r/Aquariums

Hi! Please be gentle on me as I need to ask this question. My tank is 76 litres, which is just over 20 gallons. I think it seems much bigger than others I've seen, but anyway. I currently have four honey gouramis, 2 albino corydoras, a snail and a few shrimp. Google tells me my tank is super overstocked and I urgently need to rehome three of my gouramis 😪 Forgive me, but how is this severely overstocked? It's a relatively new tank with new plants, so they will grow bigger/fuller.

Please let me ask this one question without abuse. I really adore angelfish. Like I love them. I was going to get one for this tank. Just as it is (although my shrimp will be moving out). Google and everywhere i read tells me it's an absolute cardinal sin, especially since it thinks i have severe ocercrowding as is... I can literally invision an angel in my tank and not seeming cramped for space.

So just tell me this isn't Google being overdramatic or what can go wrong if I did get one? If I need another filter, I'll get one. Will an angel just kill everything? (Even if I get a young one) tellll me honestly without shaming me please xxxx thank you!

B. ocellata

The bloating was an accident but they're active poopers so they already look better. They love this spot by the heater for some reason considering they're cold water fish. They all try to pile on, so haven't been able to stack all four yet.

One of my favorite parts of Sunday is meal prepping the weekly gel foods for my tanks and look at how cute this mold is! I've only just started using a cute mold versus slicing up a plain brick of gel food, and it's really brightened up the prepping process. One fish is enough to feed all of my tanks for the day (210g, 125g, 10g)

Anyone else have a favorite ritual for their tanks?

Im fortunate enough to have a generator but I have no way to cool my tanks. They are pushing 81 degrees and its not going to be at its hottest locally for another 5 hours. Currently trying to freeze water bottles but they will be a few hours

It should be for corys but they all go nuts

Miss Mystique is too smart for her own good, like most bettas. She was introduced to some baby corys recently to see how she'd do in a large community tank in the future. Depending on how she does will determine the size of the permanent home. Either a 20 gal long up to a 55 gal sitting empty and beckoning. But here's the problem... I tried to feed the corys at night while she was asleep. But I messed up and gave them a small wafer they didn't have finished off into the next day so she chowed down and was a partly green guppy for a full day and change. I let her burn it off and decided to go with the sinking pellets that are smaller from my Micro Mix.

So, I wait until she's asleep and feed them and it works for a few days. Then one night, she wakes up while I'm doing it. And now? 😮‍💨 She won't go to sleep until I'm in bed asleep. Two observations was all it took for her to understand the routine, little genius.

I tried waiting her out a few times but she just won't go to bed because she knows what I'm doing. If I'm up, she's up. So, I tried blacking out the room and sneaking in when she finally appeared to be asleep. It was after 1am. (I'm over here doing the toddler room crawl... if ya know ya know.) She appeared to be, so I snuck close and dropped 2 instead of 3 just incase. Girl popped to life and came right over! She knew I was coming and was on screensaver mode. The corys were going to town then she shows up and crashes the party. Even when they're on opposite sides she'll go to whatever one they're eating. She doesn't follow the food. She follows them. So I removed one since they would just go back and forth and went to grab the other but the ramshorn had it.

Unless I'm in bed with my eyes closed, she isn't going down. If I move, she's up. 😂 She digests the balls much faster. I imagine there's less fiber in them. This video was her at 2am. I'll post a pic in the comments of what she looks like right now in all her glory. 🙄 Sorry, I talk to my fish like they're dogs so don't mind me... lmao

Recommendations from cohabers please?

Hello, I just saw this type of worm is present in my tank (1 week old, still cycling).

Do you guys have any idea on what it is?

Is it harmful or I can keep them?

Hi everyone, I am a beginner to the hobby and finally have the time to start my tank and my journey to being a shrimper. I have set up my tank yesterday as pictured here, and was hoping to get all the advice I could off people already in the hobby.

The tank is 10 Gallons or 40L, I started off with some aqua soil at the bottom, about an inch at the front and deeper towards the back to about 2.5 inches. I then poured another inch of black aquarium gravel on top. Then got some driftwood from a pet store and three live plants of which I don't know what they are, other than the aquarium lady recommended them to me! Also some porous rock I scrubbed and placed inside.

I added water to the top and then used AQUA One Ammonia and chlorine neutraliser, I thought it was just for treating tap water but it also seems to be for tanks with fish or shrimp already inside. I then used a product called ESTABLISH, seems to be bacteria starter but it doesn't say how often to use it? I also used NITRO CYCLE nitrifting bacteria that said to dose once and leave it.

Lastly I used leaf zone to help the plants, I was worried they might die in such a new tank. Also a pinch of flakes food for starting ammonia from a guide I found.

I got a test kit from API and here are my day two readings which confused me:

Ammonia 0.5ppm

Nitrite 0ppm

Nitrate 5.0ppm

From my limited cycle understanding, the nitrites should spike before the nitrates? I wasn't expecting anything to have happened yet.

My plants also I just kind of pushed them into the gravel to the soil underneath and left them, is this okay?

I did forget to clean out the empty tank also before I filled it with tap water, I was concerned and would like feedback.

Any other opinions or advice would be appreciated

I’m needing advice stocking/general honest feedback with this 8 week cycled 90 gallon tank

I recently added some plants and am looking to get another filter.

I currently have
6 albino corrys
5 swordtails (2male-3 female)

Looking for suggestions on what I could add that would suit the current fish in the tank.

I currently have pea gravel with the fluvial substrate. I know it’s not the best for corys so I am considering moving them to a separate tank with sand.

I am also adding an air stone to the other side along with a second light.

Current temp 78F, all water parameters look good from what I’ve read.

Hey guys so i was cycling my tank and idk what’s is this and from where it came from. Can you guys please tell me what’s this and what should i do

I was about to set up an old aquarium that I had in my basement for the last 6 years. I noticed a small chip in the bottom corner and don't know if it is safe to use?

10 gallon, 6mm thick glass. Old innovative marine fusion 10g.

Any advice?

I never had this problem before, i already cleaned all of this mud recently and it just grew again, should i use a product for plants and to reduce mud? The plants were much more healthier before

One year after getting "hamburger" . We named him that because he was the color of raw meat when we got him