r/fishkeeping

I am moving in with my partner in about a month, and I’m looking to get a new fish tank that’s a little more organized than the one I have now. I currently have 2 female platies in a 10 gallon tank, but it’s a bit older with a broken bubbler and no good wire/tube management in the lid.

I am looking for something of the same size that is covered, has a flap or hole to feed the fish in the lid, and preferably comes with a filter, heater and bubbler. Ideally I’m hoping to find something under $200

Any other (friendly) suggestions on tank improvements are welcome as well :) I plan on getting the tank sat up there within the next week to cycle it + using some of the old tank water to help with cycle starting.

About a month ago I bought This spotted sailfin pleco from a pet store along with 3 mystery snails. I bought them because the pleco wasn’t labeled but was with some smaller species and because there was a buy 3 get 1 free on cleaner crews including plecos and all invertebrates (I was charged $20 for the pleco!!!) so I decided to add him to help clean the biofilm and algae issue I had.

Fast forward to now and the tanks been getting harder and harder to keep up with and I can no longer do it. 2 snails have already died because I waited an extra day to do a water change due to my life and because I recently lost my job I can’t pay for test kits, proper food, or water conditioner and physically won’t be able to do the next water change I’m afraid.

I’m located in O’fallon, Missouri and I’m unable to drive anywhere so please, if anyone with a large enough tank is willing to rehome these two I’d be more than willing to give them for free. I just want them to live happily :(

So yeah title should give you the jist of it - I cycled my tank about 6 weeks ago, 2 weeks ago I picked up 3 guppies, 1M 2F, along with about 5 cherry shrimp. Then a week later I went back and got another 3 guppies (again, 1M 2F) and another 5 cherry shrimp.

Fast forward to literally 5 min ago, I walk in the door from work and go to check on my tank and fed my fish when I saw a piece of food moving around oddly in the water column so I squint to get a bet-OH MY GOD THEY'RE BABIES!?!

So I'll also add, I have kept and even bred (intentionally) guppies, I've seen them give birth literally hundreds of times, though never quite like this. Namely, because there only appears to be 2 fry, and ALL of the females are still plump and clearly pregnant. What on earth could this be?? None of the females are behaving like they're in labor, all the tank inhabitants are just chilling out.

Could these possibly be premature? Can fish even do that?? It's been so long since I've dealt with guppy fry, I tried to include a pic but it looks like they both may have a tiny bit of yolk left, but I remember it being usually much more pronounced. I find it hard to believe she could have given birth already and maybe shes just a fat fish - I spend (no exaggeration) hours in front of this tank every single day, there's no way a fish could've given birth to all those fry and then had them all eaten except 2 this quickly.

But yeah I'm at a total loss here yall! I'm really hoping it's maybe just a quirky female; gonna go run a few miles, when I'm back hopefully I'll have an update w more babies, but after watching this tank THOROUGHLY for the last 30 min, I'm not seeing anything at all to suggest she's going to have more fry, they all just still look pregnant.

Also, HOW DO THEY GIVE BIRTH ITS ONLY BEEN 2 WEEKS MAX, THE FEMALE I SUSPECT IS THE PARENT, I'VE HAD FOR LESS THAN A WEEK! I know the obvious answer is she came pregnant from the store, but they allegedly kept the males and females separated and its a GREAT lfs, maybe there was a male cosplaying in the ladies tank? (If so, great work little dude, your gene pool lives on)

Hi all! Currently managing a 10 gallon community tank (pictured first) and building a 2.5 gallon shrimp tank.

The ten gallon features the following Aquatic plants - Eleocharis acicularis, Hellanthium tenellum 'Green', Dwarf Water Onion, and a Water Banana Plant (Nymphoides aquatica), with plans to add a floating Java Moss ring and a Java Fern. I was wondering if you have any other plant recommendations for the tank. The tank houses Ghost Shrimp, a school of Ember tetras, and some Pygmy Corydoras. It also has a ceramic shrimp hideout, silk leaves for pygmys and shrimp to rest on, and a Eucalyptus root. (with an adjustable heater and HOB sponge filter.

Also working on making a 2.5 gallon for neocaridina (Blue Dream or Jade Green, not sure yet). All it has for now is a Java Fern and a mini air pressure powered sponge filter; I want to add some Java Moss and some Marimo Moss Balls. Looking for recommendations here too!!

Let me know if you have any plant recommendations for either of these! Preferably unique/underrated ones.

Hoy fui a un acuario para comprar 2 peces betta HEMBRA para un acuario de 20 litros(un proyecto que acabo de empezar y ya esta ciclado). El caso es que parece ser que la pez betta Hembra más grande persigue a la mas chica, tanto así que decidí separarlas. Hay algo que pueda hacer al respecto para esta situación?Hay alguna forma de saber si pueden convivir juntas o algún remedio qué no me obligue a dejar todo el tiempo a mi pez agresiva en un tazón? Realmente los peces Hembra no son agresivas entre ellas o me toco un pez macho de cola corta?

I got this tank a couple months ago and recently moved and had to set it up again. is there anything that looks like it needs improving?

From a Tupperware container to,a quarantine tank, into his wet pet tank! How did i do? Im a noob at cichlids so go easy but be honest, what can I change? How can I improve my Damocles' life? He is a convict cichlid that was rescued from a set of oscars and spent four days in a Tupperware container with nothing but a bubbler before I got him and I want to make sure im doing everything right. Now I say this is his temporary tank because I have plans in the future to have a CA Cichlid tank that is at LEAST 75 gallons so he can have some friends 😁

I am currently trying to sell the dry reef rock that my boyfriend has left over from when he closed his saltwater tank business. I will include the pictures that I have but I do have a little bit more price varies depending on peace and how many you get however it must be gone within like today to tomorrow realm. We cannot transport it to you but it is good quality there are multiple types and we have a ton of base rock looking for that as well. Current location is Wentzville , Missouri. I will include the photos of the rock that I do have and post pictures of what I don’t already have pictures of as soon as I can. Anywhere from three to 5 dollars a pound. If you’re interested in particular one, I do have more pictures of those, but those are the front and weight of those.

Got her at the store 4 weeks ago with another one one died is she pregnant?

What do you think of my first tank? It is a new 15 gal tank (2 months since I added the fishes), I have 12 neon tetras, 8 guppy and some neocardina shrimps. I'm beginning and still a bit lost in the number of fishes to keep in a tank this size? Is this a lot or could I add some fishes that stay at the bottom of the tank or some snails? I like that the guppies stay at the top while the neon swim at the middle!

Can't wait for the plants to grow too !

Thanks in advance for your advice!

There has been a large water change, I don’t expect people to pour alcohol in my tank it apparently spilt in but I had told people to not go near my fish tank, I was downstairs when this happened

Someone poured alcohol in my tank, I put disease treatment in which made it worse, whilst waiting for my mum to get home

The water has been cleaned out, but this filter is barely working. The water has been changed

In the UK it’s currently 10pm so we need to wait until the morning, my fish has been sideways since around 8-7pm

She can swim but she sinks back, she has spots on her gills,

We are buying a new filter as soon as possible tomorrow and my mum has bought a new tank too o think

We can’t test the Amonia currently but we will soon we need a tester which I will buy

My question is, what’s the likelihood of her surviving in the next 10 hours

Current she’s sporadically moving around, she’s struggling and ending up going in circular motions I’ve been manually using anything to splash the water for oxygen, she was upright again at one point but slowly went sideways

We have no other tank, what I can do is put her in a bucket and splash oxygen to her (that got her upfront again) but I can’t do that all night I will fall asleep and she will die

Okay so I keep a 10 gallon community tank and I noticed one of my black neons was sitting at the surface of the tank gasping for air. It was dinner time so I fed as usual and put some flakes next to it but it ignored the food. It’s so out of it. I was able to scoop it up in my hand to move to a container and it barely reacted. I checked my water parameters and it was 0 ammonia 0 nitrites and 0 nitrates (my tanks are established and always read 0,0,0) temp is 75-78° F. None of the other fish are gasping and are acting completely fine. Can someone help? I would prefer not to lose this baby!

Woke up this morning to these tiny black ball looking eggs. Some of them have a white dot on them if that helps. Idk if it’s tadpole fry or koi fry.

Edit. Apistogramma cacatuoides. Not sure why I spelt it like I did. Blame my dyslexia 😂

Has anyone had success having these together. I have a stunning orange flash apisto and wanting a small other fish group (as well as my cardinals). It's a heavily planted 70L tank.

Got back in about a month ago and finally ready to show off the finished product. Not the most experienced but feeling good with the tank. 😊

I am currently having a huge problem with ammonia in my fish tank. I have no idea what is causing it and how to fix it as my tank is fully cycled (cycled for 2 months) and i do have good nitrate levels so i dont think the cycle has crashed. I have lots of live plants, but none are decaying or dead, and i only have one betta in a 10gal tank. I always feed my betta with a pipette so there is never any food waste decaying in the tank so i have no idea what could be causing it. I have been doing water changes frequently (normally once a week but i have been doing it once a day to get the ammonia down but it isnt helping) my fish isn’t acting off, is still eating and exploring like normal and i have tested my tap water with and without seachem prime and nothing is wrong with it so i’m not sure if my test kit is picking up some non-toxic form but any help is appreciated