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so i set up a tank in early june and feel
like it’s gone nowhere and i need help. ammonia level photo included. nitrite remains constant at .25 ppm. i’ve got 4 plants and 1 mystery snail.

added comment: i had added fritz liquid ammonia and found how in accurate their instructions are. so i did a partial water change to reduce high level
of ammonia(>4ppm)

any suggestions or even stay the course(or turn the bleep around your driving the wrong way on the freeway) would be greatly appreciated!

Hello, fresh and inexperienced person here . I have nobody in my close circle of people to ask, so I am trying my luck here.
I have a Betta I was gifted in a circle bowl ( I know , I know) , but ever since I am in a quest to give poor fella a best life I can.
I studied everything upfront and I know to move him to my big tank once it's cycled . So as I am trying to do that this happened (see photo).
I have 2 layers of substrate at the bottom . One is some soil for plants and 0,8 -1.2 mm sand on top of it.
I have also had spider wood in there . So I don't know what caused my water to get this dirty. Tannins for sure, but is my substrate lˇseeping through sand ? Is this bacterial? How do I know? It's been cycling for one week. I have already ordered 2 more bags of sand (6 more kgs).
I have a sponge filter (Eheim pickup 60) and I tried to DIY carbon filtration into it but it did not help for 2 days.
Now I turned off the filtration so that maybe if it's soil dust it will settle (it did not, it's been of for 12 hours) .
Any ideas ?
Should I wait? Should I change the water? I don't want to lose any bacteria I already built up (I have also added beneficial bacteria and I put fish food in the tank to feed them)

I know some species of Planaria worms are harmful but how about this one? First one i have come across

There is a good amount of beautiful shrimps in this tank

Hi all! Long time lurker, first time poster. I recently set up my first 10 gallon tank! It's been cycling for about 2 months now. I added some amano shrimps, oto catfish, neon tetras, nerite snail, mystery snail, and a dwarf honey gourami named Kirby :) I've learned a ton over the last few months but I know there's more to learn. Been monitoring everything water quality related like a helicopter parent (ph, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, GH, KH, heavy metals, etc)... Just wanted to share and if anyone has any advice or tips for a first time aquarium keeper please share!

Entire tank is 15 gallons with 20+ Teteas and 1 arowana

• This is the first time I have ever tested my water. The only fish that ever died. were about 10 guppies in a 5g, because I didn't know about the nitrate cycle. After that, I got my 20-gallon from Facebook Marketplace. After waiting 3 weeks, I bought my fish- one honey gourami, one thick lipp gourami, a powder blue dwarf, and one amano. The blue dwarf died because of the common inbred disease. After he died, I rehomed 10 guppies and 2 red-tailed rasboras. After about 10 months, the red, thick-lipped gourami died because it was a balloon. Then I bought 3 ottos. The next 5 months and now here. I moved the honey, rasboras, guppies and amano in a 40g tank with like 30 guppies. Now I have my 20 g are 13 orange sunskit shrimp and 3 ottos. Are these the right parameters? (One neo died 2 days ago bc of a failed moult. Any advice appreciated!

This is my 36 gallon tank, I have 3 guppies, one dwarf powder blue gourami, 6 kuhli loaches and 6 neon tetras. Can I add another bristle nose pleco? Or too much?

These photos are from outside a restaurant I was at on vacation. And as cool as the fish look, I couldn’t help but wonder if it’s overstocked. The water isn’t really deep at all but it is decently big laterally. Maybe I’m just crazy but can someone tell me if this tank looks overstocked?

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.

In this tank I currently have: 1 angelfish, 2 catfish, 3 glass catfish, 10 tetras, 3 mollies. I don’t plan on getting anymore fish. I’ve had the tank for about 3 weeks now. I’ve just put in 4 live plants including moss. Tank is 70L. I’ve got a CO2 measure, thermometer, heater, light, oxygenator, filter. Any advice would be appreciated

I have since added 2 zebra snails, a nice long piece of drift wood, and 3 more plants all on the left side of the tank, as well as adding the black background. I understand the background still has a few bubbles in but I’ll scrape them out shortly, I’m just tried right now 😂. I am much happier with how the tank looks now, anymore advice on anything will be greatly appreciated.

Oh and I FILLED THE TANK TO THE TOP, I understand that was a very sensitive subject yesterday 😂

UPDATE: I decided to put it on a large sturdy wood shelf that I already had. Going to use python system for water changes instead of moving the tank. Tank is set up (without livestock) and cycling well so far. Will potentially build a tank stand in the future but I kind of love the piece of furniture I put it on. It’s also about double the surface area of the tank so I can leave all my equipment and supplies beside the tank for easy access. Thanks everyone for the help :)

Hi everyone! I just inherited some fish from my nieces who are moving cross country. There is a black moor goldfish and 3 zebra fish. They are currently in a 20 gallon tank. I’ve done some research and learned that 20 is too small, and also that zebra fish are not good tank mates for fancy goldfish. I purchased a 58 gallon tank that arrived yesterday for the goldfish (planning on getting him a buddy since he will be alone in the large tank. The zebra fish will stay in the 20 gallon.) With water, substrate, plants etc it’ll probably be around 800 lbs and I like to overestimate by a lot so let’s say 1000 lbs. I live in a very small 2 bedroom apartment—the fish will be in the living room. I had hoped to get some kind of stand with wheels so I can easily move it to the bathroom or kitchen for siphoning and refilling. Otherwise I will have to take buckets of water back and forth until it is light enough to carry and vice versa for filling it up. I guess maybe I could get a long enough siphon hose? No idea. Anyways, I saw some designs for fish tank stands on here, but none of them had wheels. Is it possible for a wheeled stand to be able to support that much? (i know very little about physics and engineering lol) I wasn’t in the market for owning fish, but they’re here now and I want to do my best to take care of them, but I am also mildly disabled so emptying and refilling the tank will be very difficult without wheels.
I bought a bunch of plants that are supposed to help clean the tank, I’m also considering adding a bottom feeder, but I imagine the tank will still need to be cleaned at least once every 6 months? Yearly? Idk. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer !

P.s. Added a picture of the tank because I know the dimensions can affect if wheels will be strong enough. (In the bathtub because I’m checking for leaks— bought it on fb marketplace not new)

55L tank, one air stone, 100L filter, somewhat heavily planted, water change every 6 weeks on average
Guppies are beeding like mad but giving about 20 away every month
Red tip sharks are growing and really conscious they need more room, think I was mis-sold them by PetsAtHome
Love the idea of a heavily planted shrimp tank with a few pretty guppies and neon tetras (which I have 4 of), is the solution get rid of the sharks and the female guppies?

Hi friends,
My brother recently got into fish keeping in the past year after he decided to use my old tank for some shrimp, he fell in love with it and as you can tell put a lot of time and energy into this new tank. I’ve been helping him but have been away for a few months and he’s asked me to help the tank out.

Problem is the plants aren’t looking too healthy, off the bat I’ll be giving a good 50% water change since it’s a bit mucky, all the fish have just been fed which is why everyone’s out (it’s a little overstocked since for some reason the petshop gave him like 5 extra fish after he bought just enough to fill the tank comfortably after wanting to add some more schooling fish)

The tank is about 2 months ish old and already cycled water had been put to about 40%, the is another air pump behind the plants on the left that isn’t too visible, all his parameters are fine, he adds a couple pumps of plant food each water change.

My guess is he’s overfeeding,his tanks a bit overstocked and that muck is preventing the plants from getting good sunlight but any advice would be greatly appreciated, he doesn’t often have hobby’s and I know this one has been great for him, I’d hate for the problem to persist and for him to become dissatisfied

Thanks :)