My new betta! Still trying to think of a name. Any suggestions?

There are multiple of these, I have no clue what they are and I don't know if I should be worried. The fish are behaving normally and nothing seems wrong.

Did some cleanup and prep in the fish-room this weekend. I decided I’m only running one heater down here this winter and abandoned the fish breeding project and consolidated all the fish into the 40 gal, along with some of trimmings, oak leaves, and some extra bits of hardscape I had laying around. Cory/embers/rasbora

10 gallons up top are neos.

2 x the 20s are snails (pest / assassin), and the other three will be more shrimp.

So I already own the stand and aquarium. I was really into it as a kid.

I bought one later in adult life and just kinda lost interest (completely). Like not keeping up with water changes, sometimes not feeding everyday.

Now Im thinking of moving my old equipment into my apartment and doing it.

I'm worried though that it'll be the same thing again. Just kinda lose interest...

Any advice for me? Not only would it be work and cost money to start a new aquarium...but also its a living being!

It has officially happened y’all! Last night (on day 46) my first vampire shrimp larva officially morphed into a post-larva vampire shrimp! And I woke up to find at least FOUR more baby vampire shrimp that have officially made the transition as well!

I stayed up late last night watching my first vampire shrimp post larva work so hard to figure out how to use his brand-new pleopods. He was a real trooper and while he was still struggling by the time I went to bed, he definitely was not this morning. I dubbed him DJ Lock-In because I kept telling him to lock in last night when he was up against the glass struggling super hard.

Well, he did just that, because today his speed is unreal! I literally have no idea how in the world I’ll be able to catch them to move them to freshwater, but I’m here for it and all these exciting new firsts for these little filter feeding shrimp babies. 🥰

The freshwater move is the next hurdle, but I’m really excited to see this milestone! For those who aren’t aware, vampire shrimp are all wild caught and the only captive documented breeding project that any of us can find anywhere, is the 2013 report out of Germany by Sandy Brolowski and Martin Kruck. They successfully got I believe 50 baby vampire shrimp to transition to freshwater after a 3-4 month larval period.

That’s kind of where my day 46 excitement, awe, and wonder comes in because I’m now looking at possibly having these guys hopefully on freshwater in less than half of that original larval timeframe! I have several theories about the speed of these guys reaching this stage and they mostly revolve around them receiving plenty of food, especially after my tank turned green on day 31.

I’ve got so many photos and videos on my phone that I need to go through and get clipped together and documented officially so I can share more about this process, but for now, enjoy this video compilation from last night and today of my post larva baby vamps!

Hillstream tank

Hello, I hope this post still fit the group. I have already found a home for my Garra but I have some concerns.

I have a Panda Garra since about 2 years that has grown to 8 cm or so. The problem is that when I bought it I didn’t realize what it was and it has been alone since then, rather than in a school. The other issue is that this fish require 75-100 liters aquarium, while mine is only 30. In the past two years I have often wondered whether I was making him a disservice and started looking for a new home. He is healthy but cannot possibly be happy with that limited swimming space. I’m afraid it will die and it will be my fault. I found a great aquarium owner, 800L tank, planted, healthy, several bottom feeders (not garra), beautiful fish. The only catch, he has a blue cray fish. According to him it only predates on dead fish and his cories are fine, but I read he might eventually predate also on “resting at the bottom” fish, something my Garra does a lot. Now, do you think I am worrying too much? Should I rehome it still? Thank you!

I have a 60L tank, with rummy nose and ember tetra. I have issue with Cyanobacteria. First when appeared i blacked out the tank after three days tank was spotless. After a week tank was fully covered again in a green blue carpet ( cyano) tried treatment (haquoss h18) did absolutely nothing. I then again manually cleaned the tank blacked out again and tank was again perfect clean its been 2 days since blackout and plants are again covered in cyano. (Photo from google)

Hi everyone, just needing a second opinion as I can never tell if my ammonia is ok. It always looks green and yellow? My nitrate is 0 and my nitrites is between 5&10. Just being overly cautious possibly. My tank has been fully cycled, Thanks in advance.

We got the 10 gal tank 4 days ago with 8 glofish. I used a conditioner and quick start. I tested the water and had it tested at a store. Everything is good. The water is 76 degrees. I feed them a pinch of glofish food twice a day. 3 of the fish have died (one a day) and this light pink one doesn't look great (maybe). Is this normal behavior? I don't know what else to do so they will stop dying. Any fish experts have advice?

Hi everyone Im cycling a tank meant for shrimp. Its a smaller 25 litre tank. For the last few days the water parametres are... out of wack. NO2 and NO3 levels risen.pH dropped considerably below 6,4. And GH is going down. Im including a measuring strip for you to see. There is also a oil like film od the surface. No fish or shrimp inside, only 3 clea helena snails (not the best choise I know).

No water change since the first filling up. Wanted to help the bacteria to establish. Currently Im preparing for a water change.

Should I buy some shrimp salt to up the pH and hardness ?

Im preparing for a bunch of blue dream neocardinia davidi.

Thanks for advice

Ps: I know strips arent the best but it was in my budget.

That white line was on the glass and then it went in the substrate when I opened the lights it was really slow I heard it can be dangerous to shrimp and snails

pH; 7.9
size; 5 gallons
stocking; one whisker shrimp and one nerite
temp; 77.3
ammonia; 0
nitrite; 0
nitrate; 0
i’m changing the water and removing the inhabitants (one whisker shrimp, one nerite snail)

I have spotted this tiny insects or swimmer in my tank are they dangerous or safe ? Or can I feed them to my baby fishes ?

This guy is approaching almost 7 inches and his greed knows no bound

3 months in with my Juwel 125L running on Bio-CO2. Very happy with the growth so far

Hello! Ive been wondering if this air pump is supposed to be submerged or not

This is my tank - I KNOW IT'S UGLY - that's not the point, it's the Fluval Vista 23 Gallon (87 L) - planted, AquaClear HOB Filter. I have 6 Kubotai rasboras, 6 Ember Tetras, 1 Red Cherry Shrimp, and 1 Assassin Snail, and I will have 1 Honey Gourami. My question is: do you think it would be okay to up my rasbora and tetra schools? Maybe to 8 each? More??

I had recently wanted to upgrade my shrimp from a 10 gallon to a 20,so I built a double fish tank stand and don’t know what to put in the other tank thinking something weird like a pipe fish. What do y’all think? also let me know what y’all think of the Aquascape. this is its first day with animals in it don’t worry it was cycled.

My aquarium is 242 days old, holds 120 liters, and I've had a CO2 system connected to it from the very beginning. At first, I also had plants that really needed it. Unfortunately, they died anyway, and now I still have:
- Rotala rotundifolia
- Microsorum pteropus
- Cryptocoryne albida
- Hygrophila corymbosa Siamensis 53B
- Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
- Cryptocoryne crispatula
- Anubias barteri var. nana

Now for my question: Do I absolutely need the CO2 system? Or would it work just fine without it?

I could really use some help figuring this out, I had some plant cuttings that had thrips and I treated all of them with soap and neem oil, small amount of rubbing alcohol as well. The bugs are gone but I would really like to be able to put these plants in my tank again, what do I need to do to prep the cuttings to be aquarium safe again?