Tanked thread! /b/ show me your tanks/fish

I've been wanting to get a fish tank for a long ass time any suggestions on shit to buy for a beginner

>>742525798
Start with a tank

>>742525798
The easiest / hardest to kill are going to be mollies and bettas but they are really boring if you ask me but its enough to get yiur feet wet no pun intended

My 10 gallon freshwater tank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRA05qDn7D4

>>742526874
That is a nice community tank very serene

>>742526874
Thanks m8 I probably won't get one because the maintenance seems like too much for me

>>742527041
If you feed properly, maintenance is a breeze

>>742527041
Once the nitrogen cycle is established and the set up complete it only involves changing 1/4 of the water every two weeks and feeding a few times a week. Occasionally I have to scrub the inside with a nylon pad to remove algae. Not really a lot of work.

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Trying hard to not appear as a battlestation thread, but this is my sanctuary.

>>742526843
Nice meme, Mollies are shit dont get them. Platys are better and way more hardier. Mollies are picky about their water condition.

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First tank i had
>2 foot 20 gall
>red tail shark.
>Black phantom tetras
>black ghost knife
>bristlenose

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My 20g long

>>742527305
Mollies/platys... they arent my cup of tea son... they are just a cheap beginner suggestion.

>>742527280
>no cover for the pleco
>no cover for anybody
fuck you

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Then i put fucking discus in??? And planted it. They died

>>742527383
Gorgeous, love seeing planted

>>742527280
I have bamboo in my tank. I got a bunch of tall ones and have the roots buried in the gravel and the leaf end sticking out the top of the Aquarium. It's like having both an aquarium and houseplants in the room.

Tetras are good starter fish. Catfish for the algae Go with a larger tank over 80 L. Don't get a tall tank their circulation is shit. Go to tetra and juwels homepage and read about their tanks

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>>742527486
>no cover
NIGGA I BUILT THE COVER

>>742527416
I used to keep Oscars so Im a freshwater chad

>>742527492
Because you had fucking rocks in it. Discus love acidic water and are very picky about it, you need driftwood not rocks you twat. You are mixing hard/alkaline loving fish like the red tail shark with fuckin amazon river fish.

>>742527723
I used to keep oscars exclusively, they have incredible personality

>>742527712
cover for the fish to hide in, not a lid for the tank you retard

>>742527836
Sooo much this.... im so exhausted explaining acidity and fish origin

>>742527836
Most aquarium owners I know are mellow as fuck. Are you sure you don't raise badgers?

>>742527864
Svetlana used to greet me every time I would come home :( I knew she wanted food, but it was that feeling of something else happy to see me. Things are better now, but my oscars were my buddies in high school. 7 years later I have two cats... I need to get back in the hobby.

>>742527997
Well, when you make an idiot mistake like that with how expensive Discus can be, yeah, you're a fuckwit.

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>>742527965
I was an autistic 7 year old when I was younger, had goldfish and would read every fish magazine, grew up learning about the ammonia cycle, pH, and so on.

>>742527922
You must be one of those guys who think they need the entire zoo in a tank... research what is compatible and you have zero issues... what in the actual fuck would an ARMORED pleco need to hide from when he is swimming with docile angel cichlids.

>>742528062
I don't have a Discus though. Just black skirt tetras and harlequin rasporas as well as an African frog and a couple dozen of cherry shrimp.

>>742528233
In douchebag's defense: cover does lower the fishes' stress

>>742528284
This is why we need forced IDs, you arent >>742527492 ?

>>742527383
Really cool anon. Makes me want to get a tank.

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Shot of my danio danio. Poor bastard, I was going to get him 2 females but apparently they are impossible to find. Guess he'll be a loner forever

>>742528426
He prefers the open end of the tank instead of the driftwood side and occasionally spends very little time in the terracotta pot. All essentials are provided but i understand /b/tards need to terroroze the most mundane details if they cant find major faults

>>742528696
Terrorize even

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>>742525635

Mine, around 60L with just one betta splendens

>>742528429
I agree on the ID's. Makes the conversation more coherent and cuts down on samefagging.

I'm not >>742527492

I'm: >>742526874

>>742528491
Fucking danios, they steal food from my more prized fish but i got them as filler fish to swim the whole water column

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>>742528477
Thanks! You should definitely get one. Very relaxing hobby. Had a red faced jumping spider move in recently. Pretty cool little dude.
Video of it
gfycat (fucking spam filter) Shocking Gregarious Galapagosdove

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The african cichlid tank!

>>742528922
I should have called it a Scarlett Basis. It's a different fish than zebra danios. Very shy fish.

>>742528819
where do you buy this shit

>>742529396
texas holey rock. i got very lucky and found a guy online selling it for cheap. locally it's 6 dollars a pound. you're looking at 240 lbs there

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>>742525798

Start with a guppy tank. It's fun to see all the babies grow I'll post a pic of my overstocked guppy nursery / cherry shrimp tank

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This is my quarantine tank with a silver arowana and clown knife, they are destined for the 200 gallon build that is in the works. Each approximately 5 inches

>>742528819
my planted tank http://imgur.com/hDNTl9p
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>>742529589
Here in texas $5 per pound is on the high end, im surprised that it goes for.so much more

>>742528233
the pleco does not know there are nothing but angels in there

>>742529825
shipping it anywhere outside of texas is crazy expensive

>>742529825
why are you buying rocks, do you not own a car?

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>>742529872
The tree has been barked up

>>742529960
I do own 2 cars

>>742527383
got some neat little gadgets on the top of that tank. Assuming those are for the plants?

>>742529696
Totally jealous

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>>742529224
Scarlett badis**

>>742528229
Im not autistic but i engrossed myself with learning proper husbandry of all my aquatic friends

>>742530250
it's a ton of work man. an almost everyday thing

>>742529663
nice clown knife

>>742530208
It's just some fans to help cool the tank down. Used to be really hot, I had a lid and some ghetto lighting and that was keeping it at around 80°. Removed lid, got LED lights and the fan and now it's 72-74°
http://i.imgur.com/jUdeN8I.gif

>>742530435
Nothing but respect, the whole reason i dont have a fully dirted tank is that evry fish that ive wanted to keep always uprooted them. This is why you see the glass vases in my main display

>>742529663

Fuck I envy you. Silver arrowana is my dream fish but I never have the space for a big tank

>>742530666
very pretty stuff.

satan triples

>>742530700
you find your angels uprooted your plants? mine leave them alone and just bred on the leaves

>>742530717
This is my ultimate fish goal, in all honesty if i have to get rid of every other fish i wpuld not be sad...

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Why stop at just fish anons?

There's so many wonderful pets out there to enjoy, and i'd love to share mine with you.

Pick a number, any number

>>742531013
Not the angels, but their tank mates.. i have rid myself of the troublemakers but i also grew fond of the minimalist aspects

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Too much molly's, I've been giving them away for weeks.

>>742531208
i feel you man. low maintenance is appealling

>>742531304
Infinite kek! Mollies are rabbits supercharged aquatic brethren

>>742531304
yeah once livebearers get going there's no stopping them

>>742531208
If you spend all your time in maintenance then when do you get to enjoy it

>>742531111
5

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meh, doesnt take much to maintain. one water change a month. No filter, no heater. just a light and a korallia pump.

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>>742531111
Sick, I have birds too. Which ones do you have? I have two of these fat Little assholes.

>>742531994
No protein skimmer??????

>>742531994
that clownfish is 13 years old. His lifelong mate died just two months ago.

>>742531044

how is he? what do you plan to put in with him tank mate wise?

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>>742531111
What's in 3 and 5? Here's my cat and dog for your trouble

>>742532188
I put a tv playing Finding Nemo up to his tank. he's cool

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>>742525635

>>742531304
Jesus those are some fuckhuge mollies at the bottom

>>742532188
I intend to have him in a solitary tank but ive thought maybe including large tiger oscars or silver dollars....still on the fence though as silver dollars tend to be a bit voracious

>>742532072
lol, no, a protein skimmer is absolutely not a necessity. I dont like using them on mixed (soft and lps) reef tanks. They have their place in heavily populated fish only or SPS stony reefs but they generally arent worth the cost or frustration. Just flow and liverock is all you really need. A refugium is a nice option and I fully support those.

Source- been doing this for ~15 years.

>>742532613
Thanks for the heads up I'm really not too knowledgeable about keeping saltwater aquariums

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Just got back in the hobby at a budget.
Any comments, recommendations?
Never had neons before, any recommendations on breeding and suxh? I believe i have two females and three males from the blue lines.

>>742532613
Refugiums are imo one of the most important things to have, especially in a saltwater tank. A lot of the rest is just fluff.

>>742532392

10cm ~ 4 inch :)

>>742531111
1, also them quads tho

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>>742532251
>>742531988

In #5 is just a pair of garden snails, along with 80ish snail eggs. They used to be my girlfriends pets and she kept them in a big tank with three other snails, but she needed to relocate them for a bit, so i've been taking care of em for a while. Just some lettuce, hiding spots, and a misting every day. They're bringing gnats though and that gets kinda irritating

>>742532813
Have you thought about bringing control fish or maintenance fission to the situation

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>>742532732
Something that helps it's differing levels of substrate. Not sure how to word it, but think having different elevations instead of just flat. Can really make an aquarium pop. Sketching different layouts helps too.

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>>742532019
I got two Budgies. The blue one is Pianissimo, and the Green one is Fortissimo.

Fortissimo is very loud and willing to be held

Pianissimo not so much. her flight feathers aren't clipped yet, gotta do that soon.

F. is a boy around 4-5 months and P. is a girl around 3-4 months. She got attached to him and gets scared if he's gone for too long. they sing and squawk to each other for hours.

>>742532813
control fish for land snails?

>>742532755
I had a 125 with a 100g cattle trough for a sump. I had a 400w halide running on a reverse cycle over the trough with some cheatomorpha. I would literally have to prune a 5 gallon bucket packed full every week to keep the growth in check. I used to have some pretty intensive sps/clam tanks, made my own calcium reactors, skimmers etc. That was until I discovered other fun hobbies like pussy, booze and weed. I like those more so for now I just have a 55 gallon with a light, korallia and an assload of pulsing xenia.

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>>742532813
Nice, I got a snail jar too, but the aquatic kind. Also keep fry in there from time to time. Right now it's also housing 3 mosquito fish my little brother caught at the river. I'm setting up a local river 10g for him.

>>742525798
get water

>>742533366
Kek, i got married, the fish are more interesting

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My tank before I let it go to shit. It's currently housing a puffer instead.

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>>742533597

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>>742532251
in #3 is a bin of Dubia roaches. I'd say theres around 50-100 hidden in here. #1 used to eat them, yet i've been weening her off the bugs and more onto the path of lettuce and fruits like blueberries and strawberries, since she's getting older.

>>742533395
Very nice jar, i've tried getting something small and nice like that but it never really works out.

>>742533572
My wife hates my Aquarium because I spend so much time on it. Good forbid I'm not with her every second of the day :/

>>742533710
Like. Thinking of setting up a planted. Carbon dioxide?

>>742533150
Thanks for the insight, at the moment I don't want to mess around with that, this is my first time dealing with live plants and the little pellet substrate. But that's defenitely something I'll do on the next restoration, when the time comes.

The plants were set this week, and some of them still float to the top from time to time (as noted in my picture)

>>742533715
Ahhhhhhhhh no nope. No. Gross. Your other pets are neato but fuuuuck roaches.

>>742533815
Yep. The entire co2 system ran me about 300 usd

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>>742532019
Fuck your birds, faggot.

Can't you read ?
>TANK THREAD!

You desperate for attention cum guzzlin' faggoting faggot nigger dick sucking faggot!

>>742525635
My Betta died today, it was healthy, it was recovering from fin rot but was doing well. Very confused but that's life.

>>742533710
Like it a lot. Only thing is the visible equipment. I usually spend too much time trying to hide it though, so maybe it's just me. What's up with your walls, my dude?

>>742533952
>You desperate for attention cum guzzlin' faggoting faggot nigger dick sucking faggot!

fish owners are never this spergy, what are you doing here

I have the privilege of owning an RTG Asian Arowana. I have the certificate on my desk. God, he's a badass.

>>742533913
OMG! That's why I make it DIY

>>742534008
My walls? What's wrong with them?

>>742533846
What I do with stubborn plants is use some fishing line and tie them down to some rocks. Lava rock is pretty good, just tie the plant down and burry the rock.

>>742533952
Where are your fish?

>>742534095
It was actually a semi diy project. The tank itself was desperate, I got it from a fire station full with co2 for almost nothing.

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>>742532784
#1 has my Beardie, Oizys. she doesn't like being picked up too much but once shes with you she calms down a lot

I used to carry her around campus on my shoulder during special days

>>742534060
To even say you have an asian arowana is a major privilege

>>742534100
Looks like a bunch of scuff marks? Like you kicked them? Maybe it's me, late and eyes are tired.

>>742534194
Separate* God damn phone

>>742533616
Is that a puffy tongue coral or a hairy mushroom middle left side of the tank? if its a tongue coral, get that thing on the sand. its not good being on the rocks. How long has that copper banded butterfly been in there? 9.9 times out of 10 they starve to death.

>>742534235
I know, mate. The store I work at sell them. I waited years before I pulled the trigger. He's in an 1800L system (8ft x 3ft tank with 4ft sump)

>>742534349
Do you have pics? Would love to see that Aquarium.

>>742533913
https://youtu.be/1JzvfHO31Ug

>>742534286
Nah that's the pattern on them lmao. To be fair I've wanted to change the tapestry for a while.

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>>742525635
I cannot believe that betta is still alive

>>742534349
Some day.... all my dreams

>>742534033
>>742534033
pointing out the faggots, faggot!

>>742534313
Live black worms my dude. Copperband can live a long life, I've had a few.. Sadly hurricane Isabel killed the whole tank.

>>742534425
Not gonna post pics of the tank itself in case someone on here recognises me. I'll take a pic of the certificate. hang on

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>>742525635
100 gallon / 375 Liter

>>742534440
That won't support all tanks. You only get about 2 bubbles per second which isn't enough unless you want algae

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>>742534534

>>742534447
Oh ok. Sorry, didn't know what i was seeing honestly. Anyway, nice tank. What carpeting plant is that btw?

>>742534566
Oh boy I love those barbs they're so interesting

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>>742534181
Swimming up your mothers ass, but we call them sperm, not fish.

>>742534456
Nigga your fish ain't gonna drown, put some water in there.

>>742534534
Badass stand but it seems you got tannins leaching into the eater bro