/aq/ Aquarium General - Salty OP edition

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What kind of clownfish is this? Just a common one?

My wife got it at an Ace Hardware and I want to know what kind of anemone to get for it. Does anyone know?

>>2432547
kek

>>2432547
that's a tank-bred Amphiprion ocellaris, or false percula clownfish. AKA ocellaris clownfish. Yes, it is a common one.

It does not need an anemone and any anemone you buy for it will die in less than a month. If you insist on getting an anemone to kill, you need one of the expensive ones. Bubble-tips are common clownfish hosts. Avoid the cheap ones (Condy's or Condylactis anemones) they kill and eat clownfish.

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Any of you guys have biotope aquariums? Which biomes are your favorite to keep?

>>2432577
I have a 60g Indo-Pacific

to keep it real all the coral is dead and there's random trash mixed in the sand.

>>2432561
>It does not need an anemone and any anemone you buy for it will die in less than a month.
That's quite the assumption there, but thanks for the advice... I guess....

>>2432583
>That's quite the assumption there
if you can't ID a clownfish and don't know what anemones it can use,

there's no way you know how to keep an anemone alive.

>>2432585
wow it's not like I could look up care sheets or anything and learn how to keep it alive

conceited asshole

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>>2432591

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>>2432591

Is there a reason we're not linking the discord anymore or what?

>>2432604
what's a discord?

>>2432604
Just autism in action

>>2432606
disagreement between people.

"a prosperous family who showed no signs of discord"

Synonyms: strife, conflict, friction, hostility, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, bad feeling, ill feeling

>>2432606
The /aq/ discord channel. Discord is IRC for normies.

>>2432609
sound pretty gay. And redundant.
so for like people that don't get enough of /aq/, we have another /aq/ with even more /aq/? Why do faggots even come here if they've got a discord?

>>2432614
Because it's a larger server for all of the board as a whole and most of the generals end up having regulars that are pro-discord.

It's not just /aq/ specific.

>>2432617
ah, makes sense. is it anonymous or is it like the homosexual facebook group where everyone doxes themselves?

>>2432604
Heres the link
https://discord.gg/Azat5Km

>>2432604
I just forgot to put it in the OP again(x2)

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how can i put venetian plaster in my tank

>>2432583
No, that anon was right. Anemone's are some of the hardest things to keep in a saltwater aquarium. I have a year's experience with saltwater aquariums and even then I doubt I could keep an anemone happy.

>>2432561
As I said it's not mine, it's hers. I don't do saltwater. Thanks for the info anyways.

>>2432695
>I don't do saltwater
neither of you do.

>>2432697
You're rude.

Everyone was new once.

>>2432698
He's trolling.
nobody is that new.

if he's telling the truth that fish is already dead.

>>2432701
I don't see how you're assuming I don't know how to care for fish just because I asked for an ID on a specific fish I'm not familiar with

>>2432704
Like someone asking for an ID on a comet goldfish and then pretending they know all about caring for them even though they've never heard of them before.

>>2432714
I get what you mean. At least I'm trying. Millions of people plop fish into a tank full of "conditioned" tap water and wonder why they died. At least I cycled my tanks before buying any fish.

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>>2431235
>>2432692
Fenbendazole works very well at killing planaria without affecting shrimp. You can use Safeguard canine dewormer, 0.1 grams per 10 gallons of water.

>>2432729
>Millions of people plop fish into a tank full of "conditioned" tap water and wonder why they died
this is the equivalent of what you posted with that clown fish.

you've got a fish you don't recognize in what appears to be an uncycled, brand new tank with no live rock.

I hope you're trolling. I assume you're trolling.
If not that fish will die.

>>2432787
Some non fish aquatics fine in uncycled tanks

>>2432825
interesting
what sort of non-fish would you say a clownfish is?

>>2432577
I tried sourheast asian but it looks pretty bad to me honestly. Whats your biotope in your pic?

>>2432787
That's a very close up picture. It is a cycled tank and that's live rock right behind it.

I'm currently in the process of setting up a 29g native tank. Probably just gonna have a male longear in it, but I might be able to acquire a logperch locally if i'm patient enough. My eheim 2215 for it is arriving today.

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Why are those /aq/ theards such cringe... But here are my last 2 projects. The bigger one was supposed to be some Kind of asia Biotop but Kind of fucked it with adding Ottos White clouds and Red Fire shrimps. Sadly the Shrimps cant bring up there young in that Tank so i have a seppered breeding Tank Not in the pic. The smaller one i wanted to add rasbora but now I feel it's was too small for that so it's my snail breeding Unit for now. I feed them to a big Kongo catfish i have.

i think a big problem is that people who are in the hobby for some time hate the newbs because they see theire own faults inside theire doing. like when i begun i did alot of stupid stuff i would scream at people for nowadays. Getting in at the first is always hard.

>>2433077
*mistakes instead of faults, sorry lads :3

>>2433077
Yeah I totally agree.

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>>2432925
That's southeast asian. The rasboras and zebra loaches are from that region. Checkered barbs are also of that region so Im considering those as well

I have a pair of Ocellaris clownfish, and just revently the female has gotten a lot of small, raised, brown spots. They're mostly behind her pectoral fins, but they're in a few other places too. They look to be some kind of parasite, but Google is yielding nothing. Anyone here have an idea of what they might be?

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Donald Trump continues to do well in my 65 gallon planted freshwater.

Say something nice to him.

>>2433183
Your wall will surely stop many terrorist attacks.

>>2433183
Hello Mr. President, I like your fins.

What kind of fish is he?

>>2433236

gold gourami

>>2432997
>It is a cycled tank and that's live rock right behind it.
that's dead rock that doesn't have any algae or bacteria growing on it. Meaning it's dead rock that hasn't been cycled.

stop lying. Live rock isn't bleached white.

>>2433137
common clownfish parasites are ich and velvet. Both can present as brown spots. The difference between the two is size and often color. Velvet is small like golden dust. Ich is larger usually like salt grains.

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problem? he looks happy to me

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wheres the best place to buy fish online?
never done it before

birdfag here

> adopted bird passed away a few days ago, free up his old spot and store his cage as a travel cage for my two cockatiels
> uncle recently buys a new tank and gives me his old ten gallon and filter

I have nothing past the filter and aquarium, what would you anons recommend in terms of fish as well as substrates, plants, etc. Would fake plants be alright or are actual ones worth learning how to take care of? Also any tips or stuff I should be aware of?

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Took advantage of the petco sales lately, but they don't mark a lot of their plants, did I get Bacopa or Ludwigia? Also pictured: a pygmy chain sword that was in the store's plant tank for so long that I ended up getting like two feet worth of runners with it. I also got a freebie anacharis clipping that slipped into my bag somehow, despite not even wanting anacharis I planted it in the tank.

>>2433373
Real plants can help reduce algae growth and will do some of the work in filtering certain things from the water. You will probably need to at the very least use fertilizer, if not liquid Co2 as well if you want to speed up growth. You can do low-no plant maintenance too but won't get as much growth.

In a ten gallon most people recommend either doing a betta, pea puffer, or a small community tank using small species of rasbora, danio, tetra, or guppies/endlers. You can also do shrimp.

You will need a heater, which will be like 10 or 15 dollars, if you need to cover the tank for any reason you will need to furnish some sort of hood. If you want to do live plants the hood gets more complicated.

>>2433285
Yeah, they're salt grain sized. I'd only ever seen white Ich before, so it threw me off. Thanks for the info.

>>2433434
At most how many fishes can I have if I go with endlers? Thinking some shrimp and endlers would be neat.

>>2433466
I could be wrong, I can't be sure without a sample and a microscope. But ich can present in different colors similar to the skin color. And it's very common. So that would be my first guess without examining the thing.

>>2433093
Can i get a list of your southeast asian plants? So far i have corkscrew vallisneria, hygrophilia corymbosa, and some sort of onion plant?

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Finally got it cycled!
Also rate.

>>2433518
Top cute :3

>>2433356
Probably live aquaria. If it is plants or inverts,aquatic arts is pretty good.

>>2433477
Get an anubias barteri, some Java fern, and maybe a couple anubias Nana. They are all very easy beginner plants that you can just throw into the tank. They won't grow very fast, but they won't die either. You could also get a Moss ball shrimp love the things, but they are kind of like living sponge filters. You have to take them out every now and again and squeeze them in a bucket of tank water, but otherwise they are very easy to deal with.

As for substrate, you can use whatever you want with those plants. I would recommend sand, but fine gravel or even normal gravel is fine.

As far as fish and chips, the endless with shrimp idea would work very well! Get 1 male with 2 female endlers and maybe 8-10 dwarf shrimp. You could also put a Betta in there to be a nice centerpiece fish.

I have bought some stuff from aquatic arts and they have a big selection of dwarf shrimp in all kinds of colors. They have always been very healthy save for 1 dwarf crayfish that died during its first molt.

>>2433525
http://fish.mongabay.com/biotope.htm#Southeast Asian River

Here's the resource i used. Lots of good info on there

so im looking into using distilled water instead of my tap water, would i still need to use conditioner, or would i have to add anything at all to the water or could i just dump it in there and call it a day?

>>2433606
distilled water doesn't need a conditioner.

it DOES need a buffer though. Which over time costs more than buying an RO/DI unit. But if you're using distilled for water changes or to fill a tank it has to be buffered. Without a buffer it will kill your livestock over time.

you can add it to the tank to top off evaporation without doing anything to it though.

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Opinions on HOB overflows? Past few weeks my DIY PVC overflow on my 65g has been acting up and getting louder. I've had to increase the flow on my output because it lost siphon last week after a water change. Previously I've been doing some ass backwards ways of keeping my outflow as minimum as possible, like shoving, "things" up the outflow pipe to block flow. I wanted it to be quieter, but after it lost siphon I'm to scared to keep it tuned down. I've heard (read online) that HOB overflows are more prone to failing? They seem pretty simple so I'm not sure how exactly. My PVC overflow is pretty bulky and not pretty to look at either. I figure the HOB will be a lot more simple and nicer to look at. Hopefully a lot less quiet too.

Also r8 my 3g planted tank I just set up over the weekend. First attempt with plants. CO2 stuff arrives tomorrow in mail. Going to add dwarf baby tears.

>>2433615
oh ok thanks. what does the buffer do exactly? the reason why i want to use distilled water is because it might end up being more expensive than just using my tap water, but i dont have the funds to buy a RO/DI unit outright.
so i can add distilled water to my aquarium right now to top it off and it wont really do anything?

>>2433633
>oh ok thanks. what does the buffer do exactly?
it prevents pH swings and adds essential minerals to the water. Without those minerals your water will actually leach the minerals out of the plants and animals in the tank. Slowly dissolving them.
> i can add distilled water to my aquarium right now to top it off and it wont really do anything?
yes it's fine for topping evaporated water.
>I don't have the funds
credit is a very useful thing too. I think I bought mine on PayPal Credit.
>>2433628
I have an HOB overflow. It's loud but it's never failed me or lost siphon. They're designed to keep siphon even when the pump is shut off or the water level in the tank drops way low. I've been running mine for 6 years straight without any problems.

I keep mine quiet by covering it with a CD case and some filter floss. I've tried a lot of different overflows, they're all loud.

>>2433643
>slowly dissolving them
oh! oh my! is there a specific product you recommend to get a buffer? i found some goldfish buffer from seachem

>>2433643
osmotic pressure is really weird

>>2433643
What kind of loud is it? Is the siphon loud or the water running down the tubes loud? I can handle the water noise but that sucking/gurgling/bubble noise is just not fun at all. HOB overflows don't function like my DIY PVC overflow so I'm guessing it's just the water rushing down the tubes.

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>>2433654
>is there a specific product you recommend to get a buffer?
no, just read the label or ask the clerk for one that's good for RO or distilled water and works for your fish.
>>2433628
Here's a shot of my overflow box. I have a CD case covering the box, then a bag of floss, and a chunk of concrete holding it down. I have a filter sock in the sump to quiet that end down and stop water splashing around.

I tried slowing the flow to quiet things down also. It usually caused problems.

>>2433661
>Is the siphon loud or the water running down the tubes loud?
It does both. It's pretty irritating without the cover. It gets worse if I pull out the prefilter.

>>2433662
oh ok, thanks a lot mate, you were very helpful!

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>>2433665
you're quite welcome.

>>2433661
what's your setup right now?
You could always build a BeanAnimal overflow. Those are quiet but a pain in the ass to build. Have to drill three large holes in the tank.

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>>2433662
oh ma god what is thattt
>chunk of concrete
>mfw
Is it in your room or something? Why do you need it to be so quiet?

>slowing the flow
Yeah that is what has caused me problems in the long rung it seems. Probably the low flow over the past half year has allowed lots of gunk to build up in my pipes. I could probably take it off and run a hose through it and clean it out but I'd rather just replace it honestly.

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>>2433671
It's in my home office.

I got tired of trying to talk to clients on the phone with this constant toilet-flushing sound in the background. I had clients asking if I was taking a shit while I talked to them. So yeah.

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>>2433670
Copied the King of DIY PVC overflow. Looks identical to this. Works pretty well, can definitely handle a lot of flow. Just afraid of it losing siphon again. To be fair I don't have the airline tube going down that supposedly makes it failproof. Didn't have a drill to drill the hole.

>>2433674
Yeah a HOB will be a lot easier for you because the water level at the siphon inlet never drops. It can go up but it can't go down. Well, it COULD go down if you shut off the pump for a week and the water evaporated out of the box. But other than that they're pretty hard to stop.

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>>2433675
I'll probably give it a go then. Having a 2'' giant pvc tube in the corner of your aquarium isn't the nicest thing to look at either.

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>>2433676
The boxes are pretty ugly too. But they work better than anything else I've built or bought.

Today I bought a used aqueon 20g tank with a glass top for $15 today, seems to be in mint condition. This will be my first tank since I was a young kid. I'm super excited to get this thing cycled.

What are your favorite filter/lighting solutions for this size of tank?

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>>2433688
For my 20g I run an auquaclear 50 and some ebay led lights. All params are surprisingly good except temperature because it's a fucking desert where I live.

>>2433694
>some ebay led lights
>$20 tank with $90 lamp
>dimmer turned WAY down
well at least you won't need to buy a new light when you get your 90g tall tank.

>>2433704
It's dimmed to it's lowest settings but it's still pretty bright. The good news is that I can always add a cheap diy diffuser if it ends up frying anything I try to keep.

>>2433708
It's a good light, I've been running mine every day for 3 years now, no problems. It does burn the shit out of stuff right below it though. So bright. Grows corals and coralline just fine though. I plan on buying more for my other tanks.

>>2433373
You need some kind of lid. A simple piece of cut glass is fine if you just want to keep fish from jumping out of the tank, but you'll need some kind of supplemental lighting if you want live plants. Read the links in OP about cycling. They describe different ways to do it, you can make the decision on how you want to do it. AqAdvisor is a useful tool, but don't take it as gospel.

TL;DR
Live plants are nice, but not necessary. Crypts, mosses, and anubias are stupid easy to keep. Harlequin raboras, cherry barbs, and bettas are top tier fish. Playground sand is hard to beat for substrate.


>fish
Depends on what you're looking for. Some really easy schooling fish would be white cloud mountain minnows, zebra danios, harlequin rasboras, rosy tetras, cherry barbs, pygmy cories, among others. Galaxy rasboras and emerald dwarf rasboras are personal favorites, but they can be very difficult to keep healthy, depending on how they were collected/bred, and how they were kept at the store. Any schooling fish should be kept in a group. Exact numbers will depend on the species and who you ask, but generally around 4-6.
For [fairly] peaceful, non-schooling fish, smaller livebearers such as endlers, guppies, platies, and least killifish; small gourami such as sparkling, dwarf, or honey; peacock gudgeons; or a betta. If you're up for more of a challenge, scarlet badis, licorice gourami, and pea puffers are also options. If you want to do something completely different you can keep a pair of shell-dwelling cichlids (Neolamprologus multifasciatus). Otocinclus are very cute and very good at keeping the tank clean, but they can be rather delicate depending on how they were collected and shipped.

>(cont.)
If you want as much color as physically possible, endlers are good, platies are bright (if a bit monochrome), but you can also look into killifish. You can buy dried Nothobranchius killifish eggs online (eBay) and hatch them. Fundulopanchax species are easy to take care of if you can find some for sale.
For inverts, shrimp, dwarf crayfish, and nerite snails are all very nice and easy.

>substrate
Depends on the fish and plants you want. If you're going to have bottom-dwelling fish, you should have a very soft substrate like sand or the clay-based plant substrates. There are several plants that will do perfectly fine with any substrate, but others will need nutritive substrates or substrates with high CEC to flourish.
Plain playground sand is incredibly cheap and a good all-rounder. The main downside is that it's dusty, so you have to rinse it out a lot before using it. If you want a plant substrate, any of the commonly available ones (Fluorite, EcoComplete, FloraMax) are all about the same. If you want something for plants that's also soft, I like Fluval Stratum. Others like ADA Aquasoil have nutrients baked into the substrate, but this makes setting up the tank a lot more work as you wait for the nutrient levels to stabilize.
Another method some people use is to put mineralized topsoil or potting soil on the bottom of the tank with a layer of sand or gravel on top. In practice it ends up being about the same as ADA, both in setup and efficacy. An additional downside is that you have to be very careful moving plants so as not to disturb the soil.

Sidenote: pea gravel is basically the worst substrate.

>(cont.)

>plants
The fish will be fine with fake plants if that's what you want. Silk plants are arguably better for them, as there are no sharp edges or plastic hooks to scratch the fish or tear their fins.
Very low-light, low maintenance plants such as mosses, java fern, marimo, anubias, cryptocoryne, buce, and vals can be grown in plain sand and without strong lighting (even cheap LEDs are sufficient). Some floating plants like salvinia, frogbit, and pennywort also do well under fairly low light. All of those plants can also be grown without any sort of additional fertilizers, and most grow too slowly for fertilizers to make much difference anyway.
Slightly higher lighting requirements for plants such as rotala rotundifolia, myrio, bacopa, watersprite, ludwigia repens, and wisteria can be provided by any run-of-the-mill "cool white" fluorescent lamp or some higher-powered LEDs. They might struggle in plain sand, but will do well in any kind of plant substrate. Added fertilizers and CO2 or liquid carbon are very helpful, but not necessary.
Higher needs plants such as butterfly rotala, blyxa, blood vomit, and dwarf baby tears will require plant substrates, high light (multiple T5HO fluorescent bulbs or high output LEDs), added fertilizers, and probably a pressurized CO2 system.

>>2433477
A ten gallon is big enough for 5-8 endlers, but if you mix males and females together, you're going to end up with endless endlers and eventually have some way of disposing of them. They might eat baby shrimp, but should leave the adults alone. Thick patches of moss like java or Christmas moss can help the baby shrimp hide.

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>>2433919
>>2433918
>>2433917
Not the birdfag but another newbie. Thanks for the info dump, I appreciate it.

How can I tell if my pleco is a boi or a girl

>>2434019
What kind of pleco do you have? You can tell by their bristles sometimes

>>2434031
Two common plecos, one of them is slightly smaller and has a gray tinted pattern, the other one is more yellowish

>>2433536
Not a fan of the gravel but the plants and fish look good

>>2433183
Henlo Dolan Trump Presdent of under States America

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Had to screenshot off my snap, but here's my current largest tank. Got it for free from my wifes work friend. All fish except the Corys and the Buenos Aires tetras came with it.

>>2433356
Depends on what you want. Liveaquaria is a pretty good place for common stuff.

If you're looking for something specific, specialty stores tend to be good.

Like Discus, Uncle Sam's Discus. Shrimp, there are plenty of shrimp-only stores, I have personally had good experiences with Aquatic Arts.

>>2433536
>>2434132
I have the opposite opinion. I think the gravel is interesting but the way you planted the tank really doesn't take advantage of the contrast.

So who has taken advantage of the $1/gal sale at Petco this week?

Got a new 20G long. Going to start separating my community tank into lesser communities because they're all fucking breeding.

Does anyone know if fish are affected by thc?

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>>2434314
Did somebody say thicc?

>>2434382
Nice puffer
I am gonna get a small freshwater tank with either pea puffers or dwarf puffers soon

I'm looking to start a low tech planted tank. Currently I have a 20 gallon with a bunch of platies and a couple of sad amazon swords.

For lighting I have a 15 W fluorescent bulb that came with the tank. Do you guys have a good light recommendation? Should I get an LED fixture or something? I'm pretty mixed up about the lighting and how the wattage, PAR, and all that stuff works so any input on that would be helpful. I should at least get a new fluorescent fixture with higher watts right?

For fertilizer, should I use Seachem flourish instead of equilibrium if the water in my area is already really hard?
Other than that, I just need potassium nitrate and potassium mono phosphate right?

>>2434393
In a low tech tank, patience is your best tool.

As for lights, it depends on how much you want to spend, but in general light is going to be the least critical to spend lots of money on, because higher intensity lights are just going to need to be dimmed down or cut on hours anyway to control algae blooms.

Ferts in a low tech tank tends to be a bad idea, as it'll end up feeding algae more than the plants since you're not dosing CO2.

And anyway, if you're using flourish, KNO3 and KH2PO4, and upgrading your lighting, you're not in the low tech tank zone anymore. You might as well just dose CO2 while you're at it.

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Where do you cunts buy aquariums? Literally everything more than 20 gallons is over $100. Y'all niggas know anywhere to buy a 30 gallon tank that doesn't cost a fortune?

>>2434393
>>2434397
Agree
I my first plants were anacharis, no co2/ferts, ran em off LED that came with tank and sunlight
Bought a clamp light and some LED bulbs and put that up, plants started taking the carbonate from the water (fairly hard) and left a a white grit all over themselves
Running citric acid/baking soda for co2 and flourish so still fairly budget/lowtech but the plants have what they need

>>2434414
Well, previously mentioned Petco sale applies to 29G, so $29 for a 29G. They also have their 40G breeder, 45G, and 55G tanks for 50% off right now.

Also, a 29G tank tends not to have a whole lot of advantages over a 20G long though, as its horizontal area is the exact same, unless you have a specific need for height (e.g. Discus, although 29G is a bit small for that). If you want something bigger than a 20G long, go at least 45G/40G breeder.

Best place tends to be local fishkeeper groups. Barring that, craigslist. If you're going real big (300+ gallon), you may want to look into making the tank. Glass is pretty cheap.

>>2434414
I make all my tanks, even the lil ones. only big ones save you any money, but the standard 10g and 20g footprints are useless

>>2434392
Pea puffers are dwarf puffers. . .

>>2434416
Thanks for the info anon
>>2434419
What kind of insulin do you use? And where do you get the glass? Do they sell the glass at a hardware store like Home Depot or Lowe's?

>>2434419
What about aquariums with odd dimensions? I'd like to get a 33g long, but none of the stores around here have them in stock.

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>>2434424
>insulin

>>2434424
>insulin
?

local glass shop, super cheap. I put together a 30 last week for ~20 shekels plus 3 for silicone

>>2434432
odd dimensions are the whole reason I build tanks. anything you can imagine my child

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I have a 30 gallon with a few live plants, two Columbian tetras, two clown loaches, and a crayfish. What else can I put in there? preferably something that would get along with the Columbian tetras.

>>2433917
>>2433434
>>2433600


birdfag here, thanks anons, gonna put that advice to work.

Gonna consider a all male endler or rasbora mix or a betta and smaller fish mix with ghosts in there.

>>2434493
fill the water higher
looks better
and tetra a shoaling fish, should prob get 4ish more

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I fucking hate algae
And the damn nerites I bought dont do shit except stay on the driftwood and fuck till they lay eggs. Im sick of this ive tried co2 and fertilizer to help the plants but i also have goddamn bb algae

>>2434807

1. Manually remove as much algae and decomposing plant material as possible - reduce those sources of organics. Old or tatty leaves should be removed as well. trim plants hard, they'll bounce back.

2. More water changes, larger and more frequent, 50% twice weekly is a good place to start. Keep the filter media running clear, especially any filter floss or fine sponges.

3. Reduce lighting intensity and photoperiod, 5 hours a day is plenty.

4. Stick to a regular fertilisation regimen, make sure both micro and macro nutrients get dosed.

5. feed livestock less, remove any uneaten food after a couple of minutes.

Keep it up for 2 months at least. BBA is slow to go and quick to appear. If it sticks around, I would improve flow rate by upgrading the filtration. Are you still injecting CO2? If so, keep it constant, turn it on 2 hours before lights on and off an hour before. another thing to think about is whether the tank is in direct sunlight or close to a window where it otherwise gets a long photoperiod - you may have to inject more CO2 in these cases.

>>2434807
Let it grow wild and beautiful.

i was about to set up a magnetic scrubber for my dario vase when i saw this little creature dart around it; can anyone help me identify it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAvFuhGXh4g

What's the discord server again?

>>2434807
Use hydrogen peroxide to kill black beard algae.

>>2434904
Scud/water flea.

Also vases a shit.

Test

>>2434397
>>2434415

True I could just go all the way at this point, I guess I'll think about that
thanks guys

>>2433628
needs carpet

What lights do you guys use for your low tech 20 gals? I'm looking at LED eBay ones like beamswork but I'm not sure if that's the best choice.

>>2435072
Beamswork is the best value for medium light, CO2 or without.

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Just found a planaria worm in my tank, I feel so fucking disgusted, I tried so hard to keep it clean and they still came.

I'm scared of killing them with chemicals too because I have shrimp and if they die it'll devastate me.

>>2434493
Get rid of the clown loaches. They get a foot long. Get more tetras, and maybe cherry Barb's or skirt tetras. Prepare to lose some fish to the crayfish though. Maybe get a Moss ball.

>>2435125
You could get glofish too. Just don't get the ones made from danios or tiger barbs. Get the ones that are made with skirt tetras.

>>2435126
What's the difference?

>>2435160
Difference is they're skirt tetras instead of tiger barbs or danios.

Not sure why he would be against danio variety though. They're small and get along with most fish, unlike skirt tetras.

I'm not a big fan of glofish with a planted tank though. Just looks weird.

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>>2435160
The difference is pretty clear if you see them. The danios are streamlined and really quick moving, the tiger barbs will have a black vertical lines, and the skirt tetrasare more rounded and come in short and long fin varieties.
The tiger barb glofish are still tiger barbs so they are pretty bad fin nippers and are pretty aggressive. The danios would probably be fine too, but they can be nippy as well if you don't have enough of them. They like big schools. The skirt tetras are probably the least aggressive of the lot and in my opinion are the prettiest. Especially the long fin variety.
Pic related is the short fin glofish tetras.

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>>2435160
Glo danios

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>>2435160
Glo barbs

>>2435126
>You could get glofish too

stop spreading your faggot poison

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>>2435160
Long fin glo tetras

>>2435187
Nothing wrong with glofish. You sir are the faggot. I can't wait till they start selling the glo angelfish.

>>2432630
Delete this. I joined again just to see what was up. It's even more racist and shitty now. Fuck off seriously.

>>2435113
I have them too, so what

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I have a few small beasties who appear to be crawling in and out of my snails shell, what are these???

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>>2435286
Second pic

They're very small and hard to take a picture of

>>2435125
They're only like an inch long right now so it'll be a while before they get too big

>>2435289
>>2435286
Okay my pictures suck but they're small little white bug looking things, from my limited knowledge and googling I think they may be amphipods? Would those have come from the live rock maybe?

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How do you get rid of algae on a plant?

>>2435072
Seconding Beamswork. I have one on my 125 gallon.

>>2435113
I've used >>2432773 without any issues, it was very effective. You'll want a gram scale, though.

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I have a melanurus wrasse who has started to eat my xenia (also caught him nibbling my leather coral's polyps). Any way to make him stop this shit? Should I just boot him? If so, wrasse catching tips pls?

>>2435299
Toothbrush and melamine foam (Magic Eraser™).

>>2435318
he has to go.
I would build a wrasse trap or fish it with an unbarbed hook. They're almost impossible to catch with a net, they hide in the sand.

>>2435190
I guess there's no correcting someone so firmly cemented in their own error

explains the amount of habitual/repeat offenders crowding our prisons

>>2435291
Yeah, but you will have to relocate them eventually and larger fish are much harder to get rid of. Unless you are gonna get a big ass tank at some point.

>>2435329
>Oh yeah let's not make an argument! Let's just insult their preferences and compare them to criminals! That will surely win the argument.

Neck yourself

>>2435190
They look like shit and the Danios have been noted to have shorter lifespans than their non altered counterparts. Why do you need my little pony neon shit colors on your fish? Tiger barbs have enough natural variants.

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I'm colorblind can anyone tell me what pH this is

>>2435391
That's a "try the high range test" pH

>>2435394
Thanks!

>>2435397
I was confused when I got a maximum result on my new tank, as I had been using RODI water from the LFS and mineralizing it with some product I bought from them so I had nice neutral water. Tap water seems to be high pH in a lot of places, especially places with older plumbing that would be weakened by any acidity.

>>2435356
>Look like shit
Subjective
>Danios have shorter lives
Citation needed
>Tiger barbs are pretty enough
Yeah but they are still tiger barbs and therefore assholes. The danios and skirt tetras are kind of ugly in their natural color.

I keep the tetras not the danios or the barbs. They look great and have never bothered any of my other fish. I couldn't ask for better fish.

>>2435421
It's been my experience that Glofish are much more delicate than their natural counterparts, with Glo danios being much, much worse.
That said, I have more problems with the Glofish company than I do with the actual fish, and given the choice I'd prefer not to support them financially.

>The danios and skirt tetras are kind of ugly in their natural color.
Subjective.
I love the way leopard danios look, and blushing white skirt tetras are super cool in a spoopy ghost kind of way.

Just got some Neolamprogus multifactinus AMA

>>2435254
They disgust me so deeply that seeing them made me feel hatred towards my whole tank.

>>2435313
Thank you. I don't have a gram scale. But I'll look into getting one I guess.

>>2435190
>>2435431
>>2435356
>>2435421
I've had Glofish zebra danios and normal zebra danios living in the same tank in exactly the same conditions.

The normal ones lived 3-4 years, one is still alive and nearing 5. The Glofish started showing signs associated with old age after several months and were all dead within a year.

>>2435461
Hmm I wonder what causes that. My glo tetras seem healthy and they are already several years old.

>>2435465
As the other anon said, the zebra danios have the worst health amongst other kinds of glofish.
I'm curious, what is it that you like about glofish's unnatural, flourescent look?

>>2435603
I like it. Not really much to say. They look entirely different than most freshwater fish color wise. I mean how many freshwater fish are bright green or purple?

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Anyone here know if Seachem Equilibrium comes in sealed? I ordered online but the bottle opened inside the package and the powder spilled everywhere.

>>2435113
just syphon them out if youre so worried

>>2435834
Yeah like it's that simple

>>2435633
you are perfectly within your rights to have bad taste

>>2436078
And sir are perfectly within your rights to be an asswipe.

I guess I am in the minority of experienced fishkeepers that like the GMO fish. To be perfectly honest, while I do like them, I won't replace them when they eventually die. Just because I think they are too expensive for what they are. 11 bucks each is a bit much for skirt tetras.

>>2436201
It's not anybody else's fault you like ugly fish, anon.

>>2436205
Why do you find it necessary to mock his taste? Fuck off with that shit.

>>2436201
>you sir

just put umm sweetie in front of your post and , kid at the end at this point

>>2436205
How exactly are they ugly? The only difference as far as appearance from their natural forms is the color. Do you find Bettas or dwarf gourami ugly?

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>>2436201
I'm not against keeping them but they do look pretty unnatural in a normal FW set up. However, it would be pretty badass in the saltwater hobby because reefers sometimes like to light their tank with actinics only to make their corals glow so a fish that can fluoresce instead of disappear under the blues would be amazing.

Ive got a ten laying around i plan on cycling for a betta tank
The betta eyeballing will probably be gone by the time i get that far but still
Its a beautiful sapphire blue butterfly betta, and I want to ask opinions on the color of substrate (probably sand) that would make him stand out better.
I was thinking white since hes a darker blue but i dont know


also, I was considering maybe a handful of platys as tank mates, if I do does it matter which one I add to the tank first?

plants are simple enough, I ll probably just go through the could of LFS in town to see what they got for like eel grass or anubias
What do you guys do for hardscape though? What kinds of driftwood arent going to leech all of the tannins into my water?

>>2436355
>reefers sometimes like to light their tank with actinics only to make their corals glow
nah, corals die without actinic light.

that's all. We don't use them to make our corals glow. That's just a cool bonus.

>>2432547
>>2432549
>>2432561
>>2432583
>>2432585
>>2432591
>>2432596
>>2432603


This is why I don't keep saltwater anymore.

Bunch of silly elitists, the lot of 'em.

>>2433074
Is that a fucking fugeray on a 5ish gallon?

Topkek

>>2433356
liveaquaria.com
aquabid.com
petsolutions.com

Just got an unused 75 gallon tank from our school. My classmate wants to put an axolotl in it. Any other suggestions or any tips for axolotl?

Ok here's the plan for my 20 gallon, tell me what you guys think. It's my first tank.

>potting soil substrate with a pool sand cap
>Still deciding on plants but I'm trying to stick to South East Asian ones
>Fluval aquaclear 50
>beamworks lighting
>Stocked with a bunch of barbs and rasboras, and some sort of bottom feeder not sure which, maybe a nerite snail

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Was going to clean tank today.
See shrimp moult.
Is it still ok to clean? I know they're extra sensitive just now.

>>2436700
And it's upside down? That's new.

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Hey i need a quick ID on these cichlids i was just given out of the blue. I have tanks but never had cichlids before i need help /an/ fuck

All i knew was that they eat plants but i had pretty much 15 minutes to get my most established tank ready (2 years old, been sitting empty for about 4 months now for no reason). Just did a water change and took out all plants. They look a bit stressed desu

>>2436672
If you want to use a filter that big you'll want to baffle it. Rasboras are sensitive to high flow and the filter is liable to blow away your sand cap.

I greatly prefer mineralized topsoil over potting soil. MTS requires you to spend a lot of time prepping the soil, but using potting soil means frequent, massive water changes for several weeks.
I used the "cheating" method when I did my MTS and just poured boiling water over it, dried it out, and repeated.

Freshwater nerites are from Africa. If you want biotope-appropriate cleanup, Amano shrimp occur in Thailand and panda garra are from Burma (although the garra might disturb the substrate).

>>2436726
Convict cichlids. They have a reputation for being pretty nasty and breeding out of control. Very good as feeders if yours start mating.

>>2436730
I was told they are a breeding pair. I turned the lights off on them and they're still alive so that's good. They were dropped off for me, didn't even talk to the previous owner. The bag barely had any oxygen when i got there. Are they hardy? I hope they are cuz their transition here wasn't the easiest.

>>2436729
The barbs won't attack the shrimp? Also yeah maybe I should go for the aquaclear 30.

I was looking at ada amazonia aquasoil but it's $55 for a bag. Are there any cheaper options? What about fluvals stuff?

>>2436750
>>2436729
How much is mineralized topsoil btw?

>>2436639
Well 1 axolotl can live happily in a 10 gallon tank so you may not need a 75 gallon. As far as care goes, WATER CHANGES WATER CHANGES they are very sensitive so buildups of anything so keep a water testing kit around and do a water change anytime the ammonia goes up. They need pristine water conditions.

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>>2436750
I don't think you need to downgrade on the filter. Just baffle it like anon said. You want a big filter! I would also recommend buying a single aquaclear 70 filter sponge and useing it to make prefilters for the intake of your filter. Pic related is mine.

I'm doing a 50% water change today on my 65 cause I've been lazy and neglected it the past two weeks. I've only been using tap water til now but plan to switch to ro/di cause I've had a few algae blooms. So question is, should I buy ~30g of spring or distilled water? It's probably already pretty hardy in there considering the algae.. so I'm guessing distilled?

>>2436773
You buy jugs of water to do water changes?! Dude just get a big trash can and fill it up with regular tap water and let it sit for a day or two than fill the tank up with the trash can water.

>>2436773
Do you leave the light on all the time?

Has anyone here owned discus? What should the light cycle be?

>>2436602
I don't care if the anon kills a $35-$75 anemone, I've killed 10 or 15 of them myself.

I'm just telling him it WILL die quickly in that uncycled tank with no live rock. They tend to die even in mature tanks, there's no chance it's going to last in that troll tank of ignorance and death.

>>2436820
I've kept and bred discus
they don't care about the light cycle. I used to just run my lights all day.

>>2436758
I've been looking around to find out what sort of sponge/foam is used for filters, prefilters, etc to see if it's cheaper to buy it in bulk and/or not being marketed as SPECIAL AQUARIUM MATERIAL, that way I can just get big pieces and cut them all down to what I need for each application.

>>2436734
Yes, they're quite easy to care for.

>>2436639
>suggestions
A 75 gallon gives you way too many options to list. What kinds of things are you interested in?

Axolotls are really easy. You should use find grain sand or smooth rocks at least twice the size of their head. Avoid anything sharp that might tear their skin. Keeping the water cool (72 or lower being ideal) is important. Frozen 2 liter water bottles can be used if it gets warm, or a cooling fan. A full chiller is useful, but expensive. Light should be dim and don't use any added chemicals besides dechlorinator. Hikari carnivore pellets are good as a dry food. Earthworms and insects are also good food. You'll need a high capacity filter that's also low flow. Canister filters are good for this because the output can be directed at a tank wall. Or you can use a cheap HOB filter and just baffle the output.
Small shrimp and snails can be kept in the tank as live feeders. Don't use larger snails like nerites and mystery because they can choke on them. I wouldn't recommend feeder fish because they can bite at the axolotl's gill filaments. The only suggested tankmates would be some other axolotls. Anything small might get eaten by the axolotl and anything large can take chunks out of the axolotl.

>>2436756
10 gallons would be extremely cramped for a fully grown 8-10 inch axolotl.
Granted, 75 gallons is overkill for a single one, but he could keep a few of them together without much issue.

>>2436811
Will a trash can not break? I've actually been trying to find a big water barrel today buy but no one sells anything. Trash can is a good idea though if I can find a sturdy one.

>>2436812
Only like 6 hours. Its a cheap t8 or some that came with the aquarium. But the rocks are awfully close to it so that probably doesn't help.

>>2436840
You can use pretty much whatever you want as filter material, so long as it doesn't have anything that will leach into the water. I buy cotton batting in bulk because it's easy to rinse.
A coarse foam (or some sort of sock) is better for prefilters, too dense or fine of material cuts off too much flow.

>>2436856
Wouldn't cotton rot/get eaten by certain (mostly microscopic) things? Wouldn't nylon or poly batting be better?

Part of my looking around is trying to research "does this have anything that may or may not leech, or does it potentially have harmful dusts in it from manufacturing" and sometimes such information is hard to find. Like trying to get ideas about PAR ratings for random light bulbs at Lowe's. I've sort of given up on DIY/nonspecialized lighting solutions since a Nicrew for my tank is 30 bucks, and even a Finnex+ 24/7 Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Growlight is only 73 bucks.

Still looking into building my own hood for a 20g-tall tank that will accomodate my HOB, cords for my heater and circulator, and will fit a light UNDER it. It also needs to withstand my cat. Right now my best solution is one of those wire mesh terrarium lids, which I took a small saw to to cut out one corner for the HOB and my heater. My 36W Archaea T5 light is just resting on top of it making it rather warm, and the mesh is killing my light intensity (which might be helping me, honestly.

>>2436750
Tiger barbs would tear them up, but there are tons of small, peaceful barbs that would be okay with adult amano shrimp. I have cherry barbs with mine. Others like snakeskin and five-line barbs would also be safe.

It's really easy to baffle a filter. You can use a cut up water bottle to do it.

Fluval stratum doesn't have any nutrients in it, but it has a high CEC which is good for plants and makes root tabs and liquid fertilizers more effective. It works well, but not as well as the other options being discussed.

>>2436751
There's only one website I've seen that sells it pre-mineralized and they're always out of stock. Regular topsoil is usually $2-3 for a cubic foot (the cheap stuff is actually preferable for this), which is enough for a 55-75 gallon tank depending on the amount of debris in the bag.

The mineralization process takes 2-4 weeks if done the "correct" way. The way I did it would take a couple days. You could do a small batch in a single day if you used an oven, but it'll stink your house up really badly.

>>2436840
It's just called "coarse foam." It's not used in very many other applications, but you can find large sheets of it for cheap from Asian vendors on Amazon and eBay.
amazon.com/dp/B00MNMFJFE/

>>2436852
I would think most of the thick plastic ones would hold up. Just don't get the ones with wheels.

>>2436852
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RD9F9OI/ref=twister_B073WX8N5X?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

This is what you need. 45 bucks and free shipping. Put it next to your tank fill it up and there is your water. No jugs required!

I've read RODI water will still contain (due to the method) any particles that are not explicitly chemically filtered or removed by the DI unit which are as big or smaller than the water molecules, but I'm curious what all would be common in city water that would make it through an RODI unit if I were to buy one. Mostly I am curious if the products and processes required to get RODI water prepped for a tank are at all different from using distilled water?

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How do I get these marks off my tank??

I am looking for something for my snails to eat. I have really soft water so my snails' shells are erroding. I have already put a cuttlebone in each of my tanks, but I don't think it is enough. What can I feed them to help their shells? Would Tofu be okay? I know that it has a lot of calcium.

>>2436672
Invest in a canister. That HOB is going to kick your pool sand up right at the front glass.

I don't know that I'd ever do a tank with only glofish, but I once threw one glofish skirt tetra in with my school of black skirts because I found one radioactive green fucker in a mob of wild types funny. It seemed happy and healthy.

Well I think that I figured out where all my ramshorn and MTS snails went. My damn gourami has been eating them. Here I was wondering where they all went so I put some ramshorns from another of my tanks in and the bastard starts sucking them right out of their shells! And they were pretty big snails! Maybe I shouldn't add those mystery snails after all. . .

>>2436961
That does sound pretty funny.

>>2436700
Plz respond
Yes I am this new and retarded

>>2434484
>he doesn't coat his tank with insulin in case his fish are diabetic

>>2436846
>Yes, they're quite easy to care for.
That's great news
They're still alive so i think I've done alright
Been researching them, described as "very hardy"
I've always hated cichlids, my tanks are peaceful tanks
But i can never turn down a fish that's about to be flushed, and these guys will have a tank to themselves here
I'll update someday. Maybe. Maybe not. Thanks for responding

>>2436811
I left 2 gallons in a bucket for 2 and a half days. The water changed from "dangerous" to "harmful" when I tested it using my strips. Even used conditioner

>>2437061
In terms of ammonia anyway

>>2436956
I run a SW tank with an aquaclear 50 with a pretty fine sand bed and it never stirs anything.
>>2433694

If you washed the sand very thoroughly you'd be surprised on how well it can stay put , 850 gph total on my 20 high and the sand is all good.

>>2437017
Its fine anon clean away

>>2436938
Melamine foam eraser, Barkeeper's Friend, razor blades, muriatic acid if those don't work.

And stop jizzing on your tank.

>>2436953
Make snail jello out of Tums or ground up eggshells.

>>2437102
I tried melamine sponge and the razor blade but those didn't work. Where do you find muriatic acid?

Hey my fish love the protein ok

>>2436927
It's kind of a still debated topic, but most people agree RO water is 99% identical to distilled.

>>2437108
Distilled water is PURE water with no minerals. RO water is left with some

>>2436927
It depends on the RODI unit, some filter better than others and you can also buy additional cartridges that eliminate stuff a normal unit lets go.

The main thing you're going to get in most of the world is silica since your standard RODI doesn't remove it. Silica feeds diatoms, but that's about it.

>>2437106
They should have it at any home improvement store like Home Depot, usually in gallon jugs.

>>2437120
RO will leave behind small molecules.
DI will leave behind unionized molecules.
Distilled will leave behind anything that evaporates at close to the same temperature as water.

RO/DI is far more effective than distilling for making very pure water, but for hobbyist purposes, and especially for freshwater, it really doesn't matter which one you use.

>>2435391
7.6+

>>2437061
What? You must have really shitty tap water. I would suggest drinking bottled water.

>>2437193
I think I'm going to go for distilled water + a buffer. If I use bottled water it might just end up being way more costly desu

>>2437174
Is letting your water age mainly for pH or does most of the stuff actually dissipate out?

>>2437201
Chlorine will dissipate, but things like calc or heavy metals won't. If these are present in your water you're better off buying a bottle of binding agent and adding a capful for each ten litres.

Okay so I'm thinking of getting a 5 gallon mini-tank to downgrade from my 10 gal which is too big for my little apartment. Gonna be a freshwater tank. The 10 gal is empty from when my parents practically killed everything after I left on a vacation. I want a Betta and something else but can't decide what. Can I fit any schooling fish in a 5 gal with a betta if it's planted?

>>2437300
>10 gal which is too big

sheit

I don't recommend any schooling fish for a 5 gal but shoaling fish can be fine since the body count can be lower

depends on your betta, inverts are generally fine but he will eat baby shrimp and possibly murder small adults. even if he is super rood a relatively large snail won't be bothered much. try some grown ghost shrimp, if he doesn't bully them then try some real shrimp like caridina and neocaridina

>>2437319
Honestly I won't be too pissed if the shrimp gets eated. I baught him by mistake anyway. What kind of shoaling fish? I wanted to get a few neon tetras. I don't need anything big or impressive in there but I fear guppies would be abused by the betta

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Can any /an/ons help me out? I didn't see a betta thread and I didn't want to start one since I had questions about the aquarium set up like pic related.

I'm leaning towards a 10gal since I'll just have the 1 fish and maybe a snail or 2. I really want a nice biotope set up for the little guy but I don't even know where to begin. I've been doing research online but I'd like some advice from anyone with experience since I've only ever done fake plants as a kid.

>What's some recommended plants for beginners?
>How many plants should I have in a 10gal tank to create a comfortable environment for the betta?
>Should I place the plants in the tank before or after the tank cycle?
>Do I need to let the plants live and grow for awhile by themselves before adding any fish?
>Any other recommendations or advice

>>2437360
If you're adding 1 betta to a ten gallon planted tank it's idiot proof. I'm sure other people will be able to tell you the correct methods but it's pretty hard to fuck up what you're doing

>>2437319
Or get something like java moss. Glue some of it around a piece of driftwood. The shrimp will love to eat various detritus that gets stuck in the moss, and they and their shrimplets can hide in it when they get stressed out, or molt. I've kept cherry shrimp with convict cichlids for years with no problem thanks to the moss. Sometimes I'll think it finally failed and the shrimp all got ate, but then the next week I'll spot another bunch of shrimp.

My city is facing a heat wave, and even with the heater off my tank regularly hits 27 and 28 degrees. How long before the fish start taking harm.

>>2437360
>What's some recommended plants for beginners?
Anubias, mosses and cryptocoryne are my top recommendations. Java fern, buces, vals, dwarf sag, swords, and most floating plants are also easy.

>How many plants should I have in a 10gal tank to create a comfortable environment for the betta?
Enough to make a "private area," and some broad leaved plants for him to rest on. You could get by with just three or four, but more is always better.

>Should I place the plants in the tank before or after the tank cycle?
Before. They help with the cycling process.

>Do I need to let the plants live and grow for awhile by themselves before adding any fish?
No, but it's better to add the fish after the cycle, so they'll be able to grow in during the cycling process.

>Any other recommendations or advice
Feed moderately, use a low-flow filter. Get a couple nerite snails and/or Amano shrimp if you want algae control. Root tabs make a big difference for plants.

This video does a pretty good job of indirectly explaining rules of proportions for aquascaping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTndI3A2rOQ

>>2437360
you almost can't kill java ferns. I've seen multiple plants survive bleachings.
Anubias, as said before, are hardy.
Aponogeton ulvaceus will overgrow in a 10g, even with low light, but if you're willing to do a lot of upkeep it makes a neat plant.

>>2437402
Depends on the species I guess. My mollies have been tolerating temps from 80-88 for 2 weeks now and they look good still. I think the most important thing if you can't control temperature is to have proper gas exchange in a tank and make sure the water is always pristine because things break down faster in higher temps.

Is this 26, 28 or 30? Or is it broken, showing multiple fields like this.

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>>2437503
Of course I forgot to attach the picture.

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What is this? It keeps showing up on anything "rubbery" like suction cups and things in my tank. It's gross and slimy and makes a huge mess if I fuck with it.

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>>2437540
This other white stuff keeps showing up on my heater, too. It feels like the stuff that builds up on the glass from evaporation.

Has anyone dabbled in home made monitoring systems? I was looking at some Arduino kits to do it but I don't have any knowledge on setting them up or if they're of quality. I want to be able to build a graph of changes.

>>2437547
Arduinos can do that, but if I were you I'd use a esp8266. It's sort of like an arduino, but with builtin wifi. This way, you can just program it to make a graph that you can then access via your web browser on a phone or computer on your wifi.

>>2437543
do you have hard water? It could be precipitating calcium

>>2435348
there's no argument to be made, I'm just letting you know that you're a raging faggot

>>2437610
this is an unfocused clusterfuck but it's nise

the moss looks so fresh

Resist discord cancer at
>>2436327

~ Trey the champion

>>2437680
Okay both of you get your things and get the fuck out. Nobody wants your stupid fight to eat up posts in the thread. One is being a whiny little bitch and the other is being an antagonistic cunt.
>>>/out/

>>2434392
>thinks dwarf puffers and pea puffers are different
Have fun killing a fish you clearly don't know how to take care of.

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>>2437684
More recent pic

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>>2435450
Why are they so damn cute ?

I have a ten gallon with a betta and four neon tetra

Would adding 2-4 more neons, and six Harlequin Rasbora be too much?

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Can I get a rate? Just finished stocking and planting my 70 litre (ausfag). I'm new to the hobby and this is really my first tank, I'm honestly rather happy with it and can't wait for all my plants to grow in.

Right now it's 6/7 types of plants, a big branch I cleaned and treated, sand substrate, double HOB filters, two LEDs and the animal stock is 10 ember tetras, 10 green neons, 5 corydoras hasbrosus, 2 otos, a pair of peacock gudgeons and a male betta. I don't want any more fish but I'd happily take ideas for more plants. I think once everything grows in more it will be really nice looking and getting into this and researching and taking care of this tank has been really rewarding for me.

>>2437894
Very nice anon. Maybe a couple more otos ? Whereabouts in aus ?

>>2437899
I'm down in Melbourne, and what, bump them to 5 as well?

About how much would you estimate a fully stocked ten gallon tank would weigh?

>>2437907
about 100 lbs.

>>2435450
What's it like being in the patrician's echelon of aquaria?

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>>2437931
Feels good man

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Can someone help me identify the plant in the middle?

>>2437974
Marimo Moss Ball.

>>2437974
Apple snail.

>>2437988
>>2437989
No, the one that looks like a fern behind the moss ball and snail.

>>2437991
Elodea Canadensis

>>2438024
Couldn't be. It's far too small and seems to reproduce by budding, not cutting.

>>2438041
ceratophyllum demersum

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Still getting my 80s tank set up! Glofish danios will do the trick.

>>2438041
It also branches. I might be wrong but it looks right. Might be some anacharis variant too, they also branch.

>>2438051
>Glofish
kill yourself

>>2438103
It's a theme tank, glofish are fine in it.
I hate people who put glofish in their normal tanks every bit as much as you, but an aquarium in a TV is a perfect example of where glofish are suitable.

>>2438051
>>2438111
no one is fooled

you have until the end of the day to die or else

>>2432507
My Endler's Livebearer gave birth to about 10 fry, but she ate all but one ;_;

>>2437558
I never thought that that would even work under water, but i think you're right. My water is pretty hard. Doesn't explain the gross goopy stuff on all the rubber, though. Could that be calcium too somehow?

>>2438051
>>2438103
I have a friend who loves her glofish danio. She got 5 and the survivor killed the other 4. It's lived happily on its own for the last 3 years (maybe more). Don't u judge ;-;

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>doing water change on divided betta tank
>one betta slips past divider while i was adjusting it
>the two just ignore each other completely after checking each other out for a second
>fill tank back up & remove divider completely
>bettas have been totally ignoring each other in the tank for 15 min
Obviously not a permanent setup, but I thought it was pretty neat that they seem to be totally fine with each other. It's a 10g, by the way.

>>2438303
perhaps they already made peace with the divider in place

>brown algae finally dying off and green shit is growing
Don't know if I should be excited or not...

>>2438317
Personally, I'd take green algae over brown algae any day, though neither is bad for your aquarium at all. It's just handling the excess nutrients.

>>2438325
That is what I read about new aquariums. First the brown stuff grows because of excess nutrients in the water column, but it will eventually die off. I'm kind of happy for the green algae, because I'm probably going to have like 100 snails within the next month. Once those get big enough, I'm going to get some assassin snails.

>>2437610
>>2437612
>>2437880
How did you choose the wood for your moss?

So i just got back from the creek which is like 20 min walking distance from where i live. i spent 30 minutes walking along the path. Coudnt find any good driftwood. So i spend another 30 min walking back and i find a perfect piece of wood (shit was so cash) so im trying to get out but its really dense with trees and branches. As im trying to get out i slip and slide like 10 feet on dirt and rocks. I would have just left but i left the driftwood up there. I decide to climb back up but theres nothing to hold on except a bit of root. I cant leave that wood behind so i gather all the energy i have to run up there like link in botw. I make it and all of a sudden i hear some teenager (probably stoners) say good job climbing that. I thanked them and walked home tired like a man thirsty af

I got some weird stares walking back with driftwood in hand ono

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Can i get an id on this plant? I THINK it was called something about an onion

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could anyone help me id like all of these plants, especially the ones in the background left and right corners.
They were gifts from petco and I'm not entirely sure the big green one on the right is aquatic.

settin up a 10 gallon
can someone give me a crash course of what beginner plants (java fern, anubias, etc) are background/foreground plants?

and as additional information Im running actinic blue lights and using sand as a substrate
I'll probably buy root tabs or whatever too

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also, rehomed the 3 sparkling gouramis. They were really terrorizing the other fish. It was fine when they were only picking on the redheaded stepchild (badis badis) but they started picking on the pygmy cory. naturally they had to go. I mean what asshole picks on a pygmy cory? they are perfect sweet things.
Peacock gudgeon is overjoyed at having the whole tank to himself. badis still cant believe they're gone

>>2438343
It was just what was available at my LFS. Im not even sure what wood it is

>>2433917
I would now generally advise against sparkling gouramis. Maybe i got unlucky, but I had three that were top tier bullies. They would harass the peacock gudgeon, scarlett badis, and pygmy cory constantly. only thing they didnt bother were the chili/pheonix rasboras. they are very cool looking though. I'm probably going to get them again at some point, but I'll do a species only tank instead of a community.

>>2434807
i fucking hate my nerite. He's a champion at staying alive, went through a broken heater that killed everything else, 2 amonia spikes an 3 moves. But that MOTHERFUCKER messes up my harscape every single day. He'll dig under the rocks, turn upside down and grip the rock. then he'll stay perfectly still while rotating the rocks. He'll toss it aside and move onto the next one. He lifts fuckhuge rocks and I dont know what to do about it. I superglued some java moss to his shell to shame him and keep him from digging, but he loves his mohawk and all the other snails bask on his green flowing mane. I hate that smug bastard.

>>2438346
Ah yes, the noble water onion.

>>2438357
all i know is tall ones in the back, short ones in the front.

>>2438259
your a fucking newb or a troll if it ate the fry they either are not real endlers or you fucked up and killed the fry yourself get the fuck off the board

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>>2437974
>>2437991
Is this a bad joke? It's plastic. I even recognize it from the shelves at PetSmart.

>>2438357
Most beginner plants are mid or background plants because they get kind of big.

Dwarf sag is pretty easy and foreground. Moss carpets and crypt parva are easy foreground plants.

Actibic lights grow algae like a motherfucker and they're not that good for plants.

Get some Osmocote root tabs on eBay.

>>2438435
Wrong.
There was 10 fry in the breeder box when I took my girl to work, when I came back, there was only 1. Where did they go? The mother ate them.

>>2438461
Why the hell would you leave fry in a breeder box with adult fish?

>>2437974
You're retarded, but maybe water weed might interest you? Looks kinda similar and it's painfully easy to grow.

>>2438500
I am the person who said it was Elodea Canadensis (aka water weed). I originally thought it was fake but then assumed I was just blind or stupid when they asked what it was.

Not sure if I should feel smart for identifying what it was meant to be, or stupid for not being able to tell for sure if it was real.

>>2438499
I read that Endler's don't eat their young. Ill have more in about a month.

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>29G tank
>Sand substrate
>Live plants
>Tryhard turbo light
>Algae EVERYWHERE
>Get 2 gold algae eaters and a moss ball
>Water crystal clear all the time

MAGICS!

>>2433183

Make the tank great again.

>>2438457
yeah I didnt think they would be good for growing plants
but they were on clearance

is there an aqueon tube you'd recommend? thats what my fixture is/what my store carries

>>2438619
Jesus Christ your stupid

>>2438750
*you're

>>2438750
no u

How quickly does a Chinese algae eater grow?

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so i was gone for the past three days and I come back to see one of my clown loaches (I have two) lying on its side. The other keeps nudging it, trying to get it to swim. It swam to the top and now it's just chilling right below the waterline.

Wtf could've happened to him? The other fish in the tank are doing fine.

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Upon further inspection, I noticed he's missing his whiskers that loaches are supposed to have.

>>2433183
What kind of fishy is that? He could make any tank great again.

Please tell me you have a snail called Hillary.

glowlight tetras or platys for a ten gallon betta tank?

I'm planning on starting to fertilize my tank, along with DIY co2. Is it worth it to also get a better light while I'm at it?

The current light gives less than 1watt/gallon. I don't want it to be too bright, cause I don't want too much plant growth and have to fertilize everyday.

so should I get a new light or nah

>>2439184
neither dipshit use google

>>2439175
Gold Gourami, I believe it was stated.

>>2439233
Watt/Gallon seems outdated now. What light do you have?

>>2439279
It's a fluorescent bulb that came with the tank, says 15W on it. I don't know much about lighting, what's a more up to date way of measuring?

>>2439352
Increasing Co2 without appropriately increasing lighting and fertilization can cause problems. The stock fluorescents are barely acceptable for plants in my experience. There are a lot of ways you can upgrade, depending on budget and whether you can swap the hood or ditch it entirely.

>>2439243
i dont know what an opinion has to do with google but ok

>>2439184
Why not get cherry Barbs? They are really great fish! Just be sure to get more females (brown) than males (red). Either that or get a bunch or Cory cats and a mystery snail. Between the two you listed, I would do platies. Neither is really a great choice though.

>>2439531
is there a reason why my initial choices don't work?
I was under the impression that bettas really only chase fish with flowy fins
we have a betta in with our red wag and sunset platys in our store and they might as well not exist to him

>>2439352
Watt is still a useful measure for fluorescents. It's LEDs that need lumen (or lux, or candlepower). You can google conversion tables for how strong your LEDs need to be to equal a certain wattage light.

>>2439445
What kind of problems? I'm super down to upgrade, I just really don't want to have to fertilize more than once a week since I'm often not home.

I could potentially drop some $$ on some expensive lights if you think that would be good. What lights would you recommend?

>>2439540
Well platies like hard water and Bettas prefer softer, but I guess glowlights could work in that regard, but the thing is you have a ten gallon tank. Glowlights like to school and such a small tank doesn't really allow a big group. Either one will survive, but they won't really thrive either. If you really want them go ahead and get them. I am sure they will be fine, but there are lots of equally pretty fish that would do better in the parameters that Bettas like.

>>2439175
And a turtle named Jeb.

Bump limit approaching, someone make a thread

>>2439864
>>2439864
>>2439864
New thread!