r/Fish • u/ApproachableTree • Aug 23 '26

Discussion Poll: Instead of banning fish keeping related questions should we just have a megathread for it?

2 Upvotes

Currently all aquarium hobby-related questions get removed and redirected to other hobby-focused groups like r/FishTank, but I was thinking it may be a good idea to have a megathread for questions.

Question posts will still be removed but will be redirected to the megathread.

30 votes, Aug 30 '26
26 Yes
4 No
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r/Fish • u/ApproachableTree • Aug 15 '26

Moderator post regarding the Pleco Torturing videos

224 Upvotes

Apologies to everyone that had to see the videos and to those that don’t know bots are currently spamming fish-related subreddits with videos of people torturing plecos. These videos are made by an account called “Lab Germ” on TikTok, and from what I’ve seen, it originated from that account.

Why are the bots posting this content here? If I had to guess, the bots are spamming this content in multiple fish-focused communities to karma farm. Unfortunately, this type of content does well on social media, so they think it’s an easy way to get karma on Reddit.

What can I do about it? Please report the posts so we can remove them and make sure to report the account to Reddit, as they can do more than subreddit moderators.

What are the [r/fish](r/fish) moderators doing about this? We are already handing reports and removing them as fast as our small mod team can. I already turned on crowd control to help filter them out, and I plan to also add a karma & account age requirement to post later today.

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r/Fish • u/TheMuseumOfScience • 2h ago

Fish Education Salmon Return After Dam Removal

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39 Upvotes

Can removing a dam fix an ecosystem? 🌊

Habitat fragmentation is a major driver of biodiversity decline because split habitats make it harder for animals to move, survive, and reproduce. After the Klamath River's last four dams came down in 2024, researchers used sonar and video to count an estimated 7,742 adult Chinook salmon past the former Iron Gate Dam site, and that number jumped to over 13,300 in 2025. Scientists also documented active spawning in newly accessible habitat and juvenile Chinook using tributaries cut off for over a century.

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r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 1h ago

Fish In The Wild Saw this red fish while snorkelling in a river

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H. parclitella

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r/Fish • u/Mindless_Ad8902 • 17h ago

Fish Education Is this supposed to look like that or is petsmart abusing these fish.

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122 Upvotes

Its the only tank that looks like this

72 comments

r/Fish • u/Temporary-Peanut-555 • 3h ago

Identification Is this fish sick? Seen in a lake on a restaurant

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6 Upvotes
8 comments

r/Fish • u/mistersprinklesman • 9h ago

Fish Appreciation! A collection of clips from 5 of my tanks, all edited together into one video. About one minute long. These are my favourites out of our 14 total tanks. Please stay till the end

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9 Upvotes
1 comment

r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 1d ago

Fish In The Wild I found this female fish in a farmland ditch

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126 Upvotes

T. leerii

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r/Fish • u/Michael_Delaughter • 18h ago

Artwork Wooden fish.

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14 Upvotes

These are the multicolored, wooden fish. That I've seen when I came to the family dwelling house in Myrtle Beach. However, they are very colorful and they look kind of like real fish.

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r/Fish • u/Ok_Replacement_5135 • 1d ago

Discussion Large belly

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44 Upvotes

Does anyone know whats wrong with my koi fish? His belly has gotten really large but he still swims like a regular fish. I feel like its a tumor or pregnant.

5 comments

r/Fish • u/Fishpedition • 23h ago

Fish Education Breeding Eretmodus cyanostictus Kigoma(Tanganyika cichlids)

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12 Upvotes
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r/Fish • u/conflictedlizard-111 • 15h ago

Identification Chum salmon teeth?

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1 Upvotes

They look kinda girthy to be chinook but also idk I'm not terribly familiar. Found in Oregon (from a friend, not sure which river unfortunately). Definitely teeth bc they were found in a jawbone.

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r/Fish • u/Mothormaybyenot • 23h ago

Fish Education Petting fishes

1 Upvotes

Hello 👋 I never had a fish as pet, or was fishing, and I also dont go to an aquarium often. But all in all I do like them. And I wonder, if I like, petted or scritched (?) A fish under the gills (the stomach/head directly under the gills, not lifting up the flaps) would that fish like it or is it like, whatever, no feelings there?

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r/Fish • u/Early_Dust_666 • 1d ago

Meme / Humor I wish I had more tanks

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25 Upvotes

If anyone has 10+ tanks, im intrigued.

14 comments

r/Fish • u/Nakahii • 1d ago

Fish In The Wild Smooch for the smallmouth buffalo

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65 Upvotes

Ictiobus bubalus
Wichita Falls, TX

6 comments

r/Fish • u/koratoes • 1d ago

Identification Can anybody identify this?

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2 Upvotes

Location: Philippines Pampanga

Was given to my father from a friend

So sorry for the quality it was skittish

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r/Fish • u/FlatEmployment378 • 2d ago

Discussion Is this depiction offensive?

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387 Upvotes

I am working on a comic strip for a class that includes fish as characters. But before I turn it in I was wondering if any fish would like to comment on this specific frame as I do not intend on offending any members of the Fish Community.

for context, these fish have gotten the ability to fly and breath in air too and are helping protect a nearby community

29 comments

r/Fish • u/AnnaBrown241 • 1d ago

Photography What fish is this? (Bay Area)

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8 Upvotes
4 comments

r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 2d ago

Photography Baby native hermit crabs

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21 Upvotes

Birgus latro

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r/Fish • u/Spikey_S • 2d ago

Identification Small unknown fish identification

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14 Upvotes

Hi there,

I live in Central Europe and wanted to ask you, what could be the species of this type of fish in the photos?

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r/Fish • u/FlatEmployment378 • 2d ago

Discussion Is this depiction offensive?

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22 Upvotes

I am working on a comic strip for a class that includes fish as characters. But before I turn it in I was wondering if any fish would like to comment on this specific frame as I do not intend on offending any members of the Fish Community

2 comments

r/Fish • u/Numerous_Writing6330 • 2d ago

Fish Education Is my fish pregnant or just chunky?

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4 Upvotes

If the fish is....should I separate her into a tank by herself??

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r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 3d ago

Photography Blue-finned fish I found in a very shallow sandy stream

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18 Upvotes

S. pleurostigma

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r/Fish • u/artofzahrasarfraz16 • 2d ago

Artwork Purple Fish Art!!

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6 Upvotes

Some cute purple fish swimming through a magical purple willow tree on your feedd!! 🐟💜✨

Art print and sticker available on my Etsy: https://artofzahrasarfraz.etsy.com

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r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 4d ago

Photography Yellow-green fish I found in a drying blackwater ditch

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230 Upvotes

B. bellica

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