My local fair has banned live animal prizes so this year they went with plastic goldfish and I might be the only one there excited for them. (Would it have been cheaper for more to get them off amazon yes but nostalgia) just filled waiting for bubbles to go away.

I feel I captured the tiny esthetic goldfish tank with none of the abuse or mess. (I originally planned to use my spare 20Long until I felt like adding actual fish)

As per the request of folks in my last couple posts wanting a tour.

As for the others who were asking how I build my filters, I am waiting on materials but I have a tutorial video in the works. I’ll be posting that soon.

Thank you all again for the love and kind words.

My LFS finally got some sparkling gouramis so I’ll be adding them I’m this weekend.

I came home and found that my entire bag of fluvial bugbites had been dumped in my 30 litre tank. My sister broke into my room, took the key to access the aquarium and dumped the entire thing. She had also presumably messed with the fish as I had found my fishnet besides the aquarium also wet.

I’ve had to euthanise two of my endlers as they were swimming belly up and did not move out from my hand when I had to put it in. The rest of my endlers are gasping at the surface and the amanos also in the tank are extremely frantic.

I tested the water parameters and last time was 0.50ppm but nitrites was luckily still at 0.

I’ve bought seachem prime, API quick start and I’m planning to do a 50% water change every day with no feeding for next few days and lights off. I just posted this in case there is extra information I can have in the meanwhile to keep my livestock more comfortable.

It’s been fun keeping my aquarium but I do not have good faith that it will remain safe in my environment and I’m planning to rehome everything. I’m really sad that something I’ve put weeks of my time into has to go but there’s no point if I’ll see it spoiled over again.

edit: for anyone commenting i have already done the 50% water change (and i did it immediately after i came home and saw the state the aquarium is in). as of the time of making this post it has been 7 hours since i did a water change, gravel vacuumed and put more API quick start. i’m still waiting on the seachem prime to arrive tomorrow.

my gold severum just passed. obviously very sad cause i adored him and i want a way to remember him? i don’t want to just bury the poor baby so any recs? like artwork or i donno just something. all suggestions are appreciated! he was about the size of my hand, and amazing colour on his face

i don’t want any ai suggestions thank you!

I’ve had a single pea puffer in a 10 gallon for about a year now, and she seems to be doing very well. But I’ve seen a lot of mixed information regarding peas, despite lots of thorough research. I’ve seen many people say peas must be in a shoal of 6 or more, while other sources say peas are perfectly fine alone, and possibly even preferred because they’re a rather territorial species and can be aggressive. I love my pea more than life itself, and I’ve always thought she was fine, but I’ve been told by several people it’s cruel to keep her in isolation. But I’m afraid introducing new peas would just cause stress and territorial issues, and possibly even accidental babies. I don’t want her to be harassed or feel threatened, but I also don’t want her to be lonely. How do I ensure the best life possible for my pea? It’s a heavily planted 10 gallon, driftwood, sand, and I feed both snails and bloodworms.

This fish his name is gta6 and he is by far one of the meanest fish I've ever owned I have a geo around the same size as him and he targets it specifically constantly I've tried changing the layout of the tank and he doesn't care about any other fish and there is plenty of room it's a 75 and both of them are only 3 inches I'm not sure if I should just get rid of him

Hello everyone! i have this problem i belive, a co-worker of me is going to buy 2-3 water turtles pet (the common ones sold in gardens) to put them in this fountain (that isn't working) with no filter nor heater; they know the turtles need a basking spot and they are going to clean the water before adding them (it is under two cedar).
I don't know how many liters the fountain is (second and third picture are here if someone wanna do the math).

i have some concerns about:
1- volume of water
2- need of a filter/water change
3- temperature of water (now we have 30°c outside but in few months it's going to be cold)
4- the color of the fountain makes me think it is made of copper

can a few turtles live there? can they survive?
i don't thik i can change their mind. they told me they will move them when it's winter.

i'm the one bringing one of them to the pet store.

chatgpt version:

Hello everyone! I believe I have a problem. A co-worker of mine is going to buy 2–3 pet water turtles (the common ones sold in garden centers) and put them in this fountain (which isn't working), with no filter or heater. They know the turtles need a basking spot, and they are going to clean the water before adding them. The fountain is under two cedar trees.

I don't know how many liters the fountain holds (the second and third pictures are there if someone wants to do the math).

I have some concerns about:

1. The volume of water
2. The need for a filter/water changes
3. The water temperature (it's 30°C outside now, but in a few months it's going to get cold)
4. The color of the fountain makes me think it might be made of copper

Can a few turtles live there? Can they survive?

I don't think I can change their minds. They told me they will move the turtles somewhere else when winter comes.

20 gallon long
15 neon tetras
2 nerite snails
8-10 neocaridina (recently had my first baby shrimp!!! so I’m not 100 on the count)

The pearlweed in the front I’m attempting to carpet and still needs more work but I’m pretty happy with it!
Also have some Val, bacopa, and rotala.

I’ve been enjoying this hobby so much the pace of the progress is so rewarding!

Im setting up a 20 lomg as a species only for pygmy corydoras and the medium is just a bit too big for them to sift through. So I was just wondering if anyone has used this in a tank before and what were your results?

Managed to grab onto it from the substrate. Id say its over 10cm 🤢

I just wanted to keep some shrimp

I've been trying to aquire a 125 for a bit here. I've only ever had seapora for all my large tanks and I've heard stories saying marineland has fallen off in quality and to steer clear but at the same time, ordering a 125, stand and lids through my LFS would be like ~1300 .My lfs would sell me a aqueon tank and albeit a much, much nicer stand than the petsmart one. On the other hand petsmart would be HALF the cost due to the sale but im unsure about the quality due to what I've heard. Thoughts on which route I should go?

I have added red cherry shrimp to my 32.5 gallon community tank! What do you think?

Upgraded from a 29 to a 55, so far the fish are loving it and the Corys in particular are nuts about the sand.

Betta
9 neon tetras
11 chili rasboras
10 kuhli loaches
2 mystery snails
4 Amano shrimp
Shit ton of ramshorn snails

No c02

Just showing off the newest batch of eggs. I've had no luck with fry hatching, but that isn't a big deal to me. I just find it interesting to watch fish behavior when they do this.

My parents have a large tank in their house that looks empty and uninspired. Any ideas for a better (fake) coral insert setup that falls way short of a $10k custom setup?

Backstory on the tank: my dad has always had freshwater tanks in the 150 gallon range. His friend owns a fish store and services saltwater aquariums. One of his clients house caught on fire and the house had to be taken down. We were told that the fish tank was fully salvageable but needed to be taken within 24 hours before the house was torn down. We reinforced the floors with a steal beam and the result is seen above. Don’t have exact measurements on me but it’s approximately 9 ft by 3 ft by 3 ft and is around 450 gallons.