/aq/-Aquarium General

My tap water comes out a 8ph. What fish can handle this? I don't like African cucklids

Is the how to cycle your tank pastebin ever going to be fixed?

>>2246858
don't expect this OP to do anything about it
he replied to me with a rude post.

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Good morning.

>>2246852
Saltwater.
Or mollies.

>>2246860
What're you talking about?

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Is this stuff worth it?

>>2246926
No

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Drip acclimating my new baby boy! He'll probably die within 6 months, but oh well. Always wanted one of these guys.

Should I take pictures of the aquarium that I work at? It's pretty damn big.

>>2246852
Mine comes out as like 9 and drops to 8 after sitting in a bucket with an air stone running for a day and I'm still having trouble with low, <6 pH because of aqua soil

I wish it would be accustom to new fish owners to learn about the basics of fish keeping before owning fish, especially the nitrogen cycle. Mostly when they go to Petco/petsmart. Every time they buy a fish, the lessons would just play through their minds like that shitty Nutshack meme videos.

>>2246945
Yes. Absolutely.

>>2246926
Those are actually pretty decent if you're trying to quick cycle a tank, or for after media changes.

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>>2246939
Return the fish.... or suffer my iridovirus

>>2246965
Meh, he'll be nice to look at for 6 months.

>>2246965
>>2246974
Always the chance it would have died in some shit noses 1.5 gallon tank

>>2246986
Yeah that was my reasoning behind it. At least he'll be happy and well cared for in my tank until he dies.

>>2246947
All right, I'll be going tomorrow. I'll see if I can get any decent pictures of our sea turtles, they always follow me around whenever I talk about them.
Also, whenever I talk about how parrotfish poop sand, one always decides it's best to relieve himself right then.

>>2246992
It's fun to watch beach makers at work when I dive.

I'm guessing you have some in this tank? What species?

>>2246994
I haven't been in a while (I had to study for SATs) but:
Stoplight, Blue, Queen, Rainbow, and we have a few juveniles which we aren't quite sure of the species yet.

>>2246997
Oh shit, those are all Florida natives.
You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.

>>2246999
Haha, I'm the same guy who posts the fossils all the time.
Yeah, we're in Florida. We have four main tanks, but I'll only be taking pictures of the two ones I work at. The rest, maybe later.
Is there anything you particularly want to see? We have a ton of stuff, if it's not too specific I can almost surely find it.

>>2246939
what is it?

no homo

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>>2246939
Okay got him in there. Turned off one of the lights for him. He pretty shy.

>>2246947
>especially the nitrogen cycle
legit doesn't matter for most starters aquariums

Like a betta or minnow tank

Unless they are going to start with harder fish

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>>2247004
Dwarf gourami. He's so sweet. Getting along so well with the guppies. Really hard to take pictures of though.

>>2247007
Why would he only live 6 months?
They're not hard to take care of are they? I've had mine years. Was I just lucky?

>>2247001
I mean what stuff do you have? I specialize in coastal seagrass species, but I can find interest in most stuff. You have any corals? Or gobies/blennies would be nice.
>>2247006
I understand that, but a lot of people still think that 100% water changes are fine because just get out the poop in the gravel. My brother still does 100? changes, and I argue about it. He also only has the Spongebob themed decor, mostly because of his son, but also it's easier to clean.
>Like a betta or minnow tank
If I had a penny every time I see parents going out of petstores with a ten gallon tank in the cart and a bag full of platys, swordtails, goldfish, CAE, and angelfish in their hand, I'd be a rich man.

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>>2247008
Yeah they have this awful virus that gets triggered by stress. Any little thing can set it off and then they die a matter of months.
Lol the guppies are freaked out, but the gourami doesn't even care about them.

>>2247011
Nick Diaz kept one for years

>>2247010
>If I had a penny every time I see parents going out of petstores with a ten gallon tank in the cart and a bag full of platys, swordtails, goldfish, CAE, and angelfish in their hand, I'd be a rich man.
you spend way too long in pet shops. By the way I like your youtube videos.

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Don't mind the stickers, my niece put them up and I don't have the heart to take them down.

Oh I never updated you guys, it has been 7 months of the betta and he gouramis living together with no problem.

Bet you're jelly

>>2247014
That ornament is amazing, what is in your tank though and how big is it? I can't see anything.

>>2247010
I don't think we have any, but here's the more interesting stuff:
>6 Foot Moray Eel
>A bunch of Angels
>Burrfish
>A ton of babby sharpnose pufferfish
>Two groupers, a coney and another one I forgot
>A fuckload of wrasses, including slippery dicks
>Giant hermit crabs
>Langosta
>School of Lookdowns
>Cobia
>A ton of Tarpoms
>The parrotfish I mentioned
>Fairy Bassets

And, as I said, we have two green sea turtles.
This is only in the two tanks I work at.

I have a blue dwarf gourami and I always thought I had to keep him alone. But apparently you can keep them with other gouramis?
I know you can keep them with cories and stuff but I only like gouramis, is it a wise idea to add more and how big would the tank need to be? Also what type of gourami could I add?

>>2247016
Yeah I can't get a good picture of it, I think I have too much moving water. It's a 29 gallon, I only have two pictus fish in there. I've got that big anubis in the middle which grew over a little house ornament, Java fern, and whatever that is floating someone gave to me. I was trying to go for an asian theme.

I'm trying to get shit to grow on the rock to the right, but my pictus zoom around that rock so much it disrupts everything

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>>2247029
Forgot pic of the pictus

>>2247029
>It's a 29 gallon
wew it only looked about 5 gallons on that picture

should of got a koi

>>2247013
>you spend way too long in pet shops
Busy area, understaffed, I wait for a while until someone can help.
>By the way I like your youtube videos.
Thank you, next upload will be a video I took of Robbie's Marina Tarpon feeding docks(the tarpon feeding is pretty iconic now), but it's underwater, so you can see the tarpon swim. It was a bit murky, but I figured it looks more ominous.

>>2247017
>langosta
You mean spiny lobsters? Or reef lobsters? I'd think either one is neat.
I want to see the Cobia and lookdowns, and groupers. The Coney is like the Atlantic version of the Coral Grouper, so I think they're dope.

>>2247017
Graysby, that's the other grouper I forgot.
Can't think of anything else off the top of my head, we have another eel though.
Used to have a ton of stingrays but the turtles kept trying to eat them.

>>2247034
Yeah, we just call them Langosta. Which is weird because nobody speaks spanish here, I guess that's just what the locals say.
Also, no problem. I can't guarantee both groupers or the spiny lobster (they both like to hide a lot) but I'll see what I can do.

>>2247032
>pictus
>29 gallons
My heart hurts for them

>>2247041
You'd feel even worse for the three koi (at once) I was holding in here for a local shelter before.

>>2247015
I eventually want to get a nice female Betta for this gourami. My friend has a gourami betta buddy tank and they're adorable together.

>>2246974
>>2246986
Good on you for taking care of it, just don't get too attached. :(

Wow, the day I post about how long my gourami has lived he dies

Just right now, turned over and died.
Can I hear more about this virus?

>>2247051
Oh my god I'm so sorry. Iridovirus. It's from all the inbreeding. Sorry for your fish loss. I hear it's not really a problem for other gouramis like sparkling.

>>2247058
Thank you, mine was nearly three years old so I suppose it could be old age. But I was really attached to the dude :(.

Now I have a 20 gallon with 7 black neon tetras.
Don't really know if I should get another gourami or what desu. Will there be enough room to add guppies? I've always wanted some of them maybe I should try them.

>>2247051
I told you anon return the fish....

>>2247062
my post
>>2247008

I had him a while, still it is better they die in a nice home than a pet shop

>>2247060
I say this to everyone so I'll say it to you as well. Get sparkling gouramis and peacock gudgeons. They are beautiful, tiny, and full of personality.

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>>2247051
Sorry to hear that. There's not much known avout irido. From what I hear its most common in north american dwarfs that have a weakened immune system via inbreeding. Maybe consider a sparkling gourami instead. I have some myself. They are not known to suffer from Irido.

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Is it normal for blue mystery snail shells do grow in black like this?

>>2247064
>>2247066
I just tried to scoop him out and he swam upside down for a second then went laying back on his side at the bottom of the tank. He is breathing like once per minute. What do?

>>2247063
>>2247066
they're too small for me personally

>>2247072
Final stages of iridovirus. Sorry bud, nothing you can do now. Maybe put him out of his misery.

>>2247072
He needs to get to the surface to breath, lift him up so he can swallow some air at the surface

Anon with Walmart led bulb. It's been about a week and already noticeable growth. My elodea that was practically dead is growing new stems. Hornwort used to looked spaced apart and ugly now it grows upwards and looks full and lots of new growth. Crypts are responding well to it as the have perked up and out 2-3 leaves on each plant. Aponogeton is about the same as its full grown but are putting out flower stalks and my Lilly bulb is growing pads much quicker. Just trimmed 8 pads.

>>2247088
2-3 new leaves I should have said. Before I had two 15 watt CFLs with 5000k. The LED bulbs are 15 watt 5000k.

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Okay I've decide I want to get marsilea hirsuta for the carpet. Where would you guys order them from? None of my lfs have it and I've never ordered plants online before.
Guppies are still freaking out, gourami just keeps swimming left and right close the glass. I have some floaters in there but he's ignoring them for the most part.

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He finally held still for a pic. Sorry I'll stop posting him now, he's just so pretty. What's a good name for this guy?

>>2247123
Should I get him a female friend? They have been some females from the same shipment at the PetSmart.

>>2247123
Enjoy your few weeks with him

Mines fully dead now

>>2247145
Fuck that's depressing. Sorry bud. I don't think I'm getting a female. Don't want 2 dead babies within a couple of months.

what's a good live plant that's bushy and grows tall that i can hide my heater with?

>>2247201
Cannabis

>>2247201
Amazon sword or jungle Val

>>2247214
dude weed thaaat's hilarious xD

>>2247239
Junge Val looks really nice i think I'll go with that, thanks.

I'm planning to turn my 40g breeder into planted

>>2247260
Val makes a nice back ground plant. Fast grower.

OK, where the fuck do I get dry ferts from in Australia? Why is everything illegal?

20 gallon with 8 neon tetras

what should I add? I actually don't mind so I am going to let you guys decide.

>>2247014
stop oxygenating so much, you're killing your plants

>>2247135
i'd recommend getting a female for all anabantoids you keep (bettas, gouramis etc.)
makes them both a lot more active and happy if/when they pair

>>2247306
Bomb making idiots ruined it. Ask around at your local fish stores though:

>>2247260
ive never had success with val (having had success with many harder plants) probably just me cause everyone else says it works for them.
I'd recommend Gymnocoronis spilanthoides if you want a good looking tall bushy plant, or good ol egeria densa if you want super-fast super-easy growth

hey guys looking for some stock advice, I've recently been on a long holiday and I've had my fish in on e of my school tanks I look after, unfortunately some didn't make it, I've left my horrible inbred neons at school and want a replacement school. The tank is a 32 Gal with 10 hengeli rasbora, 1 female betta, 10 ember tetras, 5 pygmy corys and maybe 100 cherry shrimp, basically I'm looking for a small schooling species that add anther splash f colour, I might do neons again but other options to consider are nice. I also have a small, heavily planted 5 gal on my bedside table,it had 2 sparkling gouramis in it but they didn't make it (pretty sue they got out-competed for food) and so I'm also looking for an option for that tank that's not a betta shrimp. If I can't think of anything else I get more sparkling gouramis, loved those little guys.

>>2247362
sorry for shitty grammar all round, this keyboard is a little bit fucked

>>2247070
Add more calcium.

>>2247342
>female betta with a male betta

>>2247362
Micro rasboras

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>>2247135
Got him a (hopefully) lady friend. Does this look like a lady? She is way less colorful and smaller than him. Not the best pic sorry.

>>2247346
Looks too much like a terrestrial plant that grows in my backyard.

>>2247412
I sprinkled a ton more egg shells. Am making snail jello tomorrow. Hopefully that will be better for their shells. They've been growing super fast though.

>>2247413
Females are more rounded and fatter and yes usually less colorful.

>>2247428
So does this look like a female? I honestly can't tell. The fin on the bottom looks more rounded than the other gourami's. I'll take a better pic once it's in the aquarium.

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>>2247429
Slightly better pic

>>2247429
A better pic would help. By the looks of it it does look like a female.

>>2247434
Definitely female.

>>2247437
>>2247436

Perfect. I'll take a better pic once she's in the tank just to be safe. Hopefully she's as chill with the guppies as the male.

Where do you guys get sponge filters? How much do they usually go for?

>>2247338
Noted. I turned off the big middle bubbler. That would explain why my java fern that once grew like a weed is barely making it.

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She's in. It's a girl right?

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>>2247462
I mean he hasn't murdered her yet so that's a good sign right?

>>2247343
That's annoying. Cheers mate will make some phone calls today

>>2247454
ebay, about $3. or any sponge will work so long as it's not chemical treated. sometimes I get the aquaclear sponges from amazon for $.50

>>2247466
Does have all the characteristics of a female. So I'm confident in calling it a female.

>>2247488
Sweet

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Wish these retarded faggots would stay still. I love them though and are my current favorite fish. definitely going after bosemanis when I get 75

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What crustaceans are the most interesting to watch/the most personality? I had land hermit crabs when I was younger, and I want to set up a tank with some interesting critters. Freshwater/saltwater it doesn't matter, as long as they're fun to watch.

>>2247520
What kind of Rainbows are those? I miss my Celebese and Praecox, even if the latter brought columnaris in my quarantine and all but wiped out the former school

I'll give Praecox another try again, after I find some healthier stock

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>>2247307
that's interesting. I think I'll try that since I need to replace the CFLs in this tank anyway

>>2247624
meant to quote >>2247090

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Good morning! All the fish to be getting along super well.

>>2247618
Australian. I thought about returning them to get a school of praecox but they all were very thin and tore up.

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>>2247624
If you're interested this is the bulb. Highest I could find though is 5000k.

>>2247780
Yeaaa that's the kitty litter build. So cool!

>>2247792
Special kitty is the brand

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Had some left over pool sand this year so I decided to pull my little 5g out of storage.

>>2247800
Good to know! I'll definitely use that when I get a bigger tank. So excited!

>>2247806
Oh wow that's a really good color for pool filter sand! Only one I could find was very bright. Looks great! You planning on doing live plants?

>>2247819
Thanks, and I'm not sure yet. Still deciding on what to stock it with.

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Made a cave for my little girl to hang out in. She's so cute! Wife named her Philomena, but I'm calling her fillet mignon.

>>2247260
Sometimes I just take a hit and blow the smoke through a straw to get my fish nice and high. They love it.

>>2247413
WHAT DID WE TALK ABOUT ANON, RETURN THE FISH OR SUFFER IRIDOVIRUS
>>2247434

>>2247839
Lol but they are so cute. I'll just get sparkling gouramis once the iridovirus takes hold. Should get a good 3 months or more out of these guys.

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Well.. I guess I'm a daddy now. The LFS guy wasn't joking when he said my convict was ready to breed. Totally just woke up to a shit load of these little babies in my tank. Right around the spot the mating pair has been guarding the past month. The hell should I do? I thought I read the parents will take food back to them to eat.. but realistically I'm not prepared to take care of them. They're all just gonna die and pollute the water, aren't they?

They are cute, tho

>>2246852
Live bearers (including goodeids), gobies, some Melanotaenia species, some Pseudomugil species, some killifish, Indian glassy fish.

>>2247020
Depends on the temperament, some are more territorial than others. Also, it's easier if you get a harem. For dwarf gourami together, 1.5 square foot per male or pair is fairly safe. If you're mixing species, you'd have to say what exactly you're looking at.

>>2247307
Get a pair of apitogramma cichlids.

>>2246852
my tank has the same pH, I've been able to keep every fish I've tried. just don't get discus.

>>2247362
Celestichthys erythromicron, Boraras briggitae, or Nannostomus mortenthaleri.
Or endlers. Not schooling, but small and colorful.

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>>2247787
Giant crabs prolly. They'll go crazy if they see that you have food for them. Can hand feed them too.

Hermit crabs are just shy as fuck and crawdads you can't really interact with.

>>2247873
wat meant
>>2247609

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>>2247609
>What crustaceans are the most interesting to watch/the most personality?
I'd say crayfish for freshwater, but unless you get the dwarf ones, they're best off alone.

>>2247852
Freeze the babies in sheets and feed them back to their parents.

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>>2247881
It's nice to see some people on /an/ still have some humor.

>>2247873
What do you mean by giant crabs?
I googled about them but came up with nothing.

>>2247901
Cardisoma species

Thai micro crabs

>>2247901
I get them a lot in Miami. We call them blue land crabs. Back in the day, they'd be everywhere especially on the streets. And they'd pop your tires if you weren't too careful. Now they're not as common because all the Cubans and Haitians eat them.

>>2247879
I agree with this. I enjoy watching fish swim around, school, etc but my shrimps are exciting. They zip around the tank, swim upside down to grab flake food before they dive back down, and are just active 24/7.

should I set up a platy tank or a guppy tank?

Which is easier?

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Florida aquariumfag here, delivering on my promise.
This is our burr fish, gonna post rest later

>>2247913
My ghost shrimp jumped out of the water but not out of the tank when I was cleaning. Pretty majestic.

>>2247918
they're about the same. I like guppies, personally.

>>2247902
>>2247911
I live on the Minnesota/North Dakota border so I'd have to order some.

>>2247934
Do you have any tips?
Some people say all males some say one female for every 3 males.

>>2247950
I do 3 females per 1 male guppy. Or you could do all males or all females.

>>2247950
It depends on the size of the tank. I would keep males only if it was 10g or smaller.

Endlers and hybrids are smaller, healthier, and more active. Floating plants like water lettuce relax them and help save fry. They're extremely easy to keep so long as you don't get horribly bred fish.

Platies get quite a bit bigger so I wouldn't keep them in smaller than a 15. it's harder to tell males and females apart- males have a gonopodium, females have more of a fan shaped anal fin . They like the middle section of the tank, guppies like the top.

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It's OK to let my parrot drink aquarium water right?

>>2247964
It's not gonna kill him but there's a lot of chemicals in tank water.

>>2247964
No he got aquarium aids now.
Good job.

>>2247961
>>2247960
thanks for your help
It is a 15 gallon tank (Not sure if that is different in the uk to the us)
I will be buying them from here though I don't know which to get
http://www.aquaticstoyourdoor.co.uk/search.php?mode=search&page=1

I thought you couldn't keep all males as they would fight though?

>>2247971
Nope. They will chase each other, and if your fish are especially weak or aggressive it can be a problem. I've had one male pass away from that, but he was already pretty sickly looking.

I do see endlers on that site, but they're pretty expensive there.

I have a 110 gallon tank with some Endler's I want to breed and sell to reinvest into fish keeping, any recommendations on tank mates that I could do the same with? I was thinking of doing RCS and some kind of cory catfish

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Wee

>>2248009
Shrimp and endlers are the easiest things to breed. Cories would be harder, just because their eggs will be eaten before they can hatch. I highly recommend growing some plants in there as well. BN plecos are easy to breed too but you'd probably want an extra tank.

I breed endlers and cherries, they're such a great combo.

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That tiger nerite died and I didn't notice in time. Fucked up my ammonia so did a big water change.

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Made a ton of snail jello. Let's see if these shells get better.

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>>2248089
Did not have the desired effect...

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>>2248100
There were go. Trump trelling these freeloaders to fuck off.

I have a big aquarium that isn't dirted, how would you guys carpet it? I'm thinking of doing some fake plants so I don't have to deal with upkeep and such

>>2248019
>>2247920
Breddy gud, can't wait for the rest.

What kind of Australians? Fluviatilis?

If I see Australian Rainbows and I'm still sticking with the 40 breeder, I might try them out. What size tank do you have them in?

>>2248141
Meant to quote >>2247757

>>2248144
Yes. Nothing special but have become my favorite species. I have them in a 40 breeder.

>>2247964
Yes. My outdoor cat comes in and takes a drink once in awhile and is healthy as can be.

>>2248136
Planted aquariums can be just as little maintenance as nonplanted.

>>2248167
Aren't birds really sensitive to chemicals though?

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>>2248138
Tarpon

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>>2248172
Grouper, hiding

>>2248169
I don't put chemicals in my tank. All I use is prime and it only last till chlorine is gone.

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>>2248174
Other grouper

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>>2248172
Is this tank outside, or are there a lot of windows? Pretty nice in general though.

>>2248199
Yeah, outside.

>>2247780
Nice tiering anon, isn't it a problem to have substrate that thick though, or is that a meme?

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Don't mind me, just showing off my clown pleco. He gets a zucchini slice tonight for taking such a good photo. :3

just put endlers into my tank wit h tetras, 1 of them is sitting at the very top of the water, the others are all sitting at the bottom not moving. Should I be worried? the tetras are perfectly fine.

>>2248211
Meme. It's better with plants.

>>2248211
Definitely not a meme, but there's ways around it. Mines too deep and I'm going to need to redo it soon, but im lazy.

Dunno why the other person says it's better with plants.. substrate that's too deep can lead to root rot.

>>2248232
That's like saying the dirt in a lake is too deep and the plants will die.

Anyone else put their air stones in their filter outtake?

So my 20g finished cycling but I won't be adding any fish to it for at least a week and a half. I have 4 apple snails, though. Will they be able to maintain the bacteria or should I just keep feeding ammonia?

>>2247412
most of the betta pairs in my past community tanks have paired within a month or two after being introduced and only once has the male been too aggressive to justify taking him out. i noticed a lot more activity especially in the males displaying their colors and fins after pairing and i even got some fry every once in a while even though they got eaten almost immediately. much more enjoyable in the long run than just having one male to a tank imo.

>>2248234
A lake is not the same as your aquarium.

Your tank does not support the same kind of life that the dirt in a lake does. A lake will have insects, freshwater clams, and tons of other tiny critters that sift the dirt. Your tank has some bacteria, and maybe nematodes. Your tank has also only the plants you picked, which may or may not have root systems large enough to penetrate your substrate.

Deep substrate is not going to be a problem for everyone. The dirt in my tank however is high in silt, which leads to compaction. You get a build up of anaerobic bacteria which produce pockets of toxic hydrogen sulfide. The nutrients are unavailable to plants if the roots can't get to them and they can't be dispersed into the water column.

TL DR; you're an idiot

>>2247868
hard af to keep if ur tank isnt very well established and/or doesnt have exactly right water chemistry

>>2248248
>anaerobic bacteria
>bad for planted tanks
Top fucking kek

>>2248256
That's not what he's saying. He's taking about how if your substrate is to deep, the anaerobic bacteria can make pockets of gas that will fuck your shit up if it escapes.

>>2247014
Nice neon tetris.

>>2248263
It's not that toxic actually. My tank burps constantly but it seems to diffuse in the water too quick to harm my fish. Smells bad, though.

I'm more concerned about the long term for my plants since I don't dose ferts.

>>2248263
Get some snails and fish that like the sift through substrate. Problem solved.

>>2248272
The question I was answering was whether it's a meme or not. If you have to take steps to solve it, it's clearly a thing. I never said it was the end of the world.

>>2248284
It hasn't been a problem for me. Especially in larger tank.

>>2248272
>>2248266
Not disagreeing with you guys, just reiterating what he said. I've got a deep sand bed and a ton of trumpet snails and it hasn't been a problem either. I have heard it CAN be a problem, and that's what the guy had said originally.

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>>2248300
I wrote the really long post and I'm also the second post you quoted. I think its just one person who was kind of arguing.

Here's a pic of my substrate- sand and dirt. You can see how the bottom half is really dark because it isn't getting oxygen, and the upper half has weird colors (either algae or bacteria). It's pretty cool honestly. The substrate sometimes bubbles for almost a minute straight. The dirt is clumped together so it's almost solid. I love this tank, but its such a goddamn mess I gave up on trying to scape it.

I need trumpet snails so bad but I refuse to pay $15 for them!!

>>2248009
Cave spawning pleco like Ancistrus would actually be easier than cories, but they might eat some of the shrimp. With such a large tank and a lot of cover, though, I doubt you'll run into any kind of population shortage.

>>2248069
Is... that a reptile heat lamp?

>>2248238
Why would you do this?

>>2248383
it's probably a clamp light with a colored bulb in it. I hope.

>>2248428
Maybe it's like a really ghetto wet/dry filter?

>>2248383
>>2248429
Its a clamp light with one of those Bluetooth color changing led. Wanted as nice sunset color at the end of the day so the fish would wind down...

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>>2248428
I dunno. I have a whisper in a 5g so it fits easily and the air stone is ugly bare in the tank, but doesn't oxygenate as well while hidden. Surface agitation is improved. Water treatment plants oxygenate to house more beneficial bacteria, and I have retardedly misguided inspiration from that.

>>2246846
I've been thinking about making a discord for aquaria discussion, would anyone else be interested in this?

>>2248308
>trumpet snails
You mean the little brown fuckers? They're everywhere in Miami.

>>2248514
I made one ages ago but no one joined

>>2248308
You could literally go to any PetSmart and have them scoop out 30+ for you. Costs $0.

How often do rams hide in caves? Would they fuck with a cave dwelling catfish?

Also would two 20 gallon filters be better for a 40g than just one 40g filter, since there's more areas for bacteria to grow?

Did I fall for a meme? Everybody kept raving on about mystery/apple snails so I got a few. They IMMEDIATELY went for my plants like they were on a mission. I watched one raze an expendable little bacopa plant. Right now they're contained but I'm not sure whether I should bring them back or not.

I thought they would eat the nice pile of detritus sitting in my tank but no.

>>2248662
Mine usually just eat the dying bits of plant. I also have snail jello in there so they don't fuck with healthy plants. I have had a problem with them Pulling up plants with shallow roots though.

>>2248610
I've asked more than once. They don't have them. I check for them every time I'm near a pet store.

>>2248544
They're not around here unfortunately.

>>2248645
They do like caves and hiding but they wouldn't bother a catfish unless they're breeding. Two filters is a great idea.

>>2248645
I would do 2x 30g filters or 2x 40g filters. I always try to go over on filtration. Better too much than not enough, you know?

>>2248202
I'm brackish pond anon from a week or so ago. What kind of tech set up do you have? How many gallons is your system and how much water do you have to replace every day?

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A cool front came over Miami this weekend giving us a nice 67 degree weather. Perfect for not using the a/c. However, the cool weather has been doing a number on the mudskipper tank. He can barely see me!

What type of gouramis don't get that disease again. Do yellow?

>>2248804
only dwarves get it. yellow isn't a type.

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Holy balls, aquanons. There's some girl on my dorm floor who bought a turtle and is keeping him in (from what I could see on her snap story) a 10 gallon tank filled ~halfway with water. She frequently takes him out and "trains him for the turtle races" by making him run around the dorm hallway. I've even seen him ram straight into a wall. She also has a betta which she keeps in a smallish bowl with clownpuke gravel, obvi no heater or filter. I'm not looking for a fight but where can I find beginner care sheets for these guys so I can discretely slip them under her door or casually tell her or something? I don't know what kind of turtle it is but it looks like pic related, a picture I took at Petco.

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Mariah is at the end of her rope. Found her floating this morning. She can only be on her side. Her eyeball is red. I think her spine is messed up? Anyway, what is a quick, easy, painless euthanasia method? I don't want her to suffer for longer than she has to.

>>2248821

400 mg of oil of cloves per litre of water.

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So my Rosy Red Minnow fishes decided to go do some baby making. They produced approx 60-100 eggs, of those, so far I've only seen 4 hatch. 1 of them is 3 weeks old and seems healthy, his orange color is starting to show. The other 3 are hard to find but they seem to be doing ok. Now my question is how do I care of them so they reach adult hood and how long will it take? I expected all of them to die, I didn't even do any effort to make sure they survived. They currently in the tank with the other adults. I didn't feed them infusoria as I can see tiny itsy bitty scorpion -like white creatures floating around. I assume those are the plankton they eat. Is there anything I should do now?
Pic related is the 3 week old lad

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>>2248857
And a pic of the younger ones

Hey, I've never posted here before so sorry if I ask any stupid questions but I bought a 20 gallon a month ago and put 10 harlequins in. I was wondering what would be a good fish to add? I am pretty sure I can add more?

I also have a 2.5 gallon and a 5 gallon and was planning on buying 2 bettas soon and was wondering if I should get floating pellets or flakes?

>>2248905
>10 harlequins

>copper harlequin
>harlequin rasbora
>harlequin shark
>harlequin shrimp

>>2248909
harlequin rasbora, ain't coppers the same except colour?
Cant imagine keeping 10 harlequin sharks in there.

I think there's a disease going around my planted tank. A minnow I got from Georgia has stressed my Stiphodon, and now he's been scratching on the decor and yawns every now and then. Now, it seems as though my garra's doing it too. They don't have any physical signs, though.
>Fins aren't clamped, though they're standing up straight
>No redness in gills.
>No white or red spots, lumps, or abrasions.
They only one who's had any sign of anything is my large golden topminnow, who had a single large white patch that looked like a scale that was trying to come off, and now a miniscule white "spine" at the start of his caudal peduncle, right behind the dorsal fin.

The only parameters I can give you is temp: 77.7 degrees Fahrenheit. And I think I've seen my flagfish gasp too.
>>2248909
Don't forget
>false harlequin
>harlequin fish
>saltwater harlequin shrimp
>harlequin ducks
The list goes on.

>>2248913
how many harlequin ducks can I keep in a 10 gallon?

>>2248914
7

>>2248914
1 per gallon so 10

>>2248909
none of those species are commonly kept besides rasboras. it was pretty clear what they meant.

>>2248913
the scratching is probably parasites or water quality. I highly recommend you either pick up a kit or take some into the nearest pet store that'll check it for you.

kind of sounds like chilodonella. quite a few meds you can try, but I'd definitely test your water before you do anything.

>>2248926
If I do need to treat the waters, should I try a quarantine or is there medication safe for shrimps?

>>2248936
You'll probably want to do a dip treatment. Most commonly used for this parasite is formalin which is definitely not safe.

>>2248953
It'll kill all parasites in that one bucket? So, I just keep doing treatments until no more signs of illness?

do platys or guppies eat shrimp?

so obviously I don't want another dwarf gourami because of the sudden deaths. I know most gouramis are too big for a 20 gallon but I know a few people have OPALINE GOURAMI in 20 gallons, would you recommend it or a bad idea?

>>2248308
>trumpet snails
I'll send you as many as I can pull out of my tank for the price of shipping.

Anyone keep rainbow sharks here?

I was wondering what tank mates could be kept with my albino shark.

>>2248662
Mystery snails as cleanup are absolutely a meme. Amano or cherry shrimp do a way better job for detritus, and nerite snails are superior against surface algae.

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so my tank is finally cycled and I totally forgot what you guys told me this gourami was. Was it a pearl?

>>2249052
it's a yellow variant of Trichogaster trichopterus

>>2249013
I might take you up on that!

>>2249010
if you're having fish suddenly die in your tanks you should figure out the problem first.

I personally think that that's not enough room for a 6 inch fish. You wouldn't be able to keep much else in it.

>>2248995
If they can fit it in their mouths, they'll eat it.

>>2248972
Yep pretty much.

>>2249076
dwarf gourami disease

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Friend gave me some crypts. They don't get very tall right? Hopefully they grow out a little bit and it won't look so weird.

got loads of new fish coming on Wednesday. Would anyone care to see them when they get here?

It's all random, all I know is there is one baby betta. Don't know the tail type/colour/gender or anything.

>>2249101
some grow to be a few feet, depends on which one it is.

>>2249122
Yes of course

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I leave overnight for one day and leave my lights off and all my crypts are pointing to the heavens.

>>2249133
Ah I have no idea which it is. He just said he got it from a little bag at PetSmart.

>>2249139
They were a bit upwards than this. This is 4 hours after turning the light on. Guessing they were looking for light?

>>2249101
Probably wendtii green. Mine are here >>2249139
for reference to attached pic. Very slow growers. Mine maybe grew 1.5 inches in a few months but put on a decent amount of leaves. Wendtii will hit 15 inches or more sometimes but is absolutely stunning. Mine were supposed to be green but ended up being brown which I'm happy about.

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>>2249152
Forgot pic

>>2248601
Well I went ahead and made one anyway, so here it is I suppose.

https://discord.gg/7jPE3JW

>>2249153
>>2249152
Ah cool ok. Maybe I'll place them closer together then so it won't look so sparse.

>>2248817
send her a death threat to release her betta and turtle by [x] date or suffer consequences

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>>2248817
It's a Red Eared Slider, one of the most common but also the most mistreated pet turtles, simply because they grow really big and often kept in small tanks because no one wants to buy a ton of shit for them.(plus she's already mistreating it more by making it run places like that) There's a fuck ton of care sheets out there an even an entire site about them, all warning you about them and generally tries to talk you out of getting them because of how commonly people either up letting them die due to negligence or just dump them in any body of water and proceed to fuck up native populations of turtles or fish.

The only thing I could say if she won't listen to the care sheet or whatever (20 bucks she wont), don't let her fucking throw it in some pond or river if she doesn't want it anymore.

Pic related is my 11 year old female, to show how big they can get. (And mine is actually on the smaller end of the spectrum)

>>2249175
My mom has kept two of them in a 10 gallon with a brick. No filter or heater and stay in the back yard all year. She's had them like this for 4 years.

>>2249190
How would they even survive like this for 4 years?

>>2249192
I don't know. She cleans the water though. I'm states away or I would have took them in the night and put them in my pond.

>>2249192
>>2249196
Because they're hardy as shit and can live through so much abuse (which is why people do continue to mistreat them because "as long as they aren't dead, they're fine") It's this trait that does make them really, really good pets if you can be assed enough to care enough about them, as they're very forgiving but also is why they're so good at being invasive, as many will adapt in the wild (and out-compete everything else)

Those turtles may be alive but considering how long turtles as a whole are known to live, they'll be lucky to make it a whole decade istead of several

>>2249205
I feel bad for them but this same woman drops off cats she don't likes and just choked four chickens and hid the bodies in her car.

Guys, I found an old video of me petting and feeding a wild triggerfish! I'll post next Wednesday, but I know y'all will like it.

>>2249209
She doesn't like* sorry for bad grammar

>>2249209
>just choked four chickens and hid the bodies in her car
Nigger what? I don't want to offend, but I thought I needed therapy. Though compared to your mother, I'm scared walking on the same Earth she is.

>>2249243
No offense. Surprisingly I'm normal and not fucked up. Even after her coming in my room and putting a gun to my head when she thought I was asleep. The older she gets the crazier.

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>>2249246
You really need to
>Hi tail
it the fuck outta your mum's house immediately!

>>2249010
20 gallon long or high? Either way, kind of cramped for an opaline, and it would likely tear apart your other fish. A honey or thick-lipped gourami would be better.

>>2248995
Small shrimp, yes. They'll usually leave adults alone.

>>2249140
It's C. wendtii green, then. It gets about 6 inches.

>>2249252
Already did m8. About 4 years ago.

>>2249265
Cool, that's not too long at all. How does one go about trimming it? Also how do I propagate it?

>>2249294
>>2249289
Jesus fucking Christ never mind

>>2249294
They mostly send out runners.
>>2249296
Also that's the bronze variety which I ended up having from petcos "green" wendtii.

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Alright /aq/

5 gal
0 nitrate 0 nitrite 0 ammonia 7.6 pH 78 degrees F
The only inhabitant has been a betta and some small snails that snuck their way in with plants
The betta is the problem.

I've consulted google so far, but the only possibilities seem to be Fish TB and Scoliosis, and neither of these fit everything I'm seeing.

Yesterday, he didn't eat his pellets like he usually does. Normally he gets very excited, swims up to the top and chases each pellet as I drop it in.

Today I planned on moving him to a 15 gal when I noticed he was swimming strangely. It look like his spine is bent like an S, and he can only turn his head right, not left. He is struggling to swim, and still doesn't have an appetite. Pic related is how he is today.

Any ideas what it might be? Could he have just bent his spine swimming into a wall, or is that unlikely? Anything I can do about that, or should I put him down now?

Thanks in advance, dudes.

>>2248470
M8 you only need a little bit of surface agitation for oxygen transfer. Air stones do 2/5ths of fuck all. I have zero, run pressurised co2, and my spraybar barely ripples the surface and all the fish are alive and well. Just get rid of the airatone full stop.

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Hey guys, why do these leaves look like this?

>>2249289
That shit completely took over my 8 gallon cube, but always melts into nothing within two days ever time I've tried to buy more.

>>2249466
look like neon tetras to me mate

>>2249466
Green spot algae. Try nerites.

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Update on jar reef:
moved it to a place with western window for warmth and light
added a little sand

>>2249586
damn lit

>>2249586
Add some shrimp

>>2249586
Godamnit I love that thing.

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Mariah was still alive this morning. Decided not to give up on her. Might be swim bladder I think. Gave her some pea. We'll see if it helps.

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>>2249598
Its so small
I have a shrimp in my 4g tank though
Had 3 of them once and need some fresh ones

>>2249629
Opa ulae shrimp would work

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Uh oh. He started doing backflips. Not sure if territorial display or arrivederci virus.

>>2249644
RIP

>>2249175
>>2249190
My aunt had one for years, and the pet store people told her to feed it a few pellets (size of a pin head) a day.

Turns out that it was supposed to be a few pinches a day. Since then, she went from palm-sized to over foot long.

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>>2249175
Thanks friend. A long time ago for a project I made a handout about bettas and cycling, now I'm thinking about making one for turtles too and just kind of.. giving them to her.

It took ages
but I removed all the blue gravel from my tank
and bought a new ornament

Also more of you should join the discord group

>>2249076
>I might take you up on that!
Yeah, just let me know. Sorry I didn't respond sooner, I missed your reply.

>[email protected]

>>2249793
No

>>2249668
You'd only want to feed them daily when they're younger and then cut back pellets to every other day or so once they're an adult. The rest of the days are substituted with fresh greens like veggies, lettuces, and aquatic plants.

Overfeeding them does make them grow even faster though, which is how you end up with real monster sized ones.

>>2249786
Good luck! No one knows anything about taking care of turtles so most just wing it with whatever they hear from the pet store or apply fish myths.

>>2249834
Rude

my cories never move

>>2249881
I'll dox everyone in it. Then ask for nudes from your mums.

>>2249786
>2.5 US gallons
immediately neck yourself for spreading out false information

>>2249906
I keep mine in 1.5

>>2249906
Look children, an elitist!

>>2249786
I know you did this a while ago but fish excrete ammonia. Your cycle makes it look like waste is converted to ammonia. Sorry :x

>>2249928
>DURRRRR I'm an elitist

>>2249936
Omg why. I'm sorry I'm a science major, don't hate me.

>>2249793
>discord group
A what?

>>2249958
Its like skype except decent

https://discord.gg/7jPE3JW

>>2249928
The waste breaks down into ammonia.

>>2249958
it's some bullshit website made to talk to your world of warcraft friends that gets spammed by a lonely cocksucker on here

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How often should I be dosing with API CO2 booster and seachem flourish?

I have a 20g long with a 5g diy hob sump/filter. I'm growing mint and other misc plants in the sump and have bacopa, water sprite, wisteria, crypts, Anubias, Anubias Nana petite, Java fern, Marimo moss balls, and alternanthera reineckii in the actual aquarium. Sand substrate. Placed about 5 API root tabs all throughout the aquarium.
Lighting is 2x 1600 lumens led bulbs at 5000k and 1x color adjustable ilumi led at 900 lumens.

I want to get good fast growth without getting too much algae. I don't mind a little bit of the stuff, just don't want more algae than plants, you know?

>>2249989
I've been doing 2.5ml of co2 booster once a day and 1ml of flourish twice a week. Getting green on my sand. Should I disk it back or rank it up. I've never dosed before but my plants were looking a little sorry.

>>2249989
seachem has a calculator on their site you can check out

how long are your lights on for? if you're getting algae, leave them on for 8 hours.

What do you guys figure the chances are a wooden desk /table will support a 50 gallon tank, Im figuring 400-500 lbs full of water

table seems pretty stable

i would be confident putting it on the center of the table but im a bit hesitant putting it on the far back of the table where its not directly over supports

>>2250009
>wooden desk /table
that doesn't really mean anything in particular

>>2250009
depends on material and thickness. there's no way in hell I would chance that. get a couple of fat guys to sit on it?

>>2250002
I have timers from 7am to 9pm.
7am to 9am is sunrise; weak colorful light getting brighter and whiter over the course of 2 hours.
9am-11am is the 900 lumen bulb at 8000k.
11am-2pm is 900 lumens at 6000k and one 1600 lumen led at 5000k
2pm - 4pm are the 2x 1600 lumen bulbs at 5000k and the 900 lumen bulb at 6000k.
4pm-6pm is the 900 lumen bulb at 5000k and one of the 1600 lumen bulbs
6pm-9pm the 900 lumen bulb gets less bright in 30 minute increments and goes from white to yellow to orange to purple (sunset)
Then I have it to a very dim purple/blue for moonlight.
Everything shuts all the way of at 2 am.
I am trying to make it seem like a natural day for the fish. So even though I have the lights on for a long time, they are only on full blast for a few hours. Lighting goes from left to right add the day progresses.

Should I change anything?

>>2250013
This.
I have my aquarium on a dresser and I got on to of it with my dad to see if it could hold us. It did fine so I figured the aquarium would be ok.

Tell me about Plecos. Can they actually stick to surfaces? Because I have one in a quarantine right now. If it hasn't somehow jumped out, the ABS pipe I put in there for him is the only possible hiding spot.

I haven't seen him since yesterday morning so I poked the pipe to check on him. I then shook it a bit. I then proceeded to take it out of the water SLOWLY and still got nothing. If he were dead, would he have slid out by now?

I have a shitload of unflavored nori that I'm not eating, would my amano, ghost shrimp and ramshorns be interested in it? Thinking about sticking a smallish folded over piece in a small binder clip and arranging the snails closer to it so they find it.

>>2250016
okay, that's complicated.

I don't know too much about how algae utilizes light, but plants can sense when there's even a very small amount of light. It's not about how much, it's about how long.

I'd decrease how long your lights are on, however you want to do that. the reason people get algae is usually too much light.

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>>2250009
apologies for lack of clarity
Pic related
Orange rope is the center on the table will also take a pic of underside

I sat on the edge of it with 100 or so lbs of weight and it held the 300 lbs fine

Top of the table is about an inch thick
(I'm assuming layered)

Apologies for mess

>>2250030
I have limpets taking care of my algae.

Like it or not but petco has been getting nice fish in. Bought some rainbow fish then when I went into pet supplies plus there rainbows were pretty much silver. Even the males.

>>2250032
Underside
All supports are 1-1.5 inches thick
Uprights are 4 inches wide

I feel itl hold it as long as I add some supports in the middle and back

I may end up just stacking bricks underneath it as an easy extra bit of support

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There use to be some heated discussions on forums about whether or not petcos Asian water fern was aquatic or not. This was mine months later. No death and growing plantlets.

>>2250035
Yo these look awesome! I didn't even know they were a thing. Where can I get them? I fucking love snails.

>>2250030
Ok I see. I thought it was a quality/quantity of light thing, not length of exposure to any light. I'll start the day 2 hours late and have the sunset come on 2 hours early. Cutting total light by 4 hours should be enough right? Would even the super dim night light need to be turned off?
Maybe I'll just have an algae scrubber running in the sump. What light should I use for the algae scrubber?

>>2250025
Should be fine as long as you make sure its all eaten or immediately removed if left uneaten. It should just be a treat prior to your water changes since it may shred amd get put into the water column.

>>2250044
They're hitch hikers. I've only see a few so far. They'll take care of algae issues though and then die off.

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Should I clean the algae off this?

>>2250050
Nah, man. Lick that shit up. Don't let those nutrients go to waste.

>>2250047
yeppers plants have a complicated circadian rhythm! that's how they change depending on the season. quality, quantity, and length are all important... but with modern technology it's very easy to flood your tank with light.

it's red/far red light that tells the plant to wake up, so your night light should be just fine. no idea about what an algae scrubber is, but if you address the issues causing the algae it goes away pretty quick.

My rainbow fish male is trying to court my females.

>>2246846
Post pics or a WebM

Is this what gourami fights look like? Can't tell if they're getting along or not.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8p-tgSSyhr6RXVpYmlvWmNVcnM/view?usp=drivesdk

>>2250064
Threads dead ed

>>2250073
make a new one

>>2250084
Psh. Fine.

>>2250155
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>>2250155

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I run/started a coral grow op ask me anything. If you know what you are doing and have a well oiled system to it, its pure dosh.

It's soul crushingly hard to forgo taxonomic names for trade names on different coral species. However if you don't have the "4chan Pepe Green Acropora" or "Purple Monster" and/or recorded it's lineage then that coral goes from a $100 dollar frag to a $10 generic coal.

>>2249920
>"it's ok to abuse your animals!!"
try living in a closet with just boxes of cereal for nutrition if you're so stoic
at least 5 gallons minimum