Aquariums and Fish Keeping

I just did a 50% water change just to see if it seems to slow things down and potentially bring the pH back to normal. The clerk said most people have had bad luck with RRFs except one customer. Now I'm starting to wonder if I'm gonna join the ranks of those who have killed them. Small tank, 4.2 gal/ ~16L

My local aquatic centre (Bert and Ernies in Stockport) was shutting down, only found out when I went in, I only wanted some plants as I want to get into planted tanks. Turns out they were selling everything and only had tanks left, I got there just after someone had bought the lot. But I was able to get this 60L for £5.

I have 3 Amano shrimp and an infinite amount of blue neocaridina shrimp but this shrimp looks different than both of them. Does anyone know what is is?

More Pictures Here

Earlier this year I decided to re-home and give away my main setup (180L) and focus on this little shrimp tank. It was previously used as a quarantine tank (approx 20L) but now is home to about 30 to 40 cherry shrimp (up from 15ish when I started).

I dont own the tank anymore since I moved houses but I used to love this one :)

First of all I want to thank you guys for helping me identify my eel. I haven't felt this kind of help in a small community anywhere else.

Now for the tetra's we had a dissappearing issue when we had a rainbow shark. We ended up getting rid of the shark and getting tetras till we had 20. Now we're down to 12. I currently have 3 swordtails, 2 loaches, a small brisslemouth pleco and a larger pleco that survived. Plus 2 eels, one that was answered here and another is a zigzag eel.

Am I having a problem with hiding spots? I know I don't have enough plants. I'm thinking of getting more moss and covering the area under the wood structure on the right.

Or are they getting sucked up the filter? I thought this but couldn't find any evidence in the filter system. Any advice would be fully appreciated.

Here's the pleco I'm questioning.

It looks kind of like a ropefish/reedfish but it's not as long.

Because redecorating a 10g fish tank with fake plants is cheaper than redecorating my apartment. It ended up more open on top than I wanted but my betta boi still has his floating log to hide in. Gonna go blow all my money on more aquarium decor to alter it during next week's water change.

Chill video about DIY'ing a tank

He climbs to the top of the glass, spreads himself out, and floats around upside-down on the surface. A tetra bumped him, and he curled up and sank to the bottom, so he definitely wasn't stuck up there. The second he hit the substrate he went right back to the glass and did it again.

Why? Whats his deal? We have a handful of assassins and none of the other ones are doing this. He only does it when the light is on.

Not the best picture possible, but i believe i have total 2 male Red Gold's and one female, with the female being pictured here. I purchased a separation net, just in case and shes doing fine.

Signs that show this may be true

• Other fish were following her around, poking at her
• Red bottom area, getting darker
• More of a "boxy" stomach area

Hey all! I wanted to share my first tank with you all. Today is 5 days in so still really new. Plants seem to be acclimating well (especially the tiger lotus)

This is a 7g cube I got off amazon. I chose to do the Walstad Method with this and have miracle gro organic choice capped with sand and gravel as the substrate. I havent done any water changes since setting it up.

The water got pretty cloudy over the first 3 days and has since cleared up quite a bit. You can see in the pics from bottom to top the progression: https://imgur.com/a/W7VBk4J

I tested the water for the first time after 24 hours and then once more yesterday. First test was ~6.8 pH with 0 NH3, 0 NO2, and 0 NO3. Yesterday’s test showed the same pH and Nitrate / Nitrite levels but had about 0.5ppm for ammonia. I will start testing daily today to observe how these levels fluctuate.

The only thing I am unhappy with this tank is my moss placement. I submurged the tank fully before placing the moss anywhere and then panicked and hamfisted the placement by supergluing a clump to my driftwood.

I think when I do a water change I will drain low enough to trim the moss and stick it on properly so it isn’t just a clump there.

Overall I am really excited to be doing this. Let me know if you have any tips / suggestions / insights. All guidance and feedback is appreciated :)

I have a bare bottom quarantine tank that is very low to the ground and doesn't produce a good siphon for water changes or vacuuming detritus.

Does anybody have a good recommendation for an electric pump that I can use for water changes or vacuuming?

I'm thinking something self-priming, variable speed, not submersible?

I have a new tank that is low to the ground and my siphon doesn't produce good flow for water changes.

It's a bare bottom tank so I like to vacuum up the detritus that accumulates as well.

Does anybody have a recommendation for an electric pump/gravel vac that I could use to vacuum/do water changes?

Maybe I'm just a dirty tree-hugging hippie, but captive bred is better.

This is the 3rd betta I've had and he's just not food motivated like every other betta I've seen. We've tried pellets, flakes, and assorted freeze dried shit and he'll still mostly ignore it until it sinks to the bottom, and then maybe he'll nibble it. Bruh you are not a catfish or pleco, wtf. He's a "samurai" plakat male, while before I had the bog standard veiltails. Is this why he's weird? It doesn't seem likely tho?

Hey everyone,

Thanks for giving me advice since my last post. Read more and more into it and now I'm up to 12 fish!

Changes included -

• adding a Air stone / pump
• Used Start Smart solution

Fish Include -

• 2 comet Goldfish
• 1 minnow
• 4 black tetra
• 2 fancy guppies
• 1 Kuhli Loach
• 2 algae eaters

Feeding them flakes and brine shrimp.

Not the best picture, but everyone seems to be liking it, including both my boy cats.

Best time of the day for the goldfish!

https://www.youtube.com/@GVAquariumsAustralia

I've only recently discovered this channel and it's taken me back to the YouTube of old - where videos were full of content from start to finish, not padded out to some arbitary time to ensure adverts start paying out.

Some highlights:

• Great explanation of freshwater sumps

• How to make your sump silent

• The advantage of his style of sump cleanout

• Neat way of growing houseplants in your aquarium

• Neat way of modifying your cannister filter so you can clean it without pulling it apart

• Cheap water change accessory

My new 55 gal

I've got a community of white-tail acei, mixed peacocks (mostly dragon/strawberry and o.b.), and yellow labs. The acei and labs are running families, and the peacocks seem to be trying. (I didn't heed the all-male recommendation. I hoped I could give a more natural environment.)

These two blue dolphin cichlids tend to get pulled into the peacocks' aggressive bouts. One has developed and sustained unilateral pop-eye, coming and going, for what seems like at least a few months. I'm finally isolating those two and starting with a mild salt treatment in hopes that eye just needed peace, time, and water params to heal on its own.

I've got them both isolated because I just intend to re-home them once Mr. Popeye is healthy. The other three families are populating the tank with their lookalikes, while these two might be getting singled out more and more.

tldr: I'm wondering if this looks like a possible pair I should try to keep together or whether they might do just fine going to a community tank at my LFS. If there's a chance they've bonded, I'll try to re-home them directly to keep them together.

Hopefully, here the image should appears. As I said yesterday, he's not what many would consider "showgrade", but he's very special and lovely to us! :)

Tank is 2 years old and is my first own tank. Fishkeeping is amazing.

As a bonus, here is another one: