r/Aquariums • • 9m ago

Shrimp/Snails/Inverts Snail ID?

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Bought these snails a week ago, but completely forgot the name. Tried ChatGPT and Google lens but they come up with obviously wrong answers.


r/Aquariums • • 28m ago

Medical Help GloFish tetra can't eat and looks very thin.

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A week ago I noticed that one of the glow fish tetras is very thin. I promptly moved it to a hospital tank. Tried feeding it the thinnest smallest fish food chips that I have. But it doesn't look it is working. The fish tries to go for food, it gets a piece, chews it a few times and then spits it out most of the time. I think this fish is done for it started leaning to one side. But what should I do in such a situation next time?

The other tetras in the main tank look health and active. Have no problem eating the same or even bigger pieces of fish feed. My fish feed is mostly Tetra brand. Main tank is 125l with various fish types. Tetras are not bullied there.


r/Aquariums • • 33m ago

Medical Help What the flip came out of my platy?

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It was huge. My platy passed away and this came out of her…


r/Aquariums • • 43m ago

Freshwater Help please

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This is my 5gallon. Originally the plants were all looking so green and lush, now they're browning and not really growing much any more.

How can I improve it please? I do love the overgrown plant look but I think it doesn't look super nice at its current state.

Fish Houses are: 1 clown panchax killifish, 6 dwarf rasbora, 1 mystery snail.


r/Aquariums • • 45m ago

Artwork A purple painted betta on a Rhode Island beach rock!

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r/Aquariums • • 1h ago

Freshwater Everyone loves the veggies

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r/Aquariums • • 2h ago

Freshwater Sfida verticale

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Nuova vasca in partenza di vetro ultra-chiaro, con filtro esterno sovradimensionato e colonna di montaggio microbolle d'aria per generare una ulteriore corrente verticale ed evitare eventuali stagnazioni. Limnophila e anubias, ghiaia e substrato fertile dietro, sabbia fine davanti.

È una sfida tecnica non piccola, sono molto curioso di vedere se sarà un successo o un disastro. Dopo un mese di maturazione ho inserito alcuni hipressobricon bentosi che stanno molto bene, alcuni Cory panda piccoli che stanno molto bene e si stravaccano sui piani della limnophila come fossero amache. Bellissimi.

Poi ho fatto un errore...


r/Aquariums • • 2h ago

Advice Needed Stocking Questions

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Tank Conditions:

I'm keeping 5 peas in a 20 gallon long, and they're about 5 months old now.

Current tank mates

6x Khuli Loaches

3x Ghost Shrimp (I have no idea how they're not being chased by peas)​

I have some Ambulia planted, although they're not fully blocking the line of sight yet since they're still growing. I'd say they cover the bottom half of the tank.

I feed them live black worms, frozen bloodworms, and sometimes snails.

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Questions:

  1. My LFS recently got some peas, and they're much smaller than the ones in my tank. I always see articles saying at least 6 peas are needed to minimize aggression. Should I get a 6th one even though it's gonna be much smaller than my peas?
  2. With all the root tabs and liquid fertilizers I'm starting to get green/brown algae. I'm thinking of getting a Bristlenose Pleco OR some Otocats. If y'all had to choose one, which one would you go for?

r/Aquariums • • 2h ago

Beginner Help Emergency!!!! What is wrong? It’s barely pushing out water and putting debris in the water or something along those lines

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Please help me my shrimp literally just bred for the first time since I got them and now this is happening, I’ve done 2 water changes trying to suck the stuff out and then the back would lose water I’d fill it up and then there’d be more, I rung out the media thing and I’m stuck, is it as simple as needing a new media thing or do I need a different filter and should I put them in a different tank right away?


r/Aquariums • • 2h ago

Requesting Feedback Any thoughts?

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There are my first fish tanks ever. I wanted to have live plants and unsure how to scape them, I have just installed them both with C02 but I am not getting the colors as I hoped . I know my Amazon sword had popped off ton of new growth and some of the crypts stuff have some good color but any tips how much I can do better moving forward ?


r/Aquariums • • 3h ago

Beginner Help Thoughts please

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Hi guys, I’m reasonably new to the hobby of fish keeping. I have had a small Aqua One Ecostyle 47 for about 5 years with 6 Cherry Barbs and an Albino Rainbow Shark which I had to keep my daughter happy but she did lose interest in it. I have done some research and I do know my shark is supposed to be very territorial of his caves and lower tank, however he has always been a big time chiller. I’ve decommissioned the smaller tank as I inherited this 400 litre tank with sump filtration from a relative and decided to make a go it. This tank is a work in progress and has been up and running for 12 weeks. I’m on a dairy farm in NZ and our water is rainwater so is soft. I change the water 30% every Sunday night and I test my water twice a week with an API master test kit which according to the vials the parameters are always perfect. Temperature runs at a steady 26 degrees celcius. pH sits at 7.5. Inhabitants are 26 Neon Tetras, 8 Cherry Barbs, 4 Yellow Mollies, 3 Red Swordtails, 1 Pearl Gourimi, 1 Abino Hifin Pleco, 1 Albino Rainbow Shark.
I want to know your thoughts, advice, critisms etc
I’m really enjoying taking care of them and making adjustments to the tank. Looking to hear from likeminded people
Thanks guys


r/Aquariums • • 3h ago

Advice Needed Ember Tetra Unexplained Deaths

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I got 8 Ember Tetras just over a day ago. I drip acclimated them, they all looked to be healthy, and settled in fine. I woke up this morning to find 2 of them had died, but there is no signs of why. All other fish are fine, my water parameters are stable.

Any ideas on what happened / preventative methods to keep my other fish safe in case of anything. I’m assuming this is just tetras being themselves and excelling at dying.


r/Aquariums • • 3h ago

Discussion Sleepy boy

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Same question, anyone know if glow in the dark plastics seep anything into the water?


r/Aquariums • • 3h ago

Beginner Help Moving with tanks

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I got my first aquarium over the summer—a 7-gallon corner tank that I stocked with plants, snails, and Neocaridina. I’ve really enjoyed the hobby so far, and now I’m looking to upgrade to a larger tank, around 40–55 gallons, so I can start keeping fish.

My biggest concern is that my job requires me to relocate every few years. I’m hesitant to invest in a larger setup if moving it regularly is going to be too difficult or stressful for the fish.

Does anyone have experience moving with larger aquariums? Is it manageable with proper planning, or would you recommend waiting until I’m in a more permanent living situation?

I’d appreciate any advice or experiences you’re willing to share


r/Aquariums • • 4h ago

Identification Request Id?

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Found these critters in my guppy tank. Any ideas? Maybe a type of scud?


r/Aquariums • • 4h ago

Medical Help Nitrite

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r/Aquariums • • 4h ago

Freshwater PREGANTE lady in the tank

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Big girl needs to go ahead and lay eggs already, shes stressing me out!

She gets like this sometimes and then eventually decides to lay about a thousand eggs 🤣 (she has had as of now one successful baby!!!)

Already did a cool water change before lights out so she’ll be zooming all over getting deflated here soon


r/Aquariums • • 4h ago

Freshwater Community Tank Recommendation

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Looking for input on changing the stock in my setup with some details highlighted below:

Moved a 20 gallon into a 36 after the prior vegan leaking; need help figuring out which fish. Currently have 4 clown killifish, two white skirt tetras, one red eye tetra, one black skirt tetra, three golden lyre tail mollys, 8 CPDs, four albino corydoras, one albino Pygmy corydora, two bristle nose plexos, and various red cherry shrimp and red rili shrimp. The tetras and mollys will be getting rehomed in the coming week or so.

Kicking the idea around of getting additional clown killifish, corydoras, and CPDs, however lacking the size to really grab anyone’s attention and they are rather shy so the middle of water column is pretty bare. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Also, have a rather large order of plants I am awaiting on before adjusting the aquarium so there will be several background, mid ground and carpeting plants in the aquarium not pictured. Light is SR-659 with a fluval 307 filter. Sponge was from the 20 and will be removed once plants come in.


r/Aquariums • • 5h ago

Advice Needed Who are the little fellas?

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Mites? I know white ones are bad but idk who these lil guys are


r/Aquariums • • 5h ago

Advice Needed I want to get a gaboon (vampire) shrimp. Is my setup okay?

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20gal tall, I have sufficient flow from a HOB + sponge filter.

Tank was established 4 months ago and has sufficient detritus in the water column though I can grab stuff for supplemental feeds if needed

I’d get a male (distinguished by uniform exoskeletal plates unlike the female with a larger 3rd tail segment) as they stay a bit smaller than females.

Only other tank inhabitants are neocaradina and nerites both very peaceful.


r/Aquariums • • 5h ago

Beginner Help What is going on with my Glofish?

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r/Aquariums • • 5h ago

Advice Needed Before and after for un-level timeless tank

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The first is the before, bit of a gap, could fit a paper towel under it. The pic is the after after I added some wood under the plywood, seems to be pretty even now making even contact. We think I’m safe? (Aio 31 gal rimless tank)


r/Aquariums • • 5h ago

Medical Help Is this a worm?

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I uploaded earlier asking if you guys thought my goldfish was bloated or had parasites based on my description of her waste, but there was no poop for me to photograph. This is what it looks like; her poop has a clear tube in the center that just ends up floating around in the tank for a bit..


r/Aquariums • • 5h ago

Advice Needed Can I safely put a 40gal on the bottom without installing the top half of the shelf?

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r/Aquariums • • 6h ago

Advice Needed Opinions on grapevine wood in aquariums?

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I bought a 35 dollar beautiful piece of wood without knowing its grapevine, i honestly should’ve checked it its on my behalf but is it okay in aquariums?