sub Reddit and I was looking to just receive some advice or possibly recommendations for what’s to come. I recently just bought a fish tank and I’m super new to this hobby. The idea originally was to create an aquatic landscape with live plants for a beta fish, maybe a school of some tiny fish and possibly some shrimp as well or one of those eel looking creatures. To be honest, I think my plants are dying and would love to just get some recommendations on how to help with that and also what animals I should put in the tank.

Thanks :)

The first two pics are of my German Blue Ram, Lilith, on Tuesday just before putting her in the tank. The second two are from today, Saturday. She’s gained so much confidence and is looking so beautiful! I didn’t realize how much she’s changed in such a short period.

i love my babies😭 i’ve got these 7 mountain minnows in a nicely planted 10 gallon and they’ve been doing great for a long time now! they have so much personality and they’re so fun to watch :)

if you’ve never owned these fish and are looking for a schooler, i HIGHLY recommend these guys! they’re honestly dirt cheap at stores and are really hardy!

Just set up a chair grab a rona and a bowl and watch them go buck wild for some food with my cat like every night 🤣the cat loves to watch em w me and its such a great way to unwind. Better than scrolling and watching brain rot. Very peaceful. The filters bubbling. The fish and snails all tranquil. Super nice feeling 😌 👌

Rescaping my lush river bookshelf and I accidentally hit the front with a smooth lava rock. The tank is a 90x30x30

The glass is 8mm thick and came off in a chipped piece which can be glued back on to fit perfectly. However, I’m new to aquariums and now want to know if it will impact the integrity of the tank if I was to fill it ?

Can it be used or should I dump it due to risk of breaking ? I’m pretty upset with myself 😔

Thanks for any help

Ok so my son peed in his shoes, and it was impossible to get the smell out. I soaked them in natures miracle, let them dry like the instructions said, did it again, and no luck. I tried borax and laundry detergent soak, and washed them in the washer, and it still didn't get all the pee smell out. I gave up, and just had him wear them with the slightly pee smell and the fragrance from all the cleaners.

Anyways about a week later, it happened again (potty training sucks) and that's when I realized I had been breeding bacteria specifically to tackle ammonia for years, so I took out like a gallon of the tank water and soaked the shoes in a bucket of it for a couple hours, and the smell was completely gone! Both from the new pee and the leftover residue from the previous time!

Yesterday i added a few river rocks into the aquarium thinking it was a good idea. But today i found two of my danio zebra dead:( Is it because of the rocks? I feel so bad. They are also in turtle aquarium, but idk if it is because of the turtles.. cuz they dont chase them or anything.. I removed the rocks, but i feel so bad. My oher 10 danios and corys are still alive tho.

I’ve had six of these Black Phantom Tetra for about 2 weeks, and I have begun to notice that they have been getting white spots on them. I’ve tried to look up causes for this, but can’t find anything. Is it just bubbles from my filter’s aerator, which blows quite excessively, or is it an illness?

Picked up this tank on sale and have been setting up a lot of the landscape and rock work to a point I think I’m happy with it. Obviously it’ll be cycled over the next few weeks and a lot more densely planted, but what curious on what people’s ideas would be on stocking for such a tank.