/aq/ Aquarium General

>>2252372
Is there any new Info regarding breeding these micocrabs?

back when I had them, I had them spawn multiple times, but no matter what I tried, The larvae allways died on me.

>>2252393
Rachael O'Leary (msjinkzd) said she breeds them pretty regularly. IIRC she keeps them in a small tank with an oversized sponge filter for lots of surface agitation and moon lights during nighttime.

Anyone had any luck with red cherry shrimp in a community tank? Am setting up a 55 gal with planty of rocks driftwood and plants/moss. Want to keep guppies , mollies and neon tetras. Am i wasting my time putting shrimp in too?

>>2252446
>tetras
will def eat the shrimp

What's the smallest sized tank I can get away with for breeding cherry shrimp?

>>2252486
2.5g? I think it's all about stability, of course you could go 1 Gallon etc but the smaller you go, the harder for you to keep the parameters stable with all the evaporation and growing population.

>>2252446
You can keep them but dont expect breeding of the shrimp, gupps, mollies and Tetras may snack on the baby shrimp. Rather try Corydoras and micro rasboras, if you want fish that are mostly baby-shrimp-safe or Otocinclus if you want fish that don't predate baby shrimp at all.

Also make sure theres a sponge/tight mesh on your filter intake so shrimplets dont get sucked in.

>>2252446
Tom Barr keeps them in his community tanks and they breed so much he can't get rid of them. His tanks are always very very heavily planted, and provide a lot of hiding spots for the babbys.

>>2252486
Smallest I've had any luck in was 5.5g. I kept some for a long time in a 1.2, then a 2.5, and they stayed healthy, but they never bred.

Not to say it's impossible. There are a few people online who have done it. They probably just put a lot of work into maintenance.

It is bad to have cories with no sand?
I originally had gravel but I removed it as someone on here told me the cories would hurt themselves on it.

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I bought this fish a while a go and I am wondering what type it is?
Is it a dumbo that has just had its fins nipped to many times or something?
I bought it from here
http://www.aquaticstoyourdoor.co.uk/Assorted-Tri-Colour-Halfmoon-Male-Fighter.html

But it does not look like the fish in the pictures

>>2252533
Moggie Possibly domestic shortfin

>>2252515
I've kept cories on barebottom tanks in quarantine (2-4 weeks) and never noticed any problems as long as they had hiding spots.
Try growing Xmas/peacock/Taiwan moss attached to slate tiles or flat rocks/wood to make a faux carpet substrate.

>>2252533
>Is it a dumbo that has just had its fins nipped to many times
That's what it looks like to me.

Lost an earthworm in the sand in my tank last night and now my ghost shrimp is milky and my Amanos are blue, there was a film in my filter and my ammonia is at 1

What do

I have an empty 29 gallon, would it be advisable to transfer everyone to that with the filter tonight?

>>2252593
>That's what it looks like to me.
I really got ripped off paying 20 for him, he is great though. Most active betta I have.

>>2252598
No, just do a big water change. Have a dig around in the sand and look for the worm if you like.

How big is your tank?

Earthworms are literally full of shit, I don't bother with them.

Have an 50 gallon I'm getting up to keep some shit in

How do I tell what is safe for decorations
Can I use rocks and shit?

Also should I stay away from a pebble bottom if I'm going to have catfish?
I'm not going to fuck around with sand so its either pebbles/small rocks
Or nothing for substrate

Anybody keep African Clawed Frogs? Thinking about getting a couple in a spare tank I have. I can't stop laughing when I watch videos of them eating.

>>2252646
>Anybody keep African Clawed Frogs? Thinking about getting a couple in a spare tank I have. I can't stop laughing when I watch videos of them eating.

I do. Hope you don't intend to keep them in the room where you sleep. Sometimes they get quite noisy at night.

>>2252617
It's a 20 long, half full.

Did 25% when I got up. I'll do another 25% when I get home. Hopefully I can find the worm, I have a lot of sand in there.

>>2252655
I had heard they call. What sort of age do they start doing that?

But no, they'd be downstairs anyway. They sound pretty easy to keep, no special requirements etc, how do you like them long term?

>>2252665
If the ammonia doesn't drop and you're still concerned just so a 50%+ change in one go, can't see it being too much of an issue

>>2252607
With good care the fins will grow back. If he bit them off himself he might just keep tearing himself up, though. Some bettas can't seem to help themselves.

>>2252667
Why do you want clawed instead of dwarf?

>>2252682
I prefer the fact they're more comical and obscure mostly (I'd be getting albinos). They seem to have a little more character and more active feeders, as I've read that dwarfs can be reluctant to feed unless you put their food right under their nose.

>>2252692
That is a fair point, I just think being able to keep them with fish is good.

>>2252706
Well yeah, that would be nice, but I have a spare tank that's not in use so I'm hoping the weird little fuckers will make a talking point

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>>2252692
I have 4 in a half filled 10 and they're great. As for the feeding I've trained them to come to my hand and glass tapping, those plus their sense of smell helps them locate the food. Even then they fumble and bite each other (no teeth=no damage)
The croaking is more of a small creaking sound always fun to hear.
>More info: about a year of keeping them in November
>3 males and 1 female

>>2252794
Awesome, thanks man. Definitely gonna pick a couple up once I've cycled my spare tank

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Guys help I think my gourami has ick. How do I treat it without damaging my snails and the baby gup? Should I move him to a separate tank. I don't want to stress him out too much.

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>>2252838
He also had this weird bump.

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>>2252839
Has*
I think my guppy also has it. The other gourami has a small speck on his fin. Fuck how did this happen.

bare bottom with guppies was a mistake, they shit so much

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>>2252838
Meant to post this pic

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Got a new fish. How long should I quarantine it?

>>2252515
my experience with cories in a bare-bottomed tank was that they became stressed because they could see their reflection. it was only for a month long QT, so I don't know how they'd be for longer.

>>2252607
you could try dosing with melafix, that stuff is apparently great for regrowing fins.

>>2252632
smooth pebbles are fine. anything food safe is fine to put in the tank... terra cotta... nothing glazed or painted unless it's for aquariums or food though.

>>2252646
I had some but I sold them.. too unsettling to see their pale, bloated bodies floating motionless in the tank. they freaked me out.

>>2252838
I don't see any ich on him... I wouldn't worry about the bump but do keep an eye on it.

>>2252880
that is a bird

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These ads. What the fuck Hiroshima?

I'M FUCKING DONE. This particular mystery snail I bought keeps snipping my val. Every time I come home, there's at least 5 HEALTHY blades floating. I know it's not the plant-eating species because I own those too. It's not hungry because it gorged itself on snail jello + my other mystery snail doesn't give a shit about the val.

>>2252973
snails can't use scissors.

>>2252974
They have teeth.

>>2252980
no they don't.

>>2252951
thank fuck i'm not the only one, thought there was something going on with my phone

>>2252669
Got home and I guess the parameters were enough to stress my gups, pretty sure at least 2/4 of them absorbed their babies. Dark gravid spots this morning, egg yellow this evening

god damnit

>>2253016
What does it mean when your guppies have a constantly dark gravid spot but no babies?

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>>2253010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdyIPAAwwMk

>>2253054
radula aren't teeth

>>2253051
I dunno, I've read about some having a false gravid spot so maybe that's what's up. Are your guppies darker in general? 3/4 of my females have lighter/translucent bodies which makes it easier to tell what's going on.

If they never change in size then I'd chalk it up to a false gravid

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>>2253066
Here's better proof

>>2253057
KEK yes they are

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>>2253074

My dwarf gourami has grown a taste for my baby tears that I'm trying to carpet. I haven't noticed him tear it apart too much but I'm just keeping a close eye on him.

I'm still new to this hobby.

I got a clown pleco a week ago and put it in a 10g quarantine after my tank showed 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite after 24 hours of dosing ammonia. Another tank cycled shortly after so I put apple snails in. I found out that they ate my plants so I put them in the qt as a temporary solution. So in this 10g qt there are 2 snails and one pleco.

Today, I found that the water was really cloudy so I did a test and it showed 2ppm ammonia. I panicked and changed 75% of the water. I checked again and now I have .25/.25/5.

What is going on? Why are there nitrites? Do I make another water change now? Is it the snails that are producing this much ammonia with their waste?

>>2253078
>minutely toothed

A snail has teeth like a saw has teeth.

>>2253085
how long did you cycle the tank for?

>>2253093
You know what the pointy bits of a saw is called? Teeth.

>>2253094
A bit more than 4 weeks.

>>2253093
My God, it's like you're actually starting to get it!

>>2253085
>Today, I found that the water was really cloudy
In the at or the main tank?

>>2253101
The qt

>>2253097
"teethed" as a descriptive term isn't the same as teeth like most animals have. they can't bite or chew, just scrape. really we're just getting into semantics now, but the point is that a snail can't cut off a leaf.

>>2253102
Did one of the snails die?

>>2253103
Except they can. They don't snip it clean, but yes they can dig into the blade of the val and split it.

>>2253103
>A snail has teeth like a saw has teeth.
Pretty sure a saw can cut through a leaf.

>>2253104
No. They are quite active, actually. Could it be because I'm letting food sit until it breaks down? Does that produce more ammonia than poo?

>>2253107
Yeah, if they're not eating it. You should remove undated food after 30 minutes or so. Blanched veggies pollute a bit less.

>>2253111
Oh man. I've had this cube of snail Jello in for days...

I asked a similar question in the last thread about getting an Oscar, but realized my 47 gallon bowfront is a tad small for a full size Oscar.
So, my aquarium is currently full of Mollies and Guppies that were being used for feeders. I no longer have need for the fry and would like to change the tank over to something a bit more appealing. Is there a fish that I could get that will eat my unwanted feeders, but not immediately kill them all just for fun? I want one that will grow to a good size and is moderately aggressive. I was recommended a green terror cichlid by someone on the previous thread, are there any other good candidates?

>>2253137
A green terror is probably a lot more aggressive than what you're looking for, and it would likely tear up any plants you have in there.
Kribensis would be good, but they only get about 4 inches max.
You could also look at severums, rainbow cichlids, or blue acara cichlids. Medium sized gourami like opaline or snakeskin could also work.

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Can I make a diy version of pic related out of gypsum and food pellets? I feel like they'd be useful to have for my crayfish.

>>2253158
Green terrors aren't agressive as you think. Much more mellow than a lot of cichlids. Acaras are also in the andinoacara. Just like the andinoacara rivulatus.

>>2253158
All the cichlids you listed would rearrange tanks as well.

>>2253078
Are you retarded? It says minutely toothed. Do you really not know what that means?

Just when you think your life can't get any worse you decide to clean the water lines on your aquarium and spend 4 hours inhaling 30% vinegar...

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>>2253214

>>2253081
For me it's the mystery snails. Always pulling up my baby tears.

>>2253103
Here's taking about teeth, not jaws. An animal can Still have teeth any not be able to bite. Mystery snails have saw like teeth.

>>2253180
I made one out of ground up pellets, flakes, chopped up cooked bloodworms, and plaster of Paris. Go for it.

>>2252894
>that is a bird
No it's not, you dingus. It's a parrotfish.

>>2253334
Just out of curiosity, is there a reason recipes always call for calcium sulfate instead of calcium carbonate? Is it just a matter of availability?

>>2253428
I suppose so. I couldn't find the other stuff.

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One of my amanos is really dark. Should I be worried?

>>2253334
Why'd you cook the blood worms? Destroys the nutrition

>>2253074
>>2253078
I'm on your side dingus

>>2253093
That's a strawman if I ever head one. A saw isn't a living thing.

So many limpets. I hope they destroy the algae on the back glass.

>>2253485
It was a can of cooked worms. Like one of those wet cat food cans. Supposedly they cook the worms in the can to lock in nutrition.

>>2253491
They're so cute! I wish I had some :/
I love snails

>>2253491
Mine never did jack for algae, but they were cool to look at.

>>2253492
Picture? I've never heard of suck a thing.

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>>2253506
>>2253509

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>>2253506
>>2253510

Anyone keep native fish in here?

>>2253491
Freshwater limpets I should mention

>>2253516
Ci.
>2 golden topminnows
>1 female 'merican flagfish
>1 fatlip minnow
The 3 killies came from the Glades, the minnow came from Georgia.

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ID?

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>>2253522
How often should I be feeding them snello? I drop a cube in there and everyone destroys it in 15 minutes.

>>2253527
Did not mean to quote you. Don't know why that happened.

>>2253462
Looks like she's about to molt...
Otherwise, what are your parameters?
say it's "fine" and i'll slit your throat

>>2253525
Right should be Ludwigia repens

>>2253462
I think it's because of the moss ball, I put one in my tank a couple days ago and mine turned blue shortly after.

Looked it up and the type of plant that they're made out of tends to turn the shrimp blue.

4 different ads at once. Fuck you Hiroshima. I'm done with /an/ I wonder what boards he will fuck next.

>>2253541
It's fine. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 10. Need to pick up treats for ph bit it should be between 6.5 and 7.5.
>>2253566
Nice.

Do fish eat semen?
It is ok for the aquarium water?

>>2253580
Nigger what?

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>>2253509
>>2253510
>>2253512
Huh, interesting. Even in their own informational video makes them seem pallid and void of substance.

>>2253525
Alternantherina reineckii? I feel like the colors on the right-hand picture are a bit off due to the camera.

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Is there some kind of article on guppy social behavior? Google doesn't give me anything aside from really scientifically-written papers. I have a little school of males and it's actually very interesting to watch them interact. They engage in a variety of gestures with each other and some individuals act differently toward specific other individuals. I can only guess what they mean.

Some behaviors I've seen include "kissing" (fighting), extremely bent C-shape of the body at another, fanning tail or clamping tail very noticeably, and doing a sort of wiggle-dance toward or away from another, to name some.

>>2253570
use adblock you nasty cunt

>>2253581
guy's probably into beastality

>>2253648

I just want to feed my fish.

>>2253516
Just some bluntnose minnows and a cray

>>2253580
Semen has ammonia in it, as well as high salt and zinc content.

Degenerate

>>2253516
ive got some bullheads in a 50 in my garrage, im going to try to see if i can find anything else that will work with them

Trying to find limu for my tank is a pain in the ass.

>>2253686
>limu
What?

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help

>>2253694
what pants are those dangily oneds? i want some

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Are they edible?

>>2253689
Hawaiian edible macroalgae

>>2253695
Water lettuce.

I can send you some, I've got plenty to go around >>2253696

>>2253690
You are over-feeding by a lot. Reduce feeding until that algae stops growing. It's okay if you're not feeding your fish every single day. It's not a mammal.

>>2253698
ive been meaning to put some floating plants in my koi pond in my backyard,

>>2253696
No. They have a lot of oxylates (which is what gives some varieties of raw spinach a kind of cottony mouthfeel. These have so much it's actualy toxic.

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Jesus fucking Christ it is getting worse guys. Took me 6 different tries to get into the thread. I'm out also.

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I've had these buggers annoying me for a while, any good ideas on how to fuck their shit up?

>>2253701
Than water lettuce is what you're looking for.

>>2253702
Disappointing. I was hoping to find a proper use for them other than the toilet.

>>2253703
Fuck gook can't run a site right. Not only is he selling us out for data mining, but we can't even properly fucking post on here.

>>2253648
Using asblock doesn't change the fact 4chan is tanking

>>2253707
we always have 8ch

>>2253705
holy jeezus lookit that infestation. any ideas what those little dudes are?

mine has springtails, they're cute so I don't mind them. I figure it's a good thing if my tank makes its own fish food.

>>2253705
yeah maybe next spring il get my shit together and do the pond right, or dig it out and make it bigger and start rasing koi again

>>2253708
is there a board specific to aquariums on 8ch?

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>>2253709
No clue, but they have little flies hatching and it's getting real annoying.

Webm related, got one of the egg bearers to walk on my arm.

>>2253713
dunno, but we could make one in case of SHTF on 4ch

>>2253697
Why not just get nori from Walmart?

>>2253696
No, but if you want edible floating plants, wolffia and Brazilian pennywort are.

So I just found out my 75 gal I had setup for like +6 months is unleveled by like 1/8" from side to side (front to back seems even)

Am I going to get fucked up by water later down the road?

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>>2253707
hiroshitmoot is bluffing, he's jewing in on money from 4chan passes
how do you think moot managed to run 4chan for a decade without a hiccup while this nip comes in and fucks up?

>>2253705
>throwing money in the toilet
sell it on eBay and you'll get some buyers my friend

>>2253726
isn't duckweed edible also? though i'm not sure who eats directly from their chemical drenched aquarium

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Fucked up and threw out the card with the name of this plant on it, can anyone help ID? It's a tissue culture from petco if that helps

What is the best filter out there? I've actually had good experience with Marineland filters, specifically the biowheels.

>>2253739
beautiful tank. Is that ornament on the right real wood?

>>2253703
Use Clover, find it in the app store. There are also other 4chan apps to if you would rather use something else.

>>2253739
>isn't duckweed edible also?
Regular duckweed and giant duckweed also have high oxalate content. Woffia has some oxalates, but it's not an issue unless you eat a lot of it.

>>2253745
Looks like mini pellia (süßwassertang).

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Anyone want some salvinia? I badly need to thin this out.

https://youtu.be/Yj3IQrIhHE0

Oh look, another comfy looking thumbnail about Furcatus let me put on my headphones and turn up the volume!!

>>2253745
Or it could be Riccia fluitans.

>>2253777
It's riccia. Stores near me are selling the same thing marked riccia

>>2253739
I don't dose chemicals of any kind. Ferts is about it and prime but prime doesn't stay.

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>>2253778
>>2253777

Sounds more familiar. Thanks, will leave it floating now instead of weighted down

On another note, fell for the kitty litter meme. Capped it with Eco complete for plants and white sand

Tank is cloudy as shit, should I run the filter or leave it? I have a bag full of fiber to catch it if I turn the filter on, but I'm not sure if the particles are big enough.

Removed about 50% of the water, adding some new right now

>>2253778
I have riccia and it's nothing like that. Riccia is many tiny little plants, it's not connected at all.

>>2253791
It's riccia. Comes looking exactly like the pic.

>>2253787
What brand kitty litter?

>>2253787
It is a floating plant but people tie it to driftwood or rocks.

>>2253706
>>2253703
I'm using the Mimi app and have had not advertising problems at all.
Also has pretty great features.

>>2253750
Lots of foods have Oxilates. If you don't survive entirely on duckweed and don't have a bad kidney you should be fine eating Duckweed.

http://www.webmd.com/kidney-stones/tc/foods-high-in-oxylate-topic-overview

>>2253787
Why didn't you rinse it?

>>2253807
Special kitty in the red bag. $3 and some change for 25 lbs

>>2253809
Cool, would like to get some good growth in it while I wait for my driftwood to take on water so I'll leave it floating

>>2253830
I rinsed it several times

>>2252372
The pastebin link for tank cycling is gone

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>>2253749
>is that real wood
it's not my tank, sorry

>>2253752
How much?

Can someone tell me the gender of my gourami? I think it's female but I want to be sure.

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>>2253942
Oops I forgot a pic

>>2253944
That's a female m8

>>2253923
You won't regret it though. People get good growth from special kitty. I use to buy Georgia red clay. Flatten it out and lie it on the bottom of my tank and then put sand on top.

>>2253944
Male

>>2253981
No it's female. There's no mistaking it. All features of a female.

>>2253935
Last time I did it I think shipping ended up being about $3 for US, so around there.

>>2254083
Sounds good to me

>>2253944
I agree that it looks more like a female.

>>2253944
Male, with low test.

>>2253934
HOUSTON

>>2253819
Missouri Botanical Garden states that Lemnia ("regular duckweed") can contain 2000-4000 mg/100g oxalates (http://www.mobot.org/jwcross/duckweed/nutritional-composition.htm#Oxalate), much higher than any common foods (http://www.wakehealth.edu/Urology/Kidney-Stones/Oxalate-Content-of-Foods.htm), though they also go into details on how you might be able to minimize the oxalate content.

Either way, I wouldn't eat much of it (or any, since it seems like a chore to try and eat in the first place).

>>2254110
T H I C C
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Should I put my gopro in my mudskipper tank? The last time I did that was in his old tank, and he tried to attack the red blinking light.

>>2254127
You could put a piece of black tape over the light.

>>2254128
He doesn't damage it. I'd think you guys would've found it comical. I'll set it up to make a nice video for youtube, then cut out a good part where he's most active for a webm. I just gotta run some errands first.

>>2254127
I sometimes point a laser in my tank and my fish chase it.

>>2254161
I do this at work if it's slow. The cichlids go nuts for it.

>>2254128
>>2254161
It's filming. How big is a file size limit on this board?

>>2254205
4mb. You can use gdrive or youtube if it's larger.

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>>2253700
If you aren't feeding everyday, buy a couple gallons of spring water to mix with your tap water. ANd the extra 2 bucks or so will really make a difference in clarity.

If you don't want to scrub, take out fish for the night in his old tank water, and add some hydrogen peroxide from the drugstore.

Here's the cost list for not having a shitty algae tank.

Less feeding (net gain of over 100+ dollars per century)

Iron nail (free or like less than a dollar)

Fish hotel (5 dollar garbage can that can hold water)

Hydrogen peroxide (2-5$ and you use less than a capful, on the day before a waterchange. kills the algae and doesn't bother the plants.

Bury an iron nail under the plant, to help their chlorophyl, you have too many diatoms to have proper nutrient balance.

So first, take fishy out for the night, then add hydrgen peroxide to the tank.

Then in the morning, scrub the sides (It'll be possible with the fingers now) and do a waterchange.

If you don't overfeed then you have nitrates in your water. Blame corn.

>>2254224
>reverse image search
It's a fucking pumpkin?

Is there a more innocent fish than the harlequin rasbora? It's small, it is cute it never thin nips it likes to be in big groups.

Adorable

My cory doesn't seem to be able to get too the top of the tank for air, I see him keep trying but he never makes it all the way up. Should I be worried?

>>2254236
Yee, most likely, the guy growing it put a mold around the pumpkin when it was small. Over time, the pumpkin started filling the mold as it grew.

>>2254271
Maybe Corydoras, but Trigonostigma species (not just heteromorpha) are definitely underrated. Way better than tetras.

>>2254271
Yeah... Your mums arse hairs. Top Kek.

>>2254285
Yes and aren't even related to tetras ^_^ they're in the cyprinidae :D

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>>2254298
jeez that little dude is cute. I want one!

>>2253527
Depends if you wanna drop insulin cubes in there as well.

>>2254224
this is an awful lot of work to do for some algae. first step should always be decreasing the amount of time your lights are on- 8 hours is usually good.

>>2254298
cute!!

>>2254298
how big is your tank for him?

Neighbor is moving and asked me if I wanted her fish. I said sure. Didn't know they owned fish. They handed me a 1 gallon hexagon tank with a betta. I acclimated him for my 30 gallon. But his eyes look bigger than any other betta I've seen and find seem kind of clamped. What can I do? I keep my water in great shape.

>>2254298
this is a perfect webm

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This Petco near me sells some manzanita perches for parrots that say they're 100% natural. Can I put those in my tank?

I don't want to deal with driftwood anymore since one of my pieces started rotting, released a fungus and killed off all my plants for months even after changing the water. I just now am able to have plants once more without them getting nasty immediately and don't want to risk it again. Shit made me paranoid.

>>2254344
They're not tank ready.

>>2254347
Damn. I really want branches in my tank but all the aquarium ones seem extremely expensive, the petco ones are only like 9.99

>>2254350
Posted to early. Yes you can do it. They may float but just keep em and it'll eventually sink. It will release tannins as well. But tannins are nice for your fishies.

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comfy turtle bump

also
>r8 my turtle

>>2254353
9/10 would mistake for sandwich

I don't know if anyone remembers but I'm the anon that mom has kept two red ear sliders in a 10 gallon for years. She was cleaning the tank and it broke. So she had no choice but to put them in a 50 gallon. Still just in the the backyard with no filter. They get cold winters being in Kentucky.

>>2254350
where did you get your other driftwood?

some wood is not suitable because it's been chemically treated. the bird perches are fine. you can either boil the wood multiple times, or soak it in a bucket. you'll need to peel off the bark if it isn't smooth. could take you months and hours of work to get it water-logged and aquarium safe- hence the higher price on the stuff sold for aquariums.

I collect my own driftwood. I live near the coast, so fuck paying for it!

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Rate my friend's 30g tank. He has one of those dwarf frogs in there too.

>>2254363
Petco again. The driftwood lasted maybe a year when I noticed that fungus suddenly all over my plants in literally a day. Maybe it was something else causing it but the wood was getting soft so I assumed it was just breaking down and releasing shit into the water.

It didn't kill my plants, just covered them in the fungus and was absolutely disgusting. I could not get rid of it and had to go to silk plants for several months.

The perch is smooth but I didn't think about waterlogging it. Might be better to just get ready wood then. However I also live near the coast. How do you make sure the wood you are putting in is safe?

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>>2254377
oh, how weird! they must have been selling the wrong type of wood.

I'll use anything that that I can ID as a hardwood and is mostly smooth. softwood has no pores- it's more uniform than hardwood. it's usually less dense, and you should be able to make a dent with your nail.

I live in the PNW and most of our wood is soft so I have to guess a lot. You can usually tell which wood has been kicking around for a long time and which is starting to decompose. Harvesting your own is a good way to get critters though.

It's always a good idea to boil or bleach things you put in the tank to make sure you're not bringing in weird things.

>>2252372
Anyone here have Sumo Loaches? How are they with kuhlis, and will they slaughter my shrimp?

A customer came in and wanted all 8 zebra loaches we had in stock, I pretty much ended up pulling all the sponge filters in the tank out. That was the hardest task I've had to do in awhile.

>>2254418
>tfw they went into some 10 gallon mess

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>>2254335
Here's the tank it came in

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>>2253969
Yeah, I almost like the cloudy look now that it's cleared up a good bit

inb4 rotated image

>>2254373
Pretty shit, it's completely bare, adding plants to random places doesn't make it look good.

>>2254309
>>2254321
>>2254342
Thank you.

>>2254325
20 gallon long. It is recommended that a tank size should at least be 36" x 12". But I think 30" x 12" is doable, since when he dies, I can manage a trio of Dwarf Mudskippers in a 20 gallon long.

>>2254438
Where are you finding dwarf mudskippers for sale?

>>2254440
That's the hard part. You need to know which species is which. A lot of times, online stores will misidentify them, and you'll get the wrong species. A good trick is getting to ask for a good picture of their dorsal fins raised when they're in stock. Which then, you'll be able to ID them.

Dwarfs can be sold at your lfs as a freak thing if they get them, but none in my area sells the dwarf species. So I'll have to go online. My main guy has been able to get any I want for the past six months, so when my mudskipper dies, it's probably going to be a while if I can get one from him.

Here's the weird part. A smaller dwarf species is sold off of Segrest Farms, which big name petstores, like Petco get their herps and fish from. Funny thing is, I know all their senior staff and manager, so I might try to haggle them a bit to see if they can order some. I did that to get them to order Rams.

Oh, just to know, there're 42 species of Mudskipper out there, the most recently described species was discovered in August of this year.

>>2254418
I remember the look of sadness this kid working at my LFS gave me when I asked for 5 kuhlis.

>>2254445
I've kept these. Great fish.

>>2254438
>20 gallon long
It looks loads for such a small thing. Doesn't it get a bit boring?

>>2254469
>I keep my betta in a solo cup

>>2254469
>It looks loads for such a small thing
>P. barbarus males get nearly 10 inches
>my female P. barbarus is between 4"-5"
The tank looks satisfying enough on it's own, terrestrial fish or no terrestrial fish.

>>2254469
Remember this guy has some ground to move on that's not covered in water

>>2254373
>Random assortment of livebearers
>no hardscape
>plantscape like a shotgun blast
>single serpae tetra
>2 danio glofish

I dunno, like 2/10?

>>2254494
Don't forget the betta in the background.

>>2254453
I don't mind if the customer is patient and knows how hard it can be, and this one was very nice and we had fun chatting.

Though last week I helped a girl and her dad and she wanted this one particular yoyo loach out of the tank. I could feel her dad's eyes on me and I got nervous, so I grabbed another coworker to do it after I tried.

>>2254498
I would love to spend more than two minutes in a lfs with my girlfriend but 2 minutes in she cries about how fucking hot it is.

>>2254344
Manzanita tends to fungus if you leave the bark on, you'd have to take the metal screws out, and it'll float initially. You can soak it for a while beforehand or use rocks to weigh it down.

Sandblasted manzanita tends to be much cheaper online, though.
Eg. http://www.bloomsandbranches.com/mobile/Product.aspx?ProductCode=SB18SUP

>>2254496
Looks female. Nothing wrong with that.

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>>2254521
Never had a problem with a male in a community tank.

>>2254496
His beta is actually the chillest fish there. He says his plan for that tank was to just throw plants in there and let them grow until he decides how he wants to scape the tank.

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>>2254445
I love me a hillstream tank. Buffalo head cichlids kinda took over, but my loaches seemed to have adapted. Also a tad bit of cyano.

>>2254602
I hate how people call them butterfly plecos

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>>2254508
>girlfriend whines about the most tiniest things
would immediately leave in a ditch, unless she was joking around

>>2254474
Keeps a betta in a community aquarium

>>2254478
The green text wasn't really necessary
>Oh they get big
>but mine doesn't

>>2254479
Yeah its just all by itself, looks depressing. I use to keep an axolotl and the tank was very quiet

>>2254373
looks good, how is that 30g though. Looks tiny

whats the most interesting fish possible to add to my guppy tank?

I was going to do something wild caught but i'm not sure.

really want a gold fish but 20 gallon tanks are so expensive in bongland

>>2254654
>Yeah its just all by itself, looks depressing
It's recommended that if you want two P. barbarus in the same tank, you need between a 40 and 50 gallon tank. Mudskippers are gobies, and any person that keeps gobies(particularly saltwater ones) knows how aggressive they can be to each other. Smaller mudskippers are territorial to their own, but their size allows the fights to be harmless or even comical to watch. While species like mine are larger and fights can be brutal and will(can) eventually lead to death. They've even been known to corner and maul fiddler crabs in aquariums.

>>2254671
How expensive are pieces of glass? It's pretty easy to just make your own at that size.

>>2254714
I can't make anything without it going wrong

do you think 15 gallons would be okay for a single goldfish?

>>2254718
Not for even a fancy goldfish m8. Maybe in the mean time until you save up.

>>2254734
fuck off i keep mine in a 5 gallon who gives a fuck

>>2254718
it would be fine

>>2254736
>5 gallon
>for a goldfish
You are the problem in this hobby, neck yourself or give the goldfish a better home.

>>2254736
You're literally the lgbt community in one person.

>>2254718
Spare the goldfish, either get a bigger tank for it(50g to 120g) to grow a huge water dog or buy smaller fish.
Don't listen to this retard >>2254736 unless you want to contribute to the animal abuse.

>>2254736
Keeping goldfish in a 5 gallon is retarded.

>>2254718
Just get a bigger tank or smaller fish.

I had 6 goldfish in a larger tank (I think it was more than 60g) for 5 years, they all grew to a nice size.

I picked ones with nice long fins and a variety of colours and they actually looked really nice considering how low maintenance they were.

>>2254643
to be fair, I've been in LFS that made me sweaty and dizzy within a few minutes. my little brother did the same thing, but I made him wait outside.

>>2254741
Yeah I'm gonna neck myself because some virgin autist told me to.
>>2254743
>implying you've ever touched a girl

>>2254748
Meh most people keep them in unfiltered bowls. What difference does it make whether its miserable in my tank or miserable at the pet shop?
Not going to buy a massive tank for one moving object.

>>2254746
>50g to 120g
Here in britain that will cost hundreds. Think 20 gallons is enough for a single goldfish

>>2254764
>What difference does it make whether its miserable in my tank or miserable at the pet shop?
Kind of true i guess. Its growth will be very stunted in a 5 gallon though. Does it not seem ill?

>>2254764
>>2254766
It's a 1/10 bad try b8. Sounds like ila/bugguy

>>2254766
I kept two black moors in a 30l biorb as a kid. Didn't know any better but they lived years and didn't smell or anything. I don't see why a goldfish wouldn't be fine in a 20 gallon with regular water changes.

>>2254769
>keeping a single goldfish in a 20gallon is bait.
.....

>>2254775
>Keeping a foot long fish in a 2 foot long tank isn't bait.

>>2254780
Most goldfish don't grow a foot

>>2254782
Yeah, because they die before then

>>2254791
no they don't

>>2254791
You're still taking the b8

>>2254780
Well I don't know do I?
I want a goldfish so I google how big of a tank >volume of at least 20 gallons for one goldfish. If you plan to keep more than one goldfish in your tank then add an extra 10 gallons for each additional fish
So I asked a simple question but forgot /an/ was full of teenagers scared to click on /b/

>>2254764
>buzzwords

>>2254766
Give away your goldfish man, it's like putting a dog in it's cage to rot, buy some shitrimps with different fish, they're more entertaining than a orange log swimming and beggin for food

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>>2254799
My honest advice if you want a small/budget tank is to go for a betta/fighting fish setup.

Slightly more expensive due to initial fish cost (but they're considerably cooler looking, arguably) and heater.

You can thrown in a couple of other small fish like tetras or something that won't nip its fins and you've got a nice-looking aquarium. Can use nice plants too if you like as there won't be goldfish eating them half the time kek.

A well-bred goldfish can live over a decade, easily, and get very large. They rarely do so due to being jammed into inadequate setups, however.

If you want to put it in a small tank and don't care what randoms on the internet say, then go ahead. But it will not live as long as it could. That's all.

>>2254808
>Give away your goldfish man
I don't have one, I want one and was wondering if 15-20 gallon is enough. >>2254671

>>2254813
The only fish I like are goldfish desu. I think I'm going to save up for a 20 gallon tank.
20 gallons isnt really a small tank, they have 40 goldfish in a 20 gallon at my local pet shop surely it will be better off with me than in there.

>>2254815
Lol comparing a temporary tank to something it's going to live in long term. Ya bongs don't have brains.

>>2254814
no, it's not enough

>>2254817
some of them will be in there for years you idiot, dont think a small business is selling many gold fish.

You yanks are fucking retarded

>>2254817
Hey I'm a bong what have I done wrong chubby tits?

alri lads

*blub blub blub*

i'm a fish waheyy haha

keeping fish is slightly less autistic than keeping lizards because at least your paperweights move

*walks into thread*
*slips over a fish that escaped the aquarium*
woooahheeyy

*has an opinion*

yeah go on bully me for it then you fucking pricks

why dont you mention your opinions so I can pedantically criticise it and act superior you fucking wankers

ohhh loook at me im 4chan look how great i am because i dont care about anything or enjoy anything omg so cooooll coovoovovovlv

weapons

>>2254823
>>2254824
You overweight bongs are always drunk.

>>2254836
Hey I am straight edge thank you.

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>>2254830
>>2254832
>>2254833
>>2254834
*is a nigger*

>foot long goldfish
what on earth did he mean by this

>>2254838
hope you're not implying all those posts are the same person

>>2254839
My penis is a foot long. When I put my goldfish next to it they are the same length.

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>>2254841

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>>2254844
you couldnt kill anyone vegan

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>>2254853
Definitely need to set up a native tank

>>2254815
Maybe you should try liking something that you could handle.

>>2254662
>wild caught
You mean, that you catch yourself? How are we possibly supposed to know what's available around you?

>>2254662
How big's your tank, and where do you live?
We can't help you if you're being a little shit.

>>2254883
I mean something interesting that isnt wild caught, I was going to do that but changed my mind.

>>2254671
>>2254718
Why not just get platies or mollies instead? Balloon belly mollies even have the same sort of depressing, deformed shape as a fancy goldfish.

>>2254892
Cause I like the telescope ones but can you keep mollies or platies by themselves?

>>2254748
>5 years
Then what, they died? That's not a very good lifespan for a goldfish. In fact, it's pretty crap.

>>2254799
That's only for the round, fancy goldfish.

>>2254815
Honestly, what is so enticing about a goldfish? A paradise gourami is coldwater, easier to handle, and has just as good a personality.

Just get one of the battery operated ones if you're so desperate.

>>2254893
Yes. A ten gallon tank is good for 3-5, but they're fine alone. They breed like mad if you get mixed sexes, so keep that in mind.

>>2254895
You could even say it's pretty carp...

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>>2254891
First thing that came to my mind was Micropoecilia picta, but there's a good chance they'll interbreed with your guppies.
Killifish are cool. You could get some peaceful ones that would get along with your gups. Rocket killifish are tiny, very peaceful, and look amazing. As far as egg-laying species go, they're also not that hard to breed.

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>>2254909
What's this about pretty carp.

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The betta my neighbor gave me when they moved out. Was in a shitty hexagon 1 gallon tank. Hopefully he'll recover. Can't get a good pic. My small non agressive fish keep scaring him.

>>2254926
>Was in a shitty hexagon 1 gallon tank
should of just kept him in that

>>2254929
Nah m8 I took a big shit in it and stuffed it in my closet

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>>2254926
I found a betta looking like that in a pet store garbage can with about 30mil of water. I guess they mistook him for dead. Took him home to a 2.5 gallon tank and he looked pretty good after two weeks of clean water and frozen foods. Gave him to a friend for her ten gallon, but it crashed not long after.
Maybe you should put yours back in the smaller tank for now, until he looks better. Or use a breeder box or specimen container to keep him separate from your other fish.

>>2254951
I could put him back in the 1 gallon but no heater. My living room stays 70-72 though. He's in a 36 inch 30 gallon currently at 76 degrees.

Is it bad to keep betta in 2.5gallon?
It has a filter and heater

>>2254962
Keep water clean

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>hear scratching and ruffling
>turn around and see this
What do?

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>>2254985
If you own a turtle, and don't have a dock in which he can dig in, you're seriously missing out.

>>2254985
use it as a paper weight what the fuck else can you do with it

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Nigga got popeye in both eyes

I've had fish tanks for years and know about cycling and all that. My tanks always have live plants. Can I put a betta in an uncycled 15 gallon tank with live plants without having to do a gazillion water changes or will the ammonia still be too much while the cycle starts? Can I get away with 20% once a week if it's uncycled because of the large water volume? Or will I have to do daily water changes while it cycles? Will the betta even produce enough waste to cycle the tank?

think im going to start raising some fish from the very beginning , ( i work in fisheries and have the knowledge/skills) but simply lack materials to do it on my own ,

if i were to nigger rig a set up together would anyone be interested in seeing the process?
anything from stripping the males and females of their love juces to incubation ( and my probably terrible setup)
to fry and eventually baby fish hopefully?

My tank smells even though i only cleaned it 2 days ago

>>2255086
A M M O N I A
M
M
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N
I
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what should i be doing to check my tank etc? i do nothing but keep it filtered and aerated anc clean the filter monthly or so ( pus occational water changes

>>2255032
So clearly you don't really know shit about cycling.

>>2255091
Yeah my tanks pretty overstocked

>>2255032
I own 10 bettas and have never cycled the tank before adding them and have never had a problem.

>>2255032
If you feed sparingly, it's unlikely the ammonia will ever get high enough to really bother the betta anyway. I've also heard about very densely planted tanks cycling near instantly.

>>2255113
>>2255120
Okay that's what I figured. Thanks. I'll monitor anyways.

>>2254985
Is that a painted turtle you're keeping in a terrestrial enclosure?

>>2255097
Test the water for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate before water changes. I don't think most people actually check it that often, though.

>pus
Ew

>>2255126
how into testing?

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>>2255124
>Is that a painted turtle
Yes
>you're keeping in a terrestrial enclosure?
Define terrestrial.

>>2255032
>uncycled
it's going to be suffering with infections like >>2255005 because of ammonia spike
so basically, no, use a bacterial additive to speed up the process

>>2255086
like shit or grass?

>>2255134
The tank I got the betta from had ammonia level of 4.0ppm. Hoping he recovers. Very slowly acclimated him. Swimming around well and now greeting me. Fish stopped scaring him now.

>>2254609
True, is it that hard to call it a butterfly loach at the very least. You'd think the name would be easier than pleco. Then again, appearances and all that. You keeping any?

>>2255032
Yes. It's very common. I have been doing it for years with no problems. If you're good about water changes then there is nothing to worry about. If you're lazy just cycle it.

>>2255143
I use to keep reticulated hillstream loach. I loved them. I liked how they fight over algae spots. Pretty entertaining.

>>2255128
They usually sell kits at fish stores or online. Put in the allotted amount of tank water to the vial, add the chemicals, shake and the color will be the level of nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, etc.

>>2255145
No clue what species mine were. I got three different ones from my main lfs who ordered them in for me, and I got three different species albeit I think one was one I already had at another store I go to. They were all just labeled hillstream loach in the same tank though. I used to keep neon gobies with them, but I kinda like them in their own tank for a lizardy mountain/ desert aesthetic. I added in Buffalo head cichlids since they also like current as I mentioned earlier, but they kinda staked out their own territories and wouldn't let the loaches graze in as large an area. Kinda wanted to move them, but the tank is basically a stack of river rocks with epiphytes and some crypts growing in between, so I couldn't catch them. They're growing out really well though. Nice long fins, colors, and the males are growing the humps on their heads. Loaches still have grazing space fortunately, and the cichlids are mellowing out.

>>2254986
I would like to have that kind of dock for my turtle but I'd have to do several modifications my tank. (It's a bare bottom and most likely will eventually find all of the substrate of a digging site in the water)

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Will my tank have babbeh corys soon?

>>2255165
It would be "surprising" if they didn't

If you catch my drift

>>2255165
Not unless they have laid eggs and male fertilizes them. This the 5 gallon with a betta?

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>>2255172
10g, and yeah with a betta.

>>2255160
Yeah, it's pain, but it shouldn't be too big of a problem with a bare bottom tank.

You'll gain more than you'll lose, it's totally worth it IMO.

>>2255180
what kind of substrate do you use for it and how big is your enclosure?

>>2255129
That's pretty neat, but it looks like the size of a sealable cereal container.

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>>2255188
I grabbed some dirt from my local forest and mixed in some gravel. My enclosure isn't very big, in fact it's quiet small, but it's only going to be around for 1 more year, until I finish uni and finally move out from my dorm.

The dirt just goes into the toilet when I siphon it out, easy enough to replace.


>>2255192
Not exactly, but pretty close. as I said before I'll be moving out in a year, and be able to upgrade to pic related and make the whole thing a cool little patio pond whatever.

>>2255178
Thought I recognized the tank

>>2255165
My dad's looked like that, but that was because he was grossly overfeeding them.

>>2255178
That's... pretty damn cute, actually.

New thread

>>2255238
>>2255238
>>2255238

>>2254895
>5 years
>Then what, they died? That's not a very good lifespan for a goldfish. In fact, it's pretty crap.

No, I gave them away to an ex-boss to live in his pond in a sheltered garden with other very big, very old goldies. Didn't sell them.

I realised it sounded different after I made the post, mah bad.