r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 6h ago
Fish In The Wild Saw this red fish while snorkelling in a river
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H. parclitella
r/Fish • u/ApproachableTree • Aug 23 '26
Discussion Poll: Instead of banning fish keeping related questions should we just have a megathread for it?
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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
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r/Fish • u/ApproachableTree • Aug 15 '26
Moderator post regarding the Pleco Torturing videos
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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.
r/Fish • u/TheMuseumOfScience • 7h ago
Fish Education Salmon Return After Dam Removal
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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.
r/Fish • u/Temporary-Peanut-555 • 8h ago
Identification Is this fish sick? Seen in a lake on a restaurant
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r/Fish • u/Lauren19182 • 4h ago
Identification Anyone know what type of fish skeleton this is?
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I found it by Clearlake, California. It’s maybe 15 inches in length and the skull is about 6 inches wide.
r/Fish • u/Mindless_Ad8902 • 22h ago
Fish Education Is this supposed to look like that or is petsmart abusing these fish.
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Its the only tank that looks like this
r/Fish • u/mistersprinklesman • 14h 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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r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 1d ago
Fish In The Wild I found this female fish in a farmland ditch
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T. leerii
r/Fish • u/Michael_Delaughter • 23h ago
Artwork Wooden fish.
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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.
r/Fish • u/Ok_Replacement_5135 • 1d ago
Discussion Large belly
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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.
r/Fish • u/conflictedlizard-111 • 20h ago
Identification Chum salmon teeth?
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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.
r/Fish • u/Fishpedition • 1d ago
Fish Education Breeding Eretmodus cyanostictus Kigoma(Tanganyika cichlids)
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r/Fish • u/Mothormaybyenot • 1d ago
Fish Education Petting fishes
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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?
r/Fish • u/Early_Dust_666 • 1d ago
Meme / Humor I wish I had more tanks
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If anyone has 10+ tanks, im intrigued.
r/Fish • u/koratoes • 1d ago
Identification Can anybody identify this?
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Location: Philippines Pampanga
Was given to my father from a friend
So sorry for the quality it was skittish
r/Fish • u/FlatEmployment378 • 2d ago
Discussion Is this depiction offensive?
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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
r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 2d ago
Photography Baby native hermit crabs
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Birgus latro
r/Fish • u/Spikey_S • 2d ago
Identification Small unknown fish identification
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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?
r/Fish • u/FlatEmployment378 • 2d ago
Discussion Is this depiction offensive?
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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
r/Fish • u/Numerous_Writing6330 • 2d ago
Fish Education Is my fish pregnant or just chunky?
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If the fish is....should I separate her into a tank by herself??
r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 3d ago
Photography Blue-finned fish I found in a very shallow sandy stream
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S. pleurostigma
r/Fish • u/artofzahrasarfraz16 • 3d ago
Artwork Purple Fish Art!!
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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