r/aquarium

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I saw one at my LFS and immediately fell in love. I want to make sure I have everything I need before I get one, though. I read online that they needed a 10-20 gallon? I have a ton of plants ready, and some snails as well. I don't plan on adding any other fish into the tank immediately with the gourami, but is there a species they get along with?

Any advice in general would be helpful, I wanna be fully prepared.

These are at my LFS. What kind of fish are they and is it safe to coexist them with bettas??

Had my freshwater tank for 2 months now.

I have 6 neon tetras, 4 albino corydoras, 6 guppies, and 3 amano shrimp.

Loads of plants!

I just wanted to show it off really, but if anyone has any advice or tips, I’d love to know. My first aquarium so getting used to it all! Really want a second one already!!

LFS has this pair of fish that prefer a "mobile home" over the anchored options.

Currently, I have 12 Ember Tetras. I donated my 5 Sterbai Corydoras to the aquarium store as they had outgrown the tank. I have added 2 pieces of driftwood and will add more almond and guava leaves for stronger tannins. Next month, I plan to add 8 Pygmy Corydoras.

Good day folks,

Recently had my water tested and learned that I really should have been using a water conditioner as our water had Chloramine (I was ill informed that it had Chlorine so was just letting it gas off).

These were the results from three days ago before using the API AQUA ESSENTIAL.

Nitrate 5 Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0.1 pH 7.6 KH 10 GH 180 Chloramine 0.8

The next day I cleaned out the filter and did a 10% water change. Then added some API QUICK START to bolster the beneficial bacteria. My LFS suggested that the high Chloramine levels would have wiped out all existing bacteria? Though subsequent reading suggests that it should have survived in the filter.

Had a retest done today and got the following results...

Nitrate 5 to 10 Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0.5 pH 7.6 KH 10 GH 180 Chloramine 0

Could the ammonia spike being seen here be because the API Master Kit (that looked like what my LFS were using) doesn't differentiate between NH3 and NH4?

As a precaution I retreated with the AQUA ESSENTIAL today. I'll probably go to the LFS again on Tuesday to check the parameters. No water change was done today, so no additional Chloramine treated.

The tank houses a number of Endler and Bladder Snails and has been set up for about 9 years.

Had my freshwater tank for 2 months now.

I have 6 neon tetras, 4 albino corydoras, 6 guppies, and 3 amano shrimp.

Loads of plants!

I just wanted to show it off really, but if anyone has any advice or tips, I’d love to know. My first aquarium so getting used to it all! Really want a second one already!!

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While I am proud of the tank, my two mystery snails did sadly pass away due to unexpected circumstances. I’m not too sure why they’re gone, but they are the tank looks healthy. Generally, I did do some heavy maintenance on the plants, taking out most of the duckweed and trimming back a lot of the Christmas moss tree, but the rocks sand and Anubis do all look very healthy. I also am very impressed with the Ramhorn snail population.

so basically i have a 75 gallon that i house my Yellow-bellied slider in, the scratches in the tank arent underneath the water at all as i do have it a bit low for him, but i was wondering if i should be worried at all? i noticed them while trying to scrape off the hard water stains(which ive never done previously)

What do you think of my aquarium? Please be brutally honest! I am going for a really natural look. My goal is breeding some shrimp, guppy’s and corydora!

Picked up 9 tiger barbs today for my 20 gallon planted tank. They’ve been great so far even though I’ve only had them a couple of hours, fed them some frozen blood worms and they tore it apart (video included) I feel like the tank still feels a little empty, with weekly water changes would I be able to up the number from 9 to 12-14? I don’t plan on adding any other fish besides maybe 5-10 shrimp for clean up crew.

Anyone with a red tail shark please comment pictures of your set ups? Looking for some inspiration for a new tank. Here’s a photo of mine patiently waiting in a smaller tank for me move him into paradise.

My temps at 80, and ive got 7 guppies, pest snails(ramshorn and bladder snails) guppy grass, and anacharis in here.

my KH and pH are extremely high, can i fix this? what might be causing it?

My first time setting up an aquarium, I am planning on getting an australian redclaw for this tank. Does anyone have experience if this is a good setup for them? I have heard the little guys like to climb and also have caves they can hide in, so that's what I attempted to build.

Left some room to the side for some small plants and maybe some more rocks.

i am semi new to this and just did tons of research and switched to a fully natural/ live tank (plants decor substrate etc). looking for advice on what plants would be good to add and what i can do better in general! TIPS AND TRICKS for growing plants and what you all recommend are greatly appreciated as well!!

for context i have guppies, two mollies, and a otto! also looking into cherry shrimp as well!! any advice welcomed!!