r/aquarium

I have these small specs on my aquarium glass what are they ?

So i woke up this morning around 5am to the sound of my HOB filter pulling air. Ngl i tried to ignore it at first but when I turned over, I jolted up. My 40 gallon tank was now 20 gallons in the tank, and 20 gallons on my bedroom floor. HALF of the water leaked out (where the white line is). I immediately turned off my filter, then heater (which is probably fried i dont even want to test it) and grabbed towels to try and do damage control and keep the water from spreading…which i failed at theres definitely water everywhere. As I was searching for the source of the leak, I noticed that the towel underneath the tank was completely dry. i then noticed the other half of the air stone I had in there hanging out of the side of the tank. THE AIRSTONE PULLED HALF OF THE WATER OUT OF MY TANK OVERNIGHT😭 Luckily all i have in there is 4 pearl gourami and they all survived. This is definitely a lesson learned. Its now 7am and i am going back to sleep. Ill get a new heater later.

Today I acquired a betta fish. Problem is the fish and tank came together so I didn’t have time to cycle the tank and all that before like I had hoped. I set it all up and used some type of bio sand that was recommend NOT to wash. But 3 hours have past the sand is still clouding the tank pretty bad and idk what to do w the fish. She’s just in a bowl with water from her previous set up. still looks happy but idk.

I just cant seem to get it right, so after a year, my tank is staying planted.
Honestly, I am happy with that now. After not being able to change the water for the past couple of months, due to drought (uk water restrictions and fluctuating tank temperatures due to heatwaves etc) I decided to forget life stock, and stick to plants. :-) We still a 45 l tank with mollies but mine is just plants. :-) Honestly, Im ok with that. My daughter (Mollies owner) says this reads like an obituary lol, but actually I am just saying it because I come to the realisation I am enjoying just having plants :-) (y)

B. schwanenfeldii

I have a 20l tank with 10-20 (those bitches are very hard to count and Eugene keeps eating them) cherry shrimp and one Beta. I know it's algae dirty and bare rn, I decided to post beforehand so I would have some thoughts before I get to actual replanting. I have to replant the tank once 4+ months bc I struggle with some shit, forget to watch over it and it gets infested with algae. I genuinely have no idea what my plants are called, so I'll just try to describe their characteristics:

1. Some feathery ones. I have 2-3 of both (more feathery and shorter-leafed ones). Didn't manage to see how fast growing or algae resistant they are yet, but shrimps adore them;

2. Elodea, I think? Very hardy, very small, grows pretty fast, I keep accidentally breaking it and it keeps bouncing back ;-; Very easy to clean algae off, very cute looking, my fav;

3. I think it had "willow" in the name, not sure. Also fast grower, broke in half when I got it, bounced back and seems to be thriving, grows pretty fast. Bent and started growing roots when I put lights differently, so now it looks a bit funky;

4. Dunno what those are, but they grow fast as hell. I got two, now I have around a dozen. Also algae-resilient, "breed" and grow fast, look pretty good;

5. Tiny bitches. This one keeps breaking when I clean the glass, they get very easily infested with algae and VERY hard to clean. I usually just chop off the infested leaves bc there's no way to save them. But they also grow relatively fast.

I used to have a grove of the 4 for shrimps to hide in (didn't work, Eugene treats it as a playground to hunt shrimp, but I'm not too worried), tall ones in the middle (the ones that are broken now) and tiny weak plants on the opposite side (where there's basically no flow + high light, most got very algae infested and I threw them away). Maybe I should've done it differently, I don't know, that's why I'm asking for help :(

At first I thought he's just molting then I took a closer look. I don't even know what these are.

Ideas for stocking plants and livestock wise. Freshwater tropical. I’m getting this second hand and this is the only photo I have it’s around 4ft wide and I want to say 2ft tall at a minimum from what I’ve been told so go off that.

My grandma used to have this aquarium and gave it to me as she was getting too old to do it herself. She used this magnet cleaning thingy on the glass and because she had gravel in the tank she probably scratched the inside of the glass since some of the gravel got caught between the magnets. It’s not cracked since you definitely can’t feel it on the outside of the tank. I was just thinking if that would be a problem on the long run? I just redid the whole tank with new sand and plants so that would be annoying but a broken tank would be way worse right

Hello! I was recently given this setup, but I have no experience with the things a fluval light can do. I think it may be a 3? I settled on this after a long while of tweaking. Any suggestions?? I haven't had it long enough to see any sort of pattern in algae growth or anything. But it originally came with a cichlid and the light had blue as the highest wavelength. So I had to change that for sure. Stock includes; 1 gourami, 11 Black phantom tetras, 9 kuhlis, 12 amanos, 3 nerite, 2 loxo cories (getting more don't worry!) and a single Mexican dwarf crawfish

I recently got a verrry old red bellied newt from a family friend. Friend has had this creature for 40 years! I introduced her (newt) to my tank yesterday and she seems like she’s doing well. There’s a large hide that goes out of the water for her.

Looking for any tips or tricks, suggestions, ideas, other newt pics. Anything!

(Current tank contents: large hide ((in picture)), big hide/above water space, some live plants floating on top) :)

Someone please help, so basically she has been like this for 2-3 weeks now. She has to swim completely upright and goes for air then she falls right back to the bottom of the tank and just lies there. As of today though it seems to have gotten worse with no improvements at all now she has to swim and swim to keep getting air and if she falls its a hard struggle to get back to the top of the tank. She currently is lying on a plant leaf close to the picture to make it easier to get to the surface. Anyways please help all the levels are normal, I haven’t tried a water change just because it says everything is fine but if you think that’ll help I will do it. Though due to her suffering if she is completely past saving I will euthanize her if necessary. (Please tell me how to help her and if needed how to euthanize as that will be my first fish to have to do that to)

This is my first time really trying with an aquarium instead of just throwing in some pretty rocks I found and buying whatever species from the store. (Going for an iwagumi aqua scape and thinking maybe galaxy rasbora as the main species) So it’s the first time I’m really going for an image. I’m a little on edge because yesterday the aquarium was delivered by Amazon not only in the worst packaging but also the most reckless way I’ve seen. I know how Amazon can be and what those drivers go through but this one surprised me. I spent $100 and got a huge box of broken glass. (20 gallon long from aqueon. I did get a replacement and a partial refund of $60 after a long phone call with customer service so I’m pretty pleased with that) but now today my elephant skin stones arrive and they’ve been wrapped in the thinnest paper and just plopped in a box with no buffer to stop them from rolling into each other during transport and there are visible chips on some, and others still look gorgeous. Part of my mind is saying “dude they’re rocks, that’s how it goes” and there’s another part of me that’s wondering if people who are better experts in this kind of a thing have a higher expectation. So I just thought I would leave this here to see what opinions people might have. Will I notice the chips after I set up the aqua scape? Will it matter? I’m planning on introducing a carpet of Monte Carlo and I haven’t decided on what yet, but some thing longer in the background. Maybe some kind of longhair grass? Maybe some kind of moss? Would love to have some shrimp living with the rasbora. Is this a big deal or not? I did pay like $70 for the elephant skin stones. Again im new to this, so please be nice lol. I’m not trying to be a baby, I just want to hear from people with experience

Good morning Folks! My wife bought my 11 year old son a 5 gallon tank to finally have a starter pet but with all the research I’ve done I’ve only come across beta fish. My son‘s really interested in moonrise glow fish. Are there any other type of fish that would be able to be in a 5 gallon tank together? I still have to get him a 5 gallon tank heater and he has decor and gravel on the way. The box said guppies tetras and betas, but my son wants more than one fish and everything I’ve read about Beta says you can only have one. I have a 10 gallon tank of my own but it’s not an aquarium. It’s a turtle tank so this is a new realm for me. Any advice you could give me so I can get fish for my 11-year-old son. His tank has been cycling for about a week now and will do so for another week till we can make it to Oak Ridge to get him fish. He doesn’t want snails so please don’t suggest that, he would be fine with some shrimp, but he really wants fish. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance.

If I add floating plants in the front left corner of this 9 month old 20 gal tank, would it be suitable for adding 3 honey gouramis? I currently have 6 rummy nose tetras and 6 glowlight tetras.

Is this normal for a brand new tank? It’s an Imagitarium, I did a thorough inspection at the store and there was absolutely no flaws. Seams looked great. Silicone looked great. After filling its (1/3 at a time) to capacity, I noticed there’s white markings throughout the seams. I’ve heard they’re normal, and from excess silicone during production. Can anyone verify or reassure me that this tank (3rd one I’m trying in a month) is going to be fine and last me and my daughter’s turtle? I have it on a perfectly level and flat stand I built. These pictures were maybe 15 min after having it totally full. No leaks either. Thank you all!

Anyone knows what are this white spots on my spider wood and heater? Should I be concerned about it?