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I wish I could have taken pics without reflections
Tanks
Main Marine Exhibit: A 114,000-liter (30,000-gallon) saltwater tank. It is 5.2 meters deep and features over 5,000 local marine creatures
I was given this 75 gallon tank from a friend who previously used it for his turtles and decided to turn into a hi-tech planted tank for nano fish, shrimp, and snails. I’ve always wanted a large planted tank with schooling/shoaling fish but since this was my second attempt at aquascaping, I definitely struggled. From diseases, deaths, and parasites to collapsing hardscape, plant melt, and algae, this tank has been through a lot. Still, I’m very happy with how it turned out and learned a lot along the way.
This tank is 6 months old and currently home to roughly:
40 cardinal tetras
20 rummynose tetras
20 pygmy corydoras
15 otocinculus
7 honey gouramis
? neocaridina / amano shrimp
? ramshorn snails
Pretty happy with how it is growing in! I tried to go for as natural look as possible. Looking forward to the Lutea getting a bit taller in time to assist with the natural look my other tank has. Anubias went through a small hissy fit stage for some reason, but they're coming back around. I've been higher dosing ferts this time and getting great growth on my plants, especially the Monte carlo. Little Betta loves zooming around all day!
Hello! Beginner here. I recently finished my first tank, 20L (~5.3gal). It's been cycling for about a week.
I would like to ask if this aquascape is safe for a betta?
The original idea was to get ember tetra, cpd, or just shrimp for it, but I've been interested in bettas and shrimps more lately. I made sure to remove anything sharp on the stones and driftwood before setting it up.
I currently have Seachem alerts, and have a filter and thermometer on the way. I live in a tropical country so I'm waiting for the thermometer to see if I need a heater.
If you have other advice, I don't mind hearing them!
Thank you!
Do I need to wait for it to grow some more?
This is my 75 liter or 20 gallon tank. I was curious what type of fish or plant I could add to my existing tank. I have a co2 system and an chihiros universal light. Please lmk.
My little guy is plotting his escape. Should I encourage him or push him back?
T. trichopterus
This tank is about a week and a half old, and I just added my fish into it. Emerald dwarf rasbora’s and orange rili shrimp I didn’t clean some of the algae because I wanted the shrimp to have something to eat, but it keeps getting worse and the water starting to get a little murky. I just got the fish yesterday and don’t want to do a big water change because they’re still pretty small and definitely not fully grown, and I don’t wanna stress them out. Should I just do a water change in a week or so or do it now. Will it really matter?
Okay so I gave up on finding a good co2 reactor that has shipment for my country, so I think ill have to try with diy co2 reactores. Does someone have a good diy external reactor model for a 103 Gal aquarium with a 3000l/h (792.52 GPH) pumb that is easy to make for someone with 0 experience at plumbing? 🥺
I've been attempting to start the cycle in my planted tank for 5 weeks to the day. I dosed ammonia to 4 last night and am testing the water now 24 hours later. I have seen nary a nitrite nor a nitrate in my tank yet. Is this any progress? My ammonia still lowers over the course of a couple days but i think thats because my plants keep eating it all 😭
I couldn't pass up a great deal on a bunch of Buce.
The tank they're going in won't be ready for another 2-4 weeks.
Looking for advice on what to do with them until their tank is ready.
I have other tanks they could go in temporarily, but the water parameters will be different than the tank they're going into. (mature tank, but Harder, higher pH)
I could try to match their future tank's parameters as a best guess, and setup a temporary tank.
What would you do ?
hello!
a few months ago I got this fern (i forgot the name so some ID help would be appreciated too). it's in my 5 gal betta tank. planted in contrasoil. the exposed roots started growing these Lil guys and they're about 1.5 inches long now. what do I do to make sure they grow properly? cut them off and plant them? maybe in a separate tank? pls let me know any ideas or advice. thx!
Hey there,
I’m in the process of planning a planted low-tech aquarium for the living room (a 22gal bookshelf or, if I can find one, a 40gal long). I have some experience with nanotanks and walstad jars so it’s not foreign territory to me, but the problem of lighting is posing a problem. My fiancé is bedbound and will probably be recovering from surgeries for the next year or so—the aquarium will largely be for her to enjoy watching.
What I’m looking for is a good aquarium light that is controlled manually, not with an app or a remote (which dogs love to try to eat for some reason). Something she can reach over and adjust to her preferences without needing me to put another program on her phone.
I know Kessil lights are fully manual but I think the shimmer effect will give her migraines. Cheaper lights just have an on/off. Are there lights with controls attached to them that don’t have shimmer?
I don't have any fish yet but I've set the tank up and built the stand with my son he's 10 and we've had a blast watching videos and learning everything together it's a 20g tank and we want to go with 1 betta he loves the crowntail 10 ember tetras and some cherry shrimp I want to experiment with breeding
And plan to add some red root floaters frogbit and ludwiga repens then just let everything grow in