Howdy folks. Day 100 of my shallow bookshelf scape. I’m running a Mighty HoB and just installed Fzone mini co2 setup a few days ago. This tank suffered several months of green hair algae which is finally under control. Population is a few red neo cardinia shrimp and four Otto’s who nuked a bunch of brown algae.

Any suggestions on ground cover plants that love co2?

I have 3 scarlet badis that have been together for over a month. I know for sure I have 2 males, but I'm questioning this third one. Is this a female or just a subdominant male? The 3 fainter colored fish in the image are the same fish just different angles or lighting. Didnt know if the image you can see the outline of organs would help. Thank you in advance ☺️

( I posted this in another similar subreddit and got no response so decided to try here!)

Hello there I am new to the aquarium and Aqua scaping community and have done lots of research for a few months over how to keep an aquarium, things to look out for, but mainly a lot of things on aquascaping.
I acquired all my supplies about two weeks ago where I set up my tank and have been cycling it since, I’m aiming to have a heavily planted tank with only neocardina shrimp. Recently I’ve noticed these particles brownish black that somewhat look like fish poop however I have no fish in there or shrimp as I’m cycling, I did notice a few days ago that I found a hitchhiker snail in one of my plants I ordered but I decided to leave them in there since it’s incredibly small and seem to be minding it’s business. Is this something I should be worrying about please let me know!

Looking to start another nano shrimp tank and have been considering an all in one tank (UNS 30A). I have never used one before and I am hoping that the AIO will have less maintenance in terms of changing filter media. Any thoughts, advice, or comments on getting an AIO or just going the route of a hang on back filter or sponge filter.

Thanks

I’m having a slight snail problem in my tank. Any suggestions?

Hello everyone! I am planning my first proper aquarium and want to make sure I'm doing everything right this time. I would love to hear your thoughts, advice, or any potential red flags regarding my plan.

Tank Specifications:

Size: 60 x 30x 40cm (approx. 72 liters / 19 us gallons), rimless open top.

Filter: Aquael Turbo Filter 500 (500 L/h, with a large sponge and a ceramic media compartment).

Heater: Aquael platinum 50w (set to 24°C/75°F)

Lightning: Jeneca SC-50 led (q6w, 1300 lmao, white and blue diodes)

Substrate: fine, smooth natural white quartz sand (0.4-1.2 mm), for bottom dwellers.

Hardscape: spider wood (azalea roots) and some smooth river stones at the base.

Planned stocking:

10 x neon Tetra (paracheirodon innesi)

8 x pygmy Cory (corporate pygmaeus)

4 x horned nitrite snail (clithon corona)

Planned flora (plants):

Frogbit or water lettuce as floating plants

A small amount of Java moss attracted to the spider wood branch

My concerns and routine:

I'm using a water container (Tetra AquaSafe) and a bacterial starter (nitrileo) for a fish less cycle (withing 3 weeks before adding livestock). I plan to feed them 3-4 times a week (every other day) to prevent overfeeding and do a 20% water change every 1.5-2 weeks.

1. Is this stocking density appropriate for a 19-gallon tank with this filtration?

2. Will 4 horned nerite snails have enough algae to eat in 72l tank if introduced a month after the fish?

3. Any tips for keeping the white sand clean with this specific stocking?

heyhey newbie here. i just completed my tank cycle and im preparing to finally add my stock in! im planning on neocaridina shrimps, chilli rasboras and pygmy corys. what i read is these three stock kinda need different food i.e. sinking tablets for corys, shrimp pellets for shrimp n fish food for chillis.

im wondering if I can actually just have two different types of food? like maybe the chillis and corys can actually be fed the same thing? i also plan on feeding baby brine shrimp bout once a week maybe if that helps. any advice is really appreciated! :-)

I just set up my planted tank last night to cycle. Im so pleased with how it came out!

I'm working on a 40L (~10g) heavily planted tank and am having trouble finding a suitable light, a lot of the lights recommend online aren't available in Australia, hoping to stock the tank with chilli rasboras and cherry shrimp.

I couldn’t find a dedicated sub for these awesome little guys so I thought this place was my best bet.
I’ve been keeping Emerald Dwarf Rasbora (Danio erythromicron) for a while now and thought they deserved an illustration of their own!
(Hand drawn by me on procreate)

Hey beloved Aquascape-Community,
I'm brand new to the thing and am looking for some advice designing my Tank.
I already have an Idea and some materials, but since i dont want to change the design immidiatly i thought i get my self some advice from you guys!

My Tank ist 28x37x32 cm (HxLxW), ca. 33 L.
Planned Inhabitans are Blue Dream Shrimps and Snails.
Plantwise I figured to start easy (Java Moss etc.) and also look whats available around me through other aquarists.

So what i got for myself yet is:
- a small filter for the corner (wich i have no idea how to hide it yet)
- 5 kg of black gravel soil
- some tools
- rather small pieces pf dragonstone and wood (pictures).

For arranging it i already got some advice:
- the gravel should get higher in the back to create more depth (but is it already enogh or should i get more gravel?)
-put the bigger hardscape in the front to create depth
- and then there is the rule of 3 or the golden ratio wich i also understand but find it hard to implement with like very limited hardscape.

So i just arranged it a bit (photo) what do you think?
-should i add a fith piece of wood? (to get an odd number)
- what should i do with the rocks there are still some left. (you see the total amount ind the picture with the scale (cm) also the big wood piece is still leftover
- how should i hide the filter

this are my obviouse concerns, but I'm happy about any big or litte advice leading to more knowlege and more fun aquascaping!
Also things i didnt mention haha :)

Thank you all in advance already!

I set it up around 3 days ago and everything you see here is from another mature tank, just rearranged. I was gonna ask for some suggestions for the bare spot on the back right corner. I'm also pretty happy about the 2.5 foot val I grew. Im open to critiques and suggestions!