/aq/ - Aquarium General

>>2469025
the tank has a colony of crayfish in there already.

>nitrites are a little lower than they were yesterday
oh boy oh boy oh boy
should I use fishing line or regular cotton thread to tie my plants down? they aren't behaving and need to be punished
or is worth investing in some aquarium glue?

>>2469033
Wal-mart (ugh) sells mesh hang-on breeder boxes for like 3 dollars, that's what my RCS are in to protect them from the guppies. I noticed shortly after getting them that one already had eggs so I am glad the babies are safe in there now.

>>2469035
Aquarium glue is just gel super glue

>>2469035
I tried cotton thread under the suggestion that "by the time it rots away the plant will be rooted to the rock/wood. This was not the case, I ended up using the rhizome's shape to sort of clamp it around my driftwood, or shoved it into cracks.

>>2469046
well my issue is with some of my background plants, namely these swords that the filter must be dislodging and they float to the top
fishing line might be best then

I'm gay

>>2469042
what has caused you to think that guppies will harass or kill neos

only shrimplets are at risk

>>2469050
I wasn't 100% sure if the guppies would be a threat to the adults, and then I found out that I do have shrimplets so it's working out fine. It was also to make sure I can keep track of them for the first few days/weeks so I know if any of them die for any reason.

>>2469032
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>>2469021
>>2469024
are any of these even aquariums?

>>2469063
No. But take inspiration from the wild. Nothing more beautiful than seeing the fish in their natural habitat.

>>2469035
>or is worth investing in some aquarium glue?
Glue is cheap as shit. It's not "investing," it's practically pocket change.

If you want to spend even less I suppose you can try super glue. Actual cyanoacrylate.

But the difference is going to be like $5 vs $4.

>>2469048
Shut up fag

>>2469070
I get it at the dollar store.

>>2469076
Well there you go. Buy some fucking glue.

PS. I bought Ista Aquascaping Glue for $2.50 at aquariumplants.com. However don't bother buying it from there unless you're buying other shit or shipping will kill the deal.

And of course, Joey made a video about this very subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKAC5L8G4oI

>>2469022
Dude, they take massive shits! I've only seen goldfish take such massive shits per their size.

Anyone have experience with Denison Barb? I have three in my tank for three years and just find out that it listed as endangered by IUCN.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/169662/0

>>2469297
>fish is endangered
strictly to wild variants. beaners, chinks, nips and burgers slowly disintegrate this hobby because "lul it's not considered animal abuse cuz da government said so"

>>2469345
Thanks doc

Anyone have an octopus?

Now taking bets on how many shrimp survive my online order having to sit in 110 degree weather all day. I'm going to go with zero.

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Pic is $150 worth of plecos at my LFS. Why would you spend so much on something that just hides?

>>2469506
allegedly they are easy to keep but they have like sub-year life spans so no one bothers

>>2469579
Plecos are actually really active fish

>>2469585
I love how they kind of glide all over the tank, go upside-down, backwards, sideways. It's like they are in zero g.

Would you ever use a sump in a freshwater aquarium or no?

What's the biggest thing I can put in my 65?

>>2469657
a betta

>>2469660
I already put two in there last night cause I was bored of them. Tasty snacks for my cichlids. Now I'm bored of my cichlids.

>>2469649
they're useful in freshwater for the exact same reasons we use them in saltwater.

Saltwater people are more likely to have them because we need as much water volume as we can get and because we have more filtration equipment to hide. Also they cost a few hundred dollars to set up so they may not make sense in a freshwater system that doesn't cost that much in its entirety. But just like in saltwater it will increase the capacity of your system while hiding your filters and heaters and junk. In exchange you get the annoying gurgling and flushing noises that go with an overflow as well as the occasional floods that go with a pump or siphon failure.

>>2469680
>Also they cost a few hundred dollars to set up
What? Maybe if you buy those rip off prebuilt ones. You can easily buy an aquarium and make your own with PVC overflow. The aquarium is the most expensive part depending on what size you get. I had a 20g under my main tank with DIY King custom pvc overflow. Cost me like $30

>>2469680
So you are saying that a 90 gallon with a 50 gallon sump is equivalent to a 140 gallon tank? A buddy of mine is trying to sell me one for 100 bucks. Its only the two tanks with no stand or pumps or anything.

>>2469649
>>2469680

exactly why the fuck nearly everyone universally chooses to use the worst possible sump plumbing system is a mystery to me

just drill your tank, hang-on and siphon overflows are retarded beyond my comprehension. worst case scenario your power goes out, the return stops sending, and the water in both your tank and sump stays right where it is

>>2469686
>The aquarium is the most expensive part depending on what size you get
people forget about the return pump. In SW we usually use something that can return at least 250gph at 5 feet of head. Which is something like a 550-900gph pump. You don't want to go cheap on the return pump either.
>>2469689
>So you are saying that a 90 gallon with a 50 gallon sump is equivalent to a 140 gallon tank?
yep.

>>2469696
>just drill your tank
still noisy, it's no different than a box. and you still have the box. and they both do exactly the same thing if the power goes out.

out of curiosity, why do you feel the need to offer advice on things you've clearly never done?

>>2469317
Burgers are of European descent. Argument invalid.

>>2469569
Why order if you aren't gonna be home? Shrimp have survived quite high temps though.

>>2469579
What's even worse are the balloon rams

>>2469763
Nigga the back of a UPS truck isn't air conditioned

>>2469773
They'll be alive.

>>2469657
Discus probably. Other cichlids also get quite large but you seem experienced with those.

>nitrites dropped from harmful levels to stressful levels
YES YES

I think I need a better gravel vac though, the one I got picks up more sand than it does debris, its pretty annoying
Should I just find a way to scoop out these rotting fish flakes by hand?

>>2469812
you could feed your fish less

>>2469812
Get a stronger filter and some fish that keep sand sifted, and stop overfeeding

>>2469819
>>2469821
I could do that if there were any fish in there at all and I wasn't cycling the tank

>>2469830
Why are you removing the rotting flakes if you're cycling?
The whole point of them being there is to rot.

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>>2469812
>>2469830
>cleaning your tank while it's cycling
Can't make this stuff up.

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I'm in the process of planning out an asian peat swamp biotope, and im looking to make it and natural as realistic as possible, anyone have any good advice on replicating the substrate, I was thinking of mixing peat in with possibly silt sand and using lots of leaf litter. no matter what i think of itll end up pretty messy so any advice will be welcome

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Why do they do this?

>>2469833
not that anon, but everyone makes mistakes setting up their first tank. there's a first time for everything when it comes to aquariums! it's always a learning process, which is one of the attractions of the hobby.

>>2469834
>I'm in the process of planning out an asian peat swamp biotope

i'm going to go out on a limb here and declare that sentence has never been used before in the English language.

>>2469812
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>>2469833
>>2469855
This is why cycling with pure ammonia is so much better. It's faster, easier to gauge progress, easier to control, and hard to screw up.

Even if you do something weird like a 100% water change before your tank is ready, big deal, add more ammonia. None of this waiting for flakes to decompose business.

>>2469845
vanilla 1 on 1 snail sex got boring I guess.

>>2469867
Where 2 cop ammonia

>>2469877
Any hardware store.

>>2469877
>>2469867
you have to be sure to buy PURE ammonia, not the shit in the supermarket.

>>2469831
>>2469833
>making retarded assumptions
jesus christ you guys
I have NO fish to feed
I HAVE NOT cleaned my tank
I'm musing about what I should as soon as its stable

>>2469932
It shouldn't be an issue, dont worry.

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So my tank has an outbreak of fim rot. Seems to be mostly effecting CPD and some chili rasboras. I've put these ASSHOLE mosquito fish in solitary because they started nipping at the fins of the sick fish.
How long is it on ok keep them in the tub? I want to run the full course of medication before I let them out so the sick fish aren't overly stressed. Will they still attack the other fish once the fin rot it's gone? Or do you think they aquired a taste for fin? Do they need the toilet treatment?

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>>2470108
Another pic of these fucking cunts.

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Small Arowana are the cutest fucking fish and you cannot prove me wrong.

I just wish I had enough money for a big tank so I could care for one of those...

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>>2470120

>>2470122
PONYO

>>2470122
Ok, what's this goofy fish and how hard is it to keep? It's too cute, I feel like the trade-off is that it must be impossibly hard to care for.

>>2470186
it's as easy to keep as any venomous marine predator

>>2470186

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5DvL85TSNs

Thats a lumpfish

thoughts on freshwater angelfish?

>>2470206
Some of the most personable freshwater fish out there imo. You can never go wrong with them

>>2470108
Yeah, that'll happen when you put Gambusia in with a bunch of pansy ass nano fish. Do a bit of research next time.

Can aquarium fish get fat/overweight due to overfeeding?

>>2470296
yes, and then they die ;_;

I'd like to treat my home with Nylar from concentrate. However, I'm worried it will keep my shrimp and other aquatic inverts from breeding or just straight up kill them.
The tanks are in their own room at the far end of the house, but I can't find information about how far from the treated area this stuff still has an effect.

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Hey guys, I just started my first reef tank. I recently added some more live rock because the amount I had was not cutting it nitrite wise. After placing in this rock I noticed this guy a few hours later. I'm worried I picked up a nuisance anemone. It's been about a week and I'm not sure whether I got myself a cool free edition to my tank or a monster.

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>>2470327
Also florescent at the tips and closes up quickly when it's no longer under full spectrum

>>2470311
Seriously? My skirt tetras are getting fat I think. They don't stop eating when I feed them tho so I assumed they were hungry

>>2470339
fish are opportunistic like most animals. their minds don't process that they eat on a schedule. they treat most opportunities for food as if they don't know when they will eat next. in the wild they constantly seek food and find it only occasionally and in small amounts. they are programmed to be hungry at all times.

so stop

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>when you decide to clean the tank that's long overdue and pull out some overgrown plants
>the tank fogs up with brown, and you're mindlessly grabbing and pulling
>then you grab onto something unspeakable, it's muscular, sharp, and very much alive
>so you scream like a little girl and pull your hand out of the aquarium faster than light
>f-fine, maybe it's time to do that water change
>you get the long tube, one end in the kitchen sink one in the tank
>and you go to your room to check your phone, but after a while you hear this weird splashing noise
>you run back, and you realize the tube must've gotten loose, so you managed to flood the kitchen
>it's a disaster
>after mopping for ages you're ready to clean the filter
>hopefully the cabinets won't rot much
>so you go to the bathroom sink, but then you realize, you completely clogged that one with sand when you vacuumed the tank earlier
>great
>you manage to get things under control, but with all your walking, there are wet footprints everywhere, so you quickly go over them with the mop
>only to realize half an hour later that the entire house is now fucking reeking of fish
>also the catfish is sulking and treating you like shit for accidentally grabbing him
>as a crowning moment to this trainwreck, when you finally collapse into the sofa, you accidentally knock over the cup of coffee you were sipping earlier all over yourself

Try fishkeeping they said. It's VERY relaxing they said.

>>2470377
What sort of catfish?

>>2469830
Why not just use spring water and add fish. It erases the cycling cycle. Why are people so dumb.

>>2470392
>spring water erases the cycling cycle
wow anon I didn't know that spring water already comes with a full load of nitrifying bacteria!

>>2470320
>>2470318
You could try turning off the air pump and filter and then covering the tank with newspaper. That's how we used to do it with foggers in our home on our counters. But we didn't have any fish tanks, just a 40 gallon breeder with a tarantula in it.

What fish make good tankmates for Angelfish?

>>2470327
hard to say, those bubble tips aren't typical of aiptasia.

if you're reading nitrite they'll be dead soon either way.

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>>2470424

>>2470377
Jeez dude, get your shit together

>>2470271
I did, got mixed answers so I went for it. Everything was fine for a month until fin rot. Some schooling fish single out and attack sick fish.

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>>2470424
Got the same fish I wish they weren't so shy though

>>2470377
What a little bitch

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Hang all newbs

>>2470432
The tank is is heavily planted and so many shrimp so mine aren't so shy. Always come up to the glass when I'm near the tank.

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>>2470510
Mine is decently planted as well and with similarly friendly tank mates oh well I've only had them for a couple months maybe it'll change are you attempting to breed yours? I am but may need to make some changes before I see fry

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I got some black neon tetras. All is going according to plan, except the store only having 5 in stock. I wanted 20.

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>>2470515
And a photo of the aquarium now that it's clear and kinda stocked.
Still needs surface plants and some branches.

>>2470513
I mean my tank is front to back side to side overtaken by guppy grass and moss. I am gonna attempt to breed them. I see them makes chasing and flashing at the females all the time.

>>2470516
>>2470515
Just breed them. Very very easy.

>>2470522
They're gonna hold the remaining 15 for me once they get them in.
I don't have a second tank to have them spawn in anyways.

>>2470377
Do some push ups m8

>>2470369
Should I let them fast for a bit?

>>2470377
Lol why don't you just drain your tank into buckets

>>2470610
Feed once a day and skip a day randomly once a week

BEST TETRAS TO HAVE IN A SMALLER TANK GO

>>2470652
Cardinal tetra

>>2470652
Ember tetra. Very smol.

>>2470652
Giant tetras

>>2470652
Piranha

>>2470120
They had one for $10 at the fish shop today.

>>2470697
I was actually considering some skirt tetras, because they got that piranha shape going on

>>2470191
>>2470190
>>2470186
>>2470122
Holy shit. New goal.

>>2470122
>mfw people say two nukes weren't enough

what's the best way to control snail population?

everyday i see 5 more of the little bastards. i just pluck them out now when i can, but i seem to be losing the battle so far.

>>2470757
get an assassin snail

>>2470186
Not worth it, Google lumpfish care and see the first link

>>2470781
The Wikipedia link?

>>2469580
>>2469506
an octopus injects venom into crabs like spiders do, but there's tons of people that interact with octopus and never get stung. i know they are super smart, but has there ever been a case of someone getting stung by one? how lethal is the toxin? do they all have venom?

>>2470809
Octopus use their venom as part of the feeding response, not fight or flight.

>>2470652
Whale Shark

>>2470782
Lumpfish Care

>>2470810
i was curious because i just saw a show about giant pacific octopus wrestling back in the 1950s. divers would go down and grab them barehand and wrestling them up to the surface. biggest octo won.most of the ones caught were sold to local stores, but the octopuses kept coming back for more. there's videos of them crawling all over people, but no one ever get stung. being so smart, you'd think one would want to lance its captor one day, lol.

>>2470809
>>2470844
>stung
uh what
octpuses don't have stingers
and the blue ringed octopus is the only one with deadly venom. which will bite you and probably kill you if provoked

>>2470700
how small of a tank?

>>2470864
ten gallons, pretty well planted
if I was going to go for slightly larger tetras like diamonds or skirts I was thinking 5 of them would be a nice number.
I would like 7, but that might be pushing it

Any good advice or articles on how to successfully aquascape a nice looking aquarium? I feel like mine looks like shit compared to most aquariums I see posted here.

>>2471177
post a picture of your tank, a stocking list, and whatever wood and rocks you're trying to use

>>2471177
>>2470432
what does your's look like homie this one is mine

>>2470873
yeah you cant do seven retard

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>>2471187
>>2471189
It's a 55 gallon.

Fish:
2x Angelfish
White Cloud Mountain Minnows
Neon Tetra
Ember Tetra
M/F Guppies
M/F Endler's
1x Pleco
2x African Dwarf Frog
Fuckton of pond snails

Plants:
1x Amazon Sword (back right corner)
A few Willow branches
1x Moss ball
Micro Sword (left of the willow)
Bunch of Java moss
1x Pothos vine
1x Anubis nana

Other shit:
3x groups of rocks
1x piece of driftwood
1x fake log

I just picked up some Dwarf Baby Tears, Dwarf Hairgrass, and a Lily bulb yesterday, but I haven't planted them yet. I want to get a nice big/long piece of driftwood, but I don't really want to buy one. I checked LFS, and they only had mopani driftwood like the one pictured. Some of the pieces were much larger, but none of them were long like branches.

>>2471198
there's too much shit in there, it looks cluttered. create like two focal points with the hardscape. neon gravel looks ugly in my opinion but the larger rocks vary too much in color too. try to keep it simple and it will look much better.

>>2471198
yep it's pretty shit but we can fix that. I won't get too autistic about parameters and welfare and whatever but you're housing blackwater species that prefer soft acidic water with species that prefer hard alkaline water. you also have temperate/hillstream species that are found in waters 10-20 degrees cooler than the others. if your fish aren't dying then whatever but if you want to go the extra mile then simulating natural conditions is very transformative for an aquarium since it alters animals' behavior significantly

the most basic retardproof guideline is the rule of thirds. here I divided your tank into rough thirds and the stars are the magical focal points. these are where you want to anchor a small eye catching plant or where you want the point of a rock to terminate.

you could start by piling rocks in one back corner and having the pile thin out as it spreads forward and out. but none of the rocks really match. to make any more progress you really need to remove and replace a lot of stuff because you basically have a pile of legos and mega bloks that just aren't going to fit together no matter how much you want them to.

>>2471209
>>2471213
>>2471215
I guess I'll start by stacking all the brown rocks in the back left corner. I want to put the willow branches back there, but my girl is convinced they look better in the front. She said tall-in-back rule only applies to the middle, but I don't agree with her.

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>>2471224
yeah ignore her

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>Make aquarium, get bored with it
>Make another aquarium, get bored with it
>Make a big ass aquarium, get bored with it

Sigh

With plants grown in rockwool, do you plant the whole chunk of rockwool, break it up, or remove the bottom half of it at ll?

>>2471242
Quit the hobby, you like instant gratification too much

>>2471242
start a saltwater tank.
they get better with age, they take years to even start to get good, and if you do it right you can ignore them for weeks at a time.

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Does anybody know what this plant is? My buddy gave me some and told me it was from around where I live, which is north-east US. It used to grow super tall but recently it's stopped without fish in the tank

>>2471372
My guess is some sort ov vallisneria or dwarf saggitariu

>>2471268
I took mine out of it because its fucking ugly
they're doing alright so far
just be careful about the roots if you're taking it out

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What the heck is this? Do I need to burn the Aquarium down?

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>>2471470
I've seen nematodes before and I don't mind them, but this doesn't look like one.

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>>2471471
Another.

>>2471470
Looks like planaria

I found an old turtle canister filter, can i fill one side with sponge and one side with those macaroni media and have it work for a fish tank.
Ive got a 10g and its rated for 15-30g

>>2471485
But no triangular head? I thought planaria had triangular head.

>>2471198
>Fuckton of pond snails

i have this problem too. they're such pests. they breed like rabbits.

>>2471529
It is not always very pronounced.

Tfw bun chewed a hole on my water changer >:(
Any fixes? I was thinking duct tape

>>2471288
I'm really thinking about it
>>2471303
I ignore my fresh water tanks for months at a time, does that count?

(not really, I still feed the fish and do top offs)

>lost power for about two hours while I was asleep
The canister filters for my turtle tank have been off during that span of time and restarted on their own once power came back.
Is the bacteria kill and have to clean them out completely or would a larger water change be enough?

My pleco ballooned up and his fins look like they might've been bitten off in some spots but that can't have happened what do I do please I want to save my pelc

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How does the buzzing noise that Co2 solenoids make not drive people mad?

>>2471758
you know the canister doesn't purge all water and gases and UV sterilize itself when the power goes out right

>>2471198
>micro sword
>dwarf hair grass
>dwarf baby tears
Good luck in that low tech.

>>2471917
Low tech meaning no CO2 or something different?

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>>2471198
Thoughts?

>>2471940
Is it micro or pygmy chain sword?

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Hey all, i need help, i used to have 2 of pic related and one started to wear off, like his gas bladder was broken or something and after some hours he died, now the second one after days of the incident, he is acting the same, in the bottom of the aquarium and swimming upside down, i think he will die soon too, i dont know why they are dying, i have zebras, swords and those orange with black stripes fishs all fine, checked the water too and it was perfect, only that it was very hard (always been like that)

>>2471968
It was labeled micro sword when I purchased it.

>>2471988
Did it have a Latin name on the tag?

>>2471973
Let it die. They aren't meant for tanks less than 6ft.

>>2471991
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis

>>2471994
or maybe Lilaeopsis mauritiana. I don't have the tag anymore, but I just checked the stock for the shop I bought it. Right now they have "micro sword mat" which is Lilaeopsis brasiliensis, but I checked archive.org and they had something called Narrow-leaf Micro Sword "Lilaeopsis mauritiana" and I think that is the one I bought months ago.

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Close up of the rocks and plants. I just chopped the bottom half of the rock wool off. Seems to be doing ok. I need to find a better spot for the moss ball though.

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>>2472022
Dwarf Hair Grass. I ended up kind of sandwiching the roots between two pieces of nylon screen so it wouldn't float away. I kept the sandstone because it reminds me of my state.

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>>2472024
You can see the lily in the previous pic to the right of the sandstone.
More rocks... I trimmed the Amazon Sword because it looked like shit. The micro sword was already in the aquarium, but it kept coming up. I ended up separating it from the rock wool and attempting to plant the chains or whatever they are called. I used a piece of gravel with a zip tie tied to it with a small lead weight on the other end to help keep the plants from floating away. Then I added gravel. I will probably remove the two zip tied gravel pieces in a couple of weeks.

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what fish is this?

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>>2472037
Same?

>>2472038
that makes sense, I noticed the feelers on it, but I didn't think there were any gouramis that big

>>2471579
It's not unpronounced, it's inexistent. That's not planaria.

I want an aquarium. There's a 55gal one with LED lights on craigslist for cheap.

How much can I expect to spend to get things all set up?

Would I be a huge fucking idiot to consider saltwater? I'm a first timer.

What are aquarium tropes I should avoid?

Share with me some cool, non-cliche ideas for aquariums to consider.

>>2472073
A decent HOB filter will be like 60. You will need an air pump with airstones or preferable a sponge filter. Those together should be about 20. You will need about 25lbs of gravel and the price depends on what type you get. You could also get decor/plants for the tank. You will need fish food and water dechlorinator, which will probably be another 20.
Most people here will recommend running your tank for about 4 weeks without any fish in it to cycle the tank. You could put some snails or small feeder fish in it to help the process. I would stay away from saltwater until you get a firm grasp on freshwater.

>>2472082

Thanks senpai

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These bastard planarian worms have disgraced my tanks with their filth for the last goddamn time. What bait can I put down for them? No chemicals because I don't want to kill my shrimp.

>>2472090
Remember, not all fish get along and not all fish live in the same conditions. You may want to do extensive research on the types of fish you are considering keeping.

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>>2472037
>>2472038
That's a giant gourami, Osphronemus goramy. Here's a pic of my 6" baby Osphronemus exodon, very similar species but slightly smaller.

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>>2472271
heres a slightly better pic of him as well as the faggot baby fahaka puffer chewing on his fins

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What's the minimum tank size for an Iridescent Shark? Can it be kept in a [heated] outdoor 200gal pond?

>>2471198
your tank is bad and you should feel bad im the guy that asked to see your tank and dude why do you have cold water fish mixed in with your tropical fish. You know those angels are gonna eat so much shit when they grow up right? Or that if you have two males they will injure the fuck out of eachother until someone is seriously hurt or dead or if you have a male and female they will start spawning kill everything that moves near them also they will stop growing as breeding hormones kick in you'll effectively stunt your fish is what ive seen heres my advice to you start reading up use google and dont be such a dumb motherfucker again you wasted so much or your money man most of that shit both plants and animals are gonna die and its all your fault

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>bought 1 large twisted val
>couple months pass and val is larger and has spread
>cut the baby val and replant in same aquarium
>none of them grow and constantly get uprooted
>large val decides to lose its leaves and regrow
IM GONNA SCREAM

>>2471940
>>2472303
heres my thoughts you fuck

>>2472271
hey asshole thats a beautiful fish take care of it get rid of that motherfucking puffer

>>2472305
who is val

>>2472293
Might be fine if it's enough space for them to move around since they get to +3' long.

>>2472308
haha ok, kid

Can snails transfer from tank to tank via fish? I want to swap some fish over to my new tank but I don't want to spread the snails. Also what about via plants?

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>>2469019
What do you think about this fish?

>Black Moor
Black Telescope

>>2469345
Such a cute!
Is that a baby on the side too?

>>2472770
By plants, yes. Fish, no.

>>2472803
there are at least 6 baby succ in that pic

>>2472073
>>2472082
>>2472100
Saltwater is great, but only consider it if you are looking to spend a ridiculous amount. Even the super budget stuff reefers think is cheap is expensive as fuck compared to freshwater.

Tropes you should avoid are probably tropes in general. It's cool to source all from the same place but ease of maintenance and compatibility should be primary concerns rather than one biotrope.

If you mean in general what to avoid, that really depends on your level of commitment and, super important, your water parameters. Test your water first. It is very easy to take care of freshwater fish that are already suited to your water's parameters rather than trying to tweak the shit out of your parameters every time you need to do a water change or need a top off.

E.g. if your tap water is pH of 7.4, don't bother looking at fish that greatly prefer 6.5. It can be done but it's more hassle than it's worth for a first time keeper.

Gravel is actually optional depending on what you stock your tank with. Many fish don't give two shits about decor. For instance if you get hatchetfish, which stay at the top of the tank, they won't even ever know if you have gravel.

Aquaclear is the gold standard for most people for HOB. An aquaclear 70 (up to 70G) is about $50. Lots of room to play around with.

Air pump/stones are also dependent on the fish you get. Many fish won't need them, although with your tank size, if you do decide to go for larger fish, some of them will require them.

Biggest thing to look up is cycling (nitrogen cycle), which >>2472082 mentions.

TL:DR; find out your tap water parameters, choose fish based on params and your tank square footage, figure out what equipment/decor you need after that.

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>>2472843
i like this explanation of the nitrogen cycle

So I just learned that sphagnum and peat moss are the same thing
I've got a bag of it I use to keep up humidity in my ball pythons enclosure
can I just take a handful of this, pop it in a filter bag and throw it in my filter to soften my water a little?

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>>2472854
>So I just learned that sphagnum and peat moss are the same thing

>>2472860
>Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as peat moss

>>2472854
You could, but your water will get brown from the tannins. Why not use R/O water? What is the pH of your tap water?

>>2472865
pH is like 8, but I'm more worried about my hardness
its like 200ish ppm for GH and KH
I don't mind tannins too much, I'm doing tetras anyways

My cycle just finished, so I'm trying to get parameters under control now. now do I want r/o water or spring water?

>>2472863
thanks b0ss

>>2472873
R/O isn't the same as spring water. Spring water will likely have some type of minerals in it. If you can easily get R/O, you should. How big is your tank?

>>2472873
just because soft water is acidic does not imply that making your water acidic will soften it.

Hardness means absolutely nothing unless you're trying to adjust pH. If you don't care about pH then hardness doesn't matter.

>>2472878
only 10g, not a lot to work with I know
I normally wouldn't even have worried about it, but my water seems hard, even by hardness standards

>>2472880
it doesn't? shit I assumed they were tied together, that by lowering one the other would follow. especially since my water has a LOT of dissolved calcium

>>2472882
lowering hardness WILL lower pH.
lowering pH won't necessarily lower hardness. It depends on what's available to be dissolved.

>>2472271
>>2472275
Thats not an exodon.

>>2472882
10 gallons of R/O is pretty cheap. If you have a dispenser nearby, just invest in two 5 gallon water jugs.

>>2472892
I'll probably do that, just to do water changes with it every so often
looking around seems to imply that 200ppm isn't bad, especially for farm raised fish

I think I just have new pet syndrome, worrying about every little thing that could go wrong

>>2472893
>worrying about every little thing that could go wrong
pH and hardness don't matter.

the only way they can hurt your fish is if you try to change them.

>>2472888
I agree with this guy. Definitely not an exodon.

any tips for helping a planted tank grow faster?

>>2472910
CO2.

>>2472911
do you have any experience with systems or chemicals?

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>>2472917
This stuff might help. They also have tablets.

>>2472911
>>2472920
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyrh-tS1E1Q&t=308s
how is this? advantages/disadvantages to chemicals over a rig like this?

>>2472911
Need more than co2. High tech it's pretty much necessary. Low tech no. Ferts and root tabs help. You can buy cheap root tabs on eBay. Flourish last quite a bit but if you do dry ferts it'll be much cheaper in the long run.

>>2472926
as the original asker this is completely unintelligible to me

>>2472929
Co2 does help. If you can do it then do it. Adding ferts and root tabs will also help a lot. Low tech means low-medium with no co2 and also little to no fertilizer.

>>2472931
Low-medium lighting. Sorry.

>>2472932
yeah right now I have low-medium light but I'm gonna ratchet it up a bit, and I don't know wtf I would do for fertilizer. I just have some bio-rock crap that I got in a huge bag. I think I'm gonna do the set-up in that >>2472926 YouTube vid because it's not that much more expensive and I want me some more bubbles in muh tank

>>2472934
Don't forget a diffuser. If you're looking for good lush growth get a seachem flourish and comprehensive. There's also some liquid ferts that are both micro and macros.

Marine Aquarium Reef livestream atm, MACNA footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZOHrIotLaA

>>2472935
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GCPM6K/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1GUA9CA2QKLYJ&colid=1648W9YP3W13U
Is this a diffuser?

>>2472939
Bubble counter. I've used a chop stick and wood airstones with the same diy co2 kit

>>2472941
what?
and what does a bubble counter do?

>>2472942
Counts bubbles so you can set your co2 to the right amount bubbles per second.

>>2472944
can't I just tighten the valve

>>2472947
They aren't necessary. Helpful. But not necessary. Get a wood air stone and use it as he diffuser. If you can any airstones running turn them off while co2 is running.

>>2472949
any other tips? does it need to be secured? what are some good methods?

Any anon who needs quick help can join the discord. Someone's usually there to answer your questions quickly and no judgement. I enjoy it there.

>>2472951
Not much else. If you have a circulation pump it's easier to spread the co2 evenly by putting the diffuser under it.

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3 nights in a row of petco dumpster dive. The filter only had a crack on the overflow and was such a easy fix. Fluval aquaclear, 7 anubias 2 species, 4 moss balls, big Java fern mat, 2.5 gallon aquarium, small carriers, once live live rock, 11 pounds of black sand, and small piece of driftwood.

>>2472957
do you just hop in the dumpster and nobody bothers you? i saw a youtube vid where a guy pulled a 40 gallon breeder out of the dumpster behind a petco.

>>2472959
Yeah. The dumpster is in a secluded area and not behind any fences. Last year I found a 40b also.

>>2472957
>once live live rock
their "rock" is just concrete.

>>2472962
Don't know what I'm gonna do with it. They charge too much for just concrete.

>>2472964
>They charge too much for just concrete.
I agree, but to be fair they presumably had to haul it by truck from some ocean somewhere. It costs a lot to move and keep alive.

It's completely worthless as a biological filter, but then again so is all the other fake live rock out there.

>>2472967
I guess I could wash it and put it in my dwarf cray tank.

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Anyone got any experience with 3 dwarf gourami in a 15 gallon tank? I just wanna know if they'll kill each other off or not.

>>2472974
Get 2 girls 1 guy

>>2472980

Does it also help that I introduce all of them at once into the tank? Dunno if PetSmart has any females left.

>>2472957
dude oh my god I get pissed at my managers for the kind of stuff we throw away just because someone used it once
we've got a bunch of stuff "to be processed" in the back which just means its perfectly good but will be tossed anyways

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I've got this 45 with some neon tetras, serpae tetras, and a handful of guppies. I'm eventually gonna make it a small mbuna tank and I'm just waiting to save up some money to redo it and buy the ones I want. In the meantime, I'm thinking about making it a species-only tank filled with just serpae tetras. As I was typing this though I started to think about doing all tiger barbs instead. What does /aq/ think?

>>2472994
That's fine. Fuck African cichlids though >:(

>>2472999
What happened?

>>2472271
>>2472275
What you have isn't an exodon

>>2472967
>It's completely worthless as a biological filter
Live rock or the "live rock"? If it is useless, why do people put it in a sump?

>>2473000
The world may never know.

>>2472999
How serpae tetras would you put in there?

>>2473004
The fake stuff is useless.

real live rock or even the dead basement rock is a decent media for growing detrivores and nitrifying bacteria.

the painted concrete Petco sells as live rock is completely useless aside from the cool animals and algae that they grow on it.

>Young female Betta Splendens hasn't eaten in maybe a couple weeks now, just lays around
>She's in a half-filled 10 gallon where I've been doing water changes every day or two since she stopped eating
>Water temp ~78 degrees (Could be 77? Not sure if the stress from that would kill her over the course of several months)
>Physically won't open her mouth for food, have cupped her in my hand and placed it right against her mouth
>Not even sure if she /can/ open her mouth
>Maybe got food stuck somewhere in there? It would be pretty soft and decomposed by now I figure
She still responds to stimuli and runs from me if I chase her, but I think she's nearing dead time. What can I do? I don't have much money right now, I could maybe afford a clove of garlic but even then I wouldn't know how to prepare it into a liquid. Maybe that and continue water changes and hope for the best? Or test the water to see if it's alright and then just leave it alone so not to cause more stress?

I know this is dead thread but any advice is helpful.

>>2473054
feed her a cooked pea, stop chasing her and grabbing her.

>>2473055
Oh wow, just feed the fish who refuses to eat a pea. Why didn't I think of that!

>>2473065
lol
sarcasm aside they seem to like peas. If she's going to eat anything that will probably be it.

if she's not going to eat anything then there's not much I can tell you except how to do a necropsy after she dies to determine cause of death.

>>2473068
Figures. Might clove oil her or something if she insists on just wasting away for too much longer. Shit's sad.

>>2473071
don't euthanize.

fish can go months without eating.

>>2472959
>>2472957
>>2472961
Sheeet a 40G breeder out a dumpster? Nice.

>>2472994
A big serpae tank is less common than a big tiger barb tank, so there's that.

I'm not too into big schooling tanks at the moment though, so I'd lean towards cichlids between those choices. However ask me again in six months and I'd probably change my answer.

>>2473054
>>2473065
>>2473068
These /aq/ threads don't really die. It just moves slow until we hit the post limit.

Epsom salt bath + blanched peas.

However I'm thinking she doesn't really have the jaw strength left to even eat so it's pretty grim this late in the game.

I seriously doubt it's your water quality at this point. You seem to be taking care of that just fine.

>>2473074
Large fish can. Smaller fish can last weeks but, in my experience, at the six week point it's really, really pushing it. At a month, a small fish may be still alive but could be too far gone to even eat.

Tough to say, but good luck, betta-anon.

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test

>>2473079
Yeah, it depends on a number of factors.
ime they're not dead until they're literally paper thin in the belly.

I sure wouldn't euthanize before the gut got severely pinched.

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>>2472888
>>2472900
>>2473002
How can you tell? It was sold as "giant gourami" but I know for a fact that the wholesaler has sold exodons as "giant gourami" in the past so after I compared it with the (few) pictures of juveniles online I came to the conclusion that it's an exodon. It doesn't make a huge difference because my tank is large enough for a true giant anyway, but I was glad I had the rarer fish :^(

>>2473098
you got fucking pranked. i dont know shit about monster fish and monster fish are for niggers.

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I hate third world countries so much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7GIzZJyqV0

>>2473185
Why? People have to eat. You seem to be under the impression that the luxury that is afforded to you is available to the majority. You can afford to live a life where fish are pets and a wide variety of food is ready available. Most can't. That is their primary form of food. You hate them for eating what did they can get their hands on?
If you had linked a video of people treating animals badly like selling live turtles in sealed plastic bags then I would agree with you. But the people in your video are just preparing fish for consumption.

>>2473192
Although I have to agree with you in respect to hygiene. This is pretty appalling stuff. But then again, think of where they are from and what their situation is. A lot of these people don't even have access to clean drinking water, let alone any semblance of an education. They don't know any better.

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>>2473192
No, I'm all for killing animals if and as long as you're going to eat them. I don't give a shit that they killed a fish that some keep as a pet, it's the way they cut that shit up. Why in the fuck would you ever let food be close to the floor or 30 cm away from your naked feet? It's fucking disgusting.
Look at how he swipes the floor with his hand at 2:00, I wouldn't eat that if you paid me for it.

And it's not the first time I've seen this either, once I saw a video of some other Asian shithole where they were cutting up fish literally on the street, ON the street with no cutting boards, again, ON THE STREET, right next to a light post where dogs and drunks piss. Do gooks not have hygiene standards in the slightest?

Like fucking hell man, I live below the Great Wall of Trump and not even the subhuman Mexishits treat food with this kind of disrespect.

>>2473192
this

>>2473197
Like I said, they can't even get clean drinking water, how do you expect them to get cutting boards and be able to affordably implement sanitation practices? Don't get me wrong, that shit is disgusting, but we were all living like that not too long ago.

>>2473197
The main problem though stems from a lack of education for the general population. They don't know to make the connection between sanitation and health. And the ones that do can't afford to do anything about it. It sucks. But to be human is to suck.

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>>2472803
Many succ.

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How long can I keep this crypt suspended before it die
There's algae on the roots?

>>2473306
Are you wanting to get rid of the algae?

>>2473353
I'm just waiting for some sand to come in mail probably gonna Be like that for a week

Hey /aq/, you guys seem pretty savvy so I've come here for some advice after reaching wits end recently.

Tl;dr backstory but I've moved frequently in recent years and ended up abandoning all of my tanks in the process. Right now I have a weather loach in a plastic tub and wanted to rehouse it in a proper aquarium again. My dilemma is that I now live in an RV, which I know fully well will never sit perfectly level like a house would.

This raises a lot of questions about what my options are for housing the fish. I'd ideally like to have a 20G long at least. But even that size seems like the water pressure on the seams would quickly compromise the integrity of a glass aquarium. As for what I've read on acrylics, it seems that I'd be facing a similar potential problem down the road. I've heard of plywood tanks, but would those be more or less prone to leaky/split seams?

tl;dr, I can't ensure that any aquarium I own will sit level, but I want to rehouse an existing fish.

>>2472984
they're like bitch bettas. some will kill each other and some will ignore eachother but it's kind of cruel to flip the coin. just get 1 or 2 you don't need 3 of em

>>2472984

Just wait then, you're better off waiting till you can get females than rushing and hurting your tank and fishies in the long run.

I have some fish in a tank an its been just about two weeks now, and today I turned their light on only to find them all suspiciously laying on their bellies in the corner of the tank, panicking I did a 25% water change or so hoping it would spruce them, but no luck.

They are usually very..swimmy, and poking around, today they resemble corpses more than anything, only moving from their cubby to swim about for a little while before going back to vegitating in the corner.

What do I do, they are just little feeder gold fish, but I don't want my lil buddies to die on me. Do fish sometimes just have a shitty day or something, are the depressed, bored? idk what to think I read a bunch of tips after tip on site after site and all its done is freak me out entirely.

>>2470515
Yeah dude black neons are super fucking easy to breed. I did nothing special for them in a 30 g community and they just started reproducing.

>>2473502
I just don't have a spare tank to breed them in and I'm an impatient faggot so I'd rather just pay for adults

>>2473507
No what I'm saying is I didn't even separate fry or anything. Like more just started popping up

I'm thinking about doing a dwarf puffer trio in a 10 g planted with some Asian stone cats and a constant supply of snails for puffer munchies. I seem to get a lot of mixed answers on if the 3 puffers will be cool or try to murder each other, what y'all think?

>>2473499
How many fish do you have and what size tank? Post a pic if you can.

>>2473098
>>2473113
kek he got you, you fucking asshat

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>>2473513
Well I'm at 3 fish.. its a bit of a long story, they all were originally single fin gold fish (the kind you just feed to other animals 17 cents) that I kept in a laughably small self contained system (1.5 gallon(s))with one of those cheap bubbler/filter setups it came with, and they did surprisingly well for about a month. Wanting to show them some care I upgraded the tank.

2 of them did not survive their introduction into the new tank (shock maybe idk) despite my best efforts care and precautions, and waiting and waiting and waiting as the new tank had its filter running.

So I have this new tank setup (5.5 gallon I know it's not much but for tiny fish that's huge upgrade I think..) and just 1 single fin gold fish, feeling bad that he was alone and watched his buddies die I got some other gold fish (the kind with 2 fins, they can't swim for shit and are kind fat looking, nice job evolution. Not the kind with the ugly bulging eyes mind you). About two weeks has passed and just today all of them seem to have taken a turn for the worse.

Really didn't want to share this much info cause I already know. 5.5? CRUELTY ! Little fishes need 50 fucking gallons alone by themself! GG! Says the experts..but the crappy little tank I was keeping them in might have sucked but it wasn't killing them..idk.. fuck.

I just changed even more of their water bringing it down to half way and still no improvement as I type this. The single fin seems far more hardy and indifferent but the two fatties with two fins may as well be dead already cause they just want to lay on the rocks, only moving if they notice food is in the tank..
(pic 1 of 2)

I will be transporting my 10g via a 3 hour drive this week. How do I make sure the inhabitants don't die. I have a crayfish and 2 snails

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>>2473534
Oh my fucking god upside down piece of shit 1 second. Fucking retarded phone.

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>>2473538
(2of2)

The two little fatties in the back seem to be taking whatever is happening the hardest. I think the single fin just sits near them not wanting to be alone cause he doesn't seem very bad off still moving around.

>>2473540
I only have a phone to take pictures sorry the quality is pure shit.

>>2473534
>>2473538
>>2473540
What are you water parameters? Do the fish seem swollen or anything at all?

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has anyone ever had loaches drag dead fish into their little houses?

this just happened. I saw a fish (which was alive and healthy yesterday) is now jammed into this tiny hole where my loaches live. I had suspected my Chinese Algae Eaters as being overly aggressive, but so far my current batch of fish has been okay... and now this. It's like they took the body and stuffed it in a hole to try and hide it.

Should I remove it?

>>2473545
All my loaches do is dance.

>>2473543
Is it possible they are sick? Maybe a catch all medicine.. Other than going full science on my water (I don't have the tools for sadly) I've been pretty diligent about water changes and letting it evaporate or whatever happens for a day or two before pouring it in cause the tank is kinda small..
An they don't really seem swollen beyond what they normally look like.. One thing I noticed is clear poop in the past 24 hours..an before that it was super dark reddish kinda. Not sure what to think other than I've damned them to die. Unfortunate, but ok.

>>2473556
No water treatment? Any heavy metals in the water will not evaporate even if the chlorine or whatever else does. I wouldn't be surprised if it had to do with that. Water treatment is pretty cheap buddy and it's a basic thing that most use

>>2473556
Well usually I see my fish shit is similar color to the flakes I feed. Is your gold fish shit clear or white?

>>2473556
Also, you said you do water changes, but do you vacuum your gravel? Gold fish produce a ton of waste.

>>2473559
alright thanks

>>2473559
>I wouldn't be surprised if it had to do with that
If OP's water was contaminated with enough heavy metals to kill fish he'd already be dead.

>>2473567
>OP's
>anon's

>>2473509
I guess I'll just dim the lights and stuff and see what happens

>>2473545

I took the thing (a pagoda that's been lying on it's side for pretty much years) and slowly removed it (two loaches (looking at me reproachfully) came out as I was lifting and I removed (with some effort) the dead fish and put it back.
The thing is, the fish is BIGGER at the front than the back and the holes in the statue are on a weird angle close to the side ( again why the loaches like it - nothing but tiny assasin snails can get in.) ) so it probably didn't voluntarily swim in there after 2 months.
Weird.
(and gross as the dead fish really didn't want to come out.)

Picasso onyx percula clownfish bonding process livestream if anyone's interested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qxZEQO4R5U

What's an easy to breed but unusual/unique schooling fish? I'm looking for something fairly small to put in my 10 gallon. Not looking to sell, I just want something interesting.

>>2473680
these things are the goldfish of marine aquaria.

I didn't get into saltwater to keep fucked up goldfish.

Im planning on converting my 20gl into a shrimp breeding tank. Are there any fish i could add that wont try to eat the shrimp fry

>>2473718
the canned answer to this question is otocinclus. however, they can be fickle and unable to compete with a large shrimp colony for food. and apparently they are super unethically sourced if you give a shit

you can try hatchets. if they could get to a shrimplet they would eat it, but they feed exclusively from the surface and mine don't seem to be able to eat fallen food no matter how hard they try. they certainly aren't able to pick through moss and search caves for shrimplets

>>2473729
Could corys work? Considering both are sucker fish

>>2473732
corys would techinically work, but they also would have to compete for the same resources

>>2473732
I know they take bloodworms so they can clearly predate on shrimplets if they really want to, but people say they get along. most likely fine, not guaranteed

>>2473735
Nice dude thanks for the info

>>2472778
I absolutely love them personally, but I'm afraid to get goldfish.

They live for so long, and are so similar to dogs in personality. I'm afraid I'll get way too attached and end up breaking my own heart if it gets some disease, because most of the time, vets won't treat fish.

How aggressive are gambusia?
I've got a couple in my tank right now just as a placeholder so something is feeding the ammonia eating bacteria while I figure out what im doing with fish

if I end up with like ghost shrimp and ~8 neon tetras, would they bother any of them if I just left em in there?

>>2473685
fish that are easy to breed probably aren't going to be unusual for the mere fact that they multiply quickly

>>2473747
Yeah, I don't really mean rare, just something besides neons or guppies.

>>2473718
You could add chili rasboras. They are tiny and very peaceful. They might still go for tiny tiny shrimp, but they generally stay at the top so if you have plenty of cover for the shrimp or shouldn't be a problem.

>>2473741
I've been keeping mine with CPD and chili rasboras and they don't really bother them. UNLESS the other fish get sick. Then I have to isolate them until the fish get better or else the gambusia will fin nip and Chase them.

>>2473741
They also try to fuck my peacock gudgeon. She is NOT happy about it and will slap them around a bit. That usually calms them down for a few days.

>>2473775
>>2473778
good to know
I just don't want to go through the hassle of tearing my tank up if I don't need to. they're pretty good at hiding

Floridian here, could I drink my tank water if necessary for survival?

>>2473815
Just bottle some tap water

>>2473815
I couldnt guarantee taste, but yeah probably
your water should be clean and free of parasite if you're using it for fish anyways

>>2473818
its not like I haven't prepared.
>>2473820
Alright, thanks.

>>2473815
Why would you need to drink your own tank water for survival? Your tank is in your house, right? Just get water from the tap.

Is something happening in Florida? I really don't watch news and I don't live in Amerifatland.

>>2473839
cat 5 hurricane is about to hit

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>>2473840
Oh shit stay safe anon.
>tfw central Mexico
>tfw lots of mountains nearby
>tfw pic related, me
Worst case scenario we get heavy rain and power goes out for an hour if that shit comes down here.

Feels gud

Just cleaned my canister filter for the first time and holy shit there were so so many snails in there. It got me thinking; what are some live food culture that I could maybe grow in there? Something Hardy that doesn't need light. I could remove media from the middle tray and have it growing in there.
If I had a pea puffer I'd try to grow even more snail in there. Like maybe shove some Java moss in middle tray, add one of those submersible LED lights to it.
Anyone do anything similar?
How do y'all have your trays set up?
I'm using pot scrubbies on first tray, corse sponge with lava rocks on top for tray 2, and fine sponge and filter floss in tray 3.

>>2473556
testing your water from time to time is not going full science, it's basic care. please get a test kit.

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More mystery worms. What the fuck. I cleaned my canister filter but when I turned it on this semi clear goop shot out everywhere. Did another water change and that was that. Went downstairs for a snack and when I looked at the tank there were fucking worms everywhere. Anyone know what these are? I know I'm going to get a bunch of replies saying "planaria", but please note the round head shape and lack of the 2 "eyes".
I'm going to be feeding my fish less to try and cut back the worm population but I've never really been sure on how much to actually feed fish.
I currently feed them micro pellets every other day, sometimes every 3rd day, a few pellets at a time.
I've read somewhere to feed what the fish can eat in 2 minutes so I've been doing that, taking care I don't drop so many pellets at a time that they make it to the substrate. Total amount is a small pinch of pellets. But still there are fucking worms everywhere.

Stock is 6 galaxy Pearl danios, 6 chili/Phoenix rasboras, 1 pygmaeus Cory, 1 habrosus Cory, 1 peacock Gudgeon, and 1 Scarlett badis.

How much would you feed these guys?

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>>2473948

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I need some help/advice. My crab died some days ago after days of being upside down and trying to get herself up (I helped her sometimes as well, not sure if it made things better or worse) plus having her last pair of legs in a weird position almost inmovile.
Then I took a closer look and noticed pic related which might be an infectious disease (doubt that it was due to my substrate or rocks).
The thing is that another specimen (or more) from another completely unrelated specie died as well, the only thing I could recover from him was barely more than the carapace and pincers, because it probably died during a trip I had. Not sure the exact cause but it seemed as the exosqueleton was kinda eroded as well.
Now three crabs that I got few days after the female one died are exhibiting the same kind of damage and I'm really afraid that they'll die sooner or later.

Is there a way to cure them or at least halt the infection if there is indeed one? Would the hot temperature (compared to their habitat) be the cause/incentive of this?


Crustaceans (it doesn't harm the other animals): Xantho hydrophilus/incisus, Porcellana platychelles, Palaemon serratus
On another note, of the three species, the shrimps are the only ones to seem unaffected by this. Dunno why exactly.

>>2473843
except you know mexino has shit people shit violence shit drugs shit in street your basically living in a third world country you poor piece of shit lolol

your the new poo in loo

>>2474135
haha ok, kid

>>2474135
Central Mexico isn't that bad.
Northern and southern Mexico are bad.

>>2474141
mexicant in denial I see so what diseases have popped up in your country recently senor?

>>2474142
yeah i know but for a mexican to be talking about how florida is shit is just funny to me you know cause of every way mexico is garbage to the entire modern world

>>2474147
>talking about how florida is shit
When did he say that?

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>>2474145
que?

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>Amerifat chimps out and derails the threadwhen I say something positive about my country, which is actually very rare for me to do
Looks like my job is done here

No matter where I go, politics seem to follow
I just wanna discuss fish man not about we dont get a lot of exotic fish here

>tfw lfs is slowly switching from mostly freshwater to mostly saltwater
I mean I know that's where the moneys at but still...
It'd be nice if the guys shop was bigger than my bedroom

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo0si7CoCi0

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>post on /an/
>summerfag posts either 1. politics, 2. retarded response or 3. buzzword
the cycle continues.

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Guys I need your advice. Got a gift card for an online fish store and I'm not sure what fish to get. It's down to either 3 more peacock Gudgeon or 6 more pygmy Cory. Problem is I'm not sure about how aggressive the Gudgeon will get if they start breeding or if this tank size is adequate for more of them. And the pygmy Cory have been a struggle for me. Tried twice and both times the batch of Cory seemingly died for no reason a week or two later. I'm leaving towards the Cory, and plan on seting up a 10g quarantine tank for them.

Ran everything by aqadvisor and I'd like some input. Does this look reasonable or is the website being unrealistic?

My options in the picture.

>>2475481
Leaning*

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Hey everyone! Just a few questions about sumps! I think I know the answer to a few of these, I just want to have another/more opinion(s?).

I am planning to add a 10G sump to a 29G system. Reason I am doing this is to learn how to do it for when I attempt to do the same to a future 75G system.

1) For the 75, what size sump should I build?

2) For choosing fish for the systems by water capacity, do I add the total water in the system, so about 40 G or should I just use the 29G/30G number? Im guessing this also applies to equipment size?

3) Drilling my own holes. In the 29, I can drill through the bottom. The 75 in the future should be tempered at least on the bottom. Is it a big deal to drill through the side of the tank? The goal is to stay away from the hang over overflow modules.

4) Is a protein skimmer mandatory? It isn't a huge issue, but I don't have one at the moment. If I added it later, is it a big deal?

5) How do you sumpers deal with power outage? Backup battery and run filter X time per hour? Manually pump water in intervals?

6) Has anyone built their own sump before? Do you use plastic or glass?

7) Refugium vs Sump? What is the difference?

8) How many media stages do you use? How many chambers in the system?

9) Is a canister and a sump really that comparable? Is it worth just getting a cannister, at least on the 29? Issue being I don't get the experience.

10) Has anyone built a control system for the pumps and stuff? I'm an Engineer, so the goal is easy obtainable. I am going to control lights with a 2.4gHz signal, pumps with pwm, manual heater and optional chiller loops, etc. Just looking for experience with it!

Thank you in advance!