r/fishtank

I know they’re iridescent but I’m wondering if they are so iridescent that they have a nice rainbow shimmer?

So… this is really bad huh?

Context.. my air stone was on x games mode and it was pushing water up and causing it to drip over the left side of the tank off of a plant. I found a puddle on the left side of the table.

Now… where that puddle was has a tiny bit of warping.

The water also seeped into/under? the level mat. One can logically conclude that beneath the tank is now also warped. As you can see there is a clear gap where I’m literally able to lift the leveling mat in the middle…. of a 500lb tank… i’m going to throw up.
I have no clue if that’s a new development or if im just now noticing because of the water.
There is still water seeping out from the leveling mat in the front but it has significantly slowed down since i initially found and stopped the air stone leak. Now I don’t know if it’s the water from that or if my tank ALSO has a slow (FOR NOW) leak at the bottom seem.

It’s a 38 gallon long. I drained about 7 gallons from it so i guess thats 7 less gallons of water flooding my house but i’m literally so sad. It’s 4am and there’s no where I can go buy a plastic bin right now, and there’s too many fish to drain much more water (and my filter wouldnt work).

I don’t know if i’m venting or asking for advice or what. I guess logically I have to drain everything, remove everything (rip my monte carlo carpet. I worked so hard), and inspect the tank? And presumably get a new stand if its warped. I’m just so bummed. This is my first ever tank and I thought I did everything right. I cycled the crap out of it before adding fish. My plants are thriving. I got my co2 system set up and all my terrestrial plants happy on top. Haven’t even had a single fish death since conception about 3 months ago.

Such a freakin bummer. How the hell do i even begin tearing this thing down?

Trying to get an ID on what type of moss this is?

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.

Hello everyone. I’m here trying to still figure out what could be wrong with my goldfish. He’s been sick for about 2 months and I can’t seem to figure out what could be wrong with him. I medicated with polyguard for 6 weeks, and he would get better but then would get worse right after. He had about 2-3 times where he actually looked like he would make a full recovery and would start to eat but then would go back to looking terrible. He hasn’t really had food for about a week or two. I’ve tried to feed him and throw food in there and he would smell it and go grazing for it but is really disoriented to catch it but would eventually catch it sometimes. Yesterday I tried to feed him a 1/4 of a pea and when he finally found it he was eating it but spit out a little less than half of it. He had been erratically swimming and has flashed as well as gulp at the surface so I assume he might have gill/skin flukes so I stopped polyguard May16th, did a 70-80% water change. + 1 tablespoon per 5 gal of aquarium salt put carbon and let it run for 24 hrs before adding prazipro on May 17th @ 10:30pm after doing a 40% water change and 1 tablespoon per 5 gal and removing the carbon. After about a day of putting the carbon and then the day after adding prazipro (about a 2 day timespan), there seemed a tad of improvements. He wasn’t gulping so aggressively at the surface and he actually used the tube I have for him to swim through (first time since like 2 months). He would occasionally erratically swim and hit the gravel but I read it was normal since flukes/parasites agitate the fish as it dies off so I saw it as a good sign. The issue arises as I continue to see him do it still. He is now gulping at the surface a lot again, and erratically swimming and hitting the gravel with his body more often.

I read that usually prazipro does its job the first 12-24 hrs but it’s been past that so I don’t understand why he could be flashing more again since I read it doesn’t really do much after 24 hrs? Is my goldfish having adverse affects of prazipro? Is this normal for them to flash/ erratically swim more after about 2-3 days of dosage? I know the bottle says to wait 5-7 days to redose but should I redose on the 5th day or the 7th based on his symptoms? Would you believe that flukes could be the culprit for his infection or could it be something else? I would really appreciate all insight since this is my first time having to deal with such a stubborn infection. I’m so lost and I don’t know if I’m actually helping him. It’s starting to take a toll on my mental health. I just want to see him healthy again :(. Thank you!

Water parameters:

Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate: approximately 20-30
Ph:8.2
Temp: 76.8 F

Symptoms:
Bottom-sitting
Gulping at the surface of the water
Heavy breathing
Flashing/erratic swimming
(Had some sores on his belly from all the rubbing and bottom sitting but thank god cleared up about 2 days ago and didn’t get infected)
Loss of appetite but will scavenge for food but too disoriented to really find the food

hi everyone. i have a 30 gallon planted cycled tank with 10 threadfin rainbowfish, 10 CPD’s, 1 betta, 5 hillstream loaches, one nerite snail & one mystery snail. two of the threadfins are floating at the top of the tank for the last few days & aren’t doing well. one just started swimming vertically & spinning it seems. :/ any tips, advice, or solutions would be insanely appreciated !!

tank temp: 78°
typically kept at 76ish, but there’s a heat wave in my area right now spiking it higher. also note the threadfins have been acting like this a few days ago with no heat wave. i have an air stone running to keep things oxygenated

ph: 7.8???? this seems so high its usually around 6.8-7
is this the culprit? how do i lower?
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 5

Hey everyone, this is my very first freshwater aquarium. It’s been set up for about 1 month. I have redone and added to it. This has been my results since I’ve been keeping tracking. I have been ghost feeding very smaller amount every other day. I have done about about 3 20-30% water changes with tap water conditioning and stability. I’m soooo ready to added some fishes. I’m already awe with just the set up. I know it’s going to be worth the wait.

—also I wouldn’t mind some advice on the set up, I am going to move the log from the entrance to the tunnel im just allowing the Monte Carlo to grow.

I have this 30 gallon tank, that I'm going to put dwarf gourami in. I'm trying to decide what my dither fish are going to be, I was deciding between these two, but am open to more options. Just looking for stocking advice.

Scaped my first tank yesterday! Went pretty safe and basic but overall love how it turned out. Hoping to learn from this to hopefully set up more complex tanks in the future. Excited to let it cycle and get some inhabitants in there!

50 gallon freshwater aquarium, planning to stock with a gaurumi and a handful of schooling fish, any recommendations for hardscape. Work in progress, thank you!

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.

I plan on doing a no heater tank with zebra danios and WCMMs. The current idea is 10 gallons, and it says it is 108% stocked, but I would like the opinion of people here.

I put a whole bunch of new things in. All the plants are real except for the two in the back on the left (they’re soft, and I wanna replace them with real plants soon enough). I also have two plants on the way: one Java plant and some Amazon frogbit floaters. I just don’t know how I should organize my tank nowww 😭 alsooo I have one betta and two nerite snails in this 5-gallon tank.

I’ll be honest, the last time I cleaned the tank was exactly 17 days ago, but it is normal for it to get this bad? Is there anything I could do or add to keep my tank clean? Maybe a specific fish , I also use to have a bunch of plants but it got over ran but the black beard algae so I just took them out . I have a snail and some smaller fish.

Help! I’ve come back from holidays and one of my glow lights is deformed. They were all fine when I left. Water parameters are:
Nitrite 0.025ppm
Nitrate 4ppm
Ammonia <0.05ppm
pH 7.5
I’ve had nothing new introduced into the tank for months. Could this be fish tb? Should I do a water change? I also have a lone male guppy in the tank whose abdomen has been slowly swelling over the last few months. He’s eating and moving fine when he wants to but rests a bit too. Looks relaxed while he’s resting, loose flowy fins. Could this be a tumour or something else? Apologising for poor pictures of the guppy, he moves quickly!