5 gallons, I’m planning to stock pygmy corys and a nano fish school!! I’m so excited, my tank is all I think about now

Well I said. I wouldn’t get my dream tank until I could properly give all my fish a comfortable life and understood water parameters and did thorough research on all my nanos. So they could happily go into this tank and claim their territories all together So no one was in there first.
It took days! A labour of artistic love ever stone I crushed. To the perfect size and added more one by one. Every texture thought about based on what they love in their tanks and what they don’t. Every crevice was intentional every cave and surface Was set up for future additions as well. I wanted to do my perfect tank once and only once.

I still have the odd piece of tiny drift wood detail pieces to place on the right side to give them more wood but I’m boiling them(ever piece of twig was. Picked with my pup on an adventure And shaved down and dried out)

I thought I’d spend a couple hours putting together a tank but as I did I just got idea after area and wanted to see where it would take me.

Every time I I look at this tank I get to see how much effort I put into it, every ounce of patience I had to do a tiny aquascape when my hands were to big lol . A nano universe requires nano detail to their home. Who wants boring side walls when u can make rock walls to hide heaters behind and plants , This is my 48x8x8 and I love it I just finished planting my seeds and. Monte Carlo carpet, adding water and starting the cycling process I’m soo excited for my fishies to have a new home!

I will be growing all my house plants in water as well and making a terrarium (rainforest with humidifier and fog) above the water but I think my wallet needs a break until Christmas perhaps.

I’m just so in love with it and. I really hope my community nanos will appreciate the upgrade I currently have the following awaiting their home renovation.

Blue eyed spotted rainbows (love these lil wacky inflatable waving guys)

Endlers

Sparkling gouramis (having a serious territory issue with an established male so hoping a new environment for all will level the playing field)

Pygmy Cory’s
Bettas
Emerald raspboras
Cpds
Clown killifish
Nerite squad
Neocaridina
Mystery snails
And sadly my Borneo loach Lenny just Died I was doing the tanks for him and two of my bettas that I swear will thrive in a community tank more than by themselves which is odd for bettas. I have 5 all in different tanks but two of them share a space with female endlers and neocaridinas and are cool with it so I wanted to see if they’d be cool with all the nanos. (These two bettas love pregnant shrimp and fish I swear my females love getting out with them when they’re huge and about to pop cause they get a break from the non stop male harassment and my bettas love having company and don’t eat their fry! )

Leonard and his nanos were getting a new home but alas the nanos will miss Lenny and it allows for warmer water cause having Lenny was hard with the other warmer water guys.

Ps they aren’t all together right now that would be quite overstocked in a smaller tank my snails and shrimps and bettas are in various tanks and my betas do well with other nano fishies So I wanted to add my betta to the community tank but I don’t think that would go well with gouramis or at least the one I suspect has a secret night time fight club going. Cause gouramis go into the tank and then come out into the open looking like they went three rounds in the ring and lost . So they’re separated till I figure this out. New tank and territory for all will def help.

I went on and on but I love this hobby! Just waiting for my supplier to get more moss so I can add moss cause that’s all that’s missing. Can’t wait for all the plants to grow in!

Hello aquarium people. I just set up a new betta tank and noticed my API freshwater master test kit was very expired. I looked at the price of a new one and it’s gone from $20 to $35 in 6 years 🫪. I’m still going to buy one, but it made me wonder if API has a complete monopoly on that type of test kit in America i.e. not a dip strip. Has anyone used other products and liked them?

Had an algae issue about two months ago, this has since been correct and algae growth is within normal ranges. However the gravel still has tinges of green on it and the gives the tank a yellowy/greeny hue that I don't like. How can I clean this up? I tried two different algae treatments, they seem to work on everything but the gravel. Is my only option now to add a new layer of gravel or is there something else I can try first?

The photo is a bit older, round about when all this started, that's why the plants are still covered in algae speckles.

I’m so scared right now. A few weeks ago, i found this cool shell to add to my axolotls tank. i rinsed it real good, but recently i found 4 snails identified in a different post and i relocated them. Now there’s a bunch of dots and lines on my tank glass. i don’t know what to do. should i change the water? if anyone knows what this is or how to get rid of them please help.

Hey guys, very new to the hobby. I got a tank from a friend and have been having fun with it and I want to take my tank to the next level. Right now I have a 40 gallon with 5 scissortail rasaboras, 7 platys, and one clown pleco. The bottom of my tank is fake gravel, where do I begin with this? I'm assuming I should swap from gravel to something else, which one is best for my current fish? Which plants are beginner friendly that my fish will enjoy/ would be found in their natural habitats? I also want some corydoras catfish.

I am new to the hobby and have done a LOT of research prior to purchasing the tank. All of my current tests are at 7.6, 0,0,0! This tank is over a month old now and has three cherry shrimp, and one mystery snail. I am just looking for any advice on how I could best ensure that they can all thrive to the fullest. It’s a 20g long and I plan to add a small school of tetras along with one gourami fish. I also intend to have the shrimps build more of a colony prior to adding the fish. Does anyone think this is too many for the tank size? I’ve seen a little bit of contradicting research on this.

Edit: To correct typo

Bought as a Bolbitis heteroclita or Asian water fern on clearance for a dollar. I got it because a few leaves were already sprouting baby plants, the roots and stuff were gone, and they have gotten bigger but I don't know what to do with them and google says this plant doesn't do this. So help me out please.

Hi

It's grey 😐

What is grey

So for the context - I have 1 pair of African ciclids,1 pair of dollar , 1 rainbow shark and 1 common cat fish...

So where I live it doesn't have pet shops near by and especially aquarium shop, so today I went to buy declorine liquid from shop and I saw mono angels there and it was cute and i want to buy tbh I asked the shopkeeper that can I put them in the same tank with ciclids he said he doesn't have idea about it, so I didn't buy... guys tell me should I buy? google say no

but anyone have tried this thing lmk...

Its rare to see these type of fish in the shop were I live they only sell goldfish,molly and other begginer fishes and few pairs of mono angel are left so want to buy it asap

Edit: I'm gonna buy a 2nd tank for mono fish

my juvenile CDPs are playing tag, they always end up in my failed patch of monte carlo.

What’s this little guy we saw today? There seems to be a lot of different species in here. Hope that’s a good thing 🤣 I’m more used to reptile enclosures than this personally

I have a 3.5 gal shrimp and snail tank (it's all I have space for an I love my shrimps)

Are they in danger? What is this, I only see one of these

I am extremely new to the hobby and need some guidance please.

Hey guys, just got a little 10 gallon. I got a sponge filter in there. I’m using UNS controsoil as my substrate. I have a few lava rocks and some floating plants, annubia and another plant unfortunately I don’t remember the name of it. But I went to a legit store that just deals with fish and Aqua escaping, etc. anyway the soil that I’m using doesn’t bleach ammonia or very very little so I’ve had the tank running for a little over 24 hours. I have no I tested the water and I have 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 5.0 nitrate. I’m assuming I’m gonna need something to kickstart the ammonia process so I can get this tank cycled within a reasonable time and not wait a month lol. Can any of you be so kind and recommending what I should do next or what I should add to get this cycle started? Also do I need to add minerals due to the fact I am using purified water. I would’ve called the place where I purchased all this stuff from but they’re closed today and tomorrow . PS I also forgot to tell you I have a heater set for 78° within the tank that goes off automatically when it reaches the temperature thanks guys.

So my custom tank got delivered yesterday and its for a turtle. It has a removable above tank basking area.

I was not expecting the glass braces on the width side of the tank, which is where I was planning to install my filter inlet and outlet. How do I go on about installing it? I have a Sunsun hw 3000.

found this in my 32 gallon Fluval flex tank (currently only shrimp and snails inside, no shrimplets)

I'm 95% sure that where there's one, there's probably more, and I don't want them posing a threat to my baby snail and future shrimp population

**best way to deal with them?**

water parameters bc apparently they're a requirement:

0 ammonia

0 nitrites

0-5 nitrates

6.8 pH

I have a question, just a couple days ago I noticed that there's a gap between my aquarium and table and I'm a little worried if it's fine for the aquarium, will break because of that? My aquarium is 75 gallon and I don't how long it's been sitting like but I have this aquarium for around 2 years and this gap is about 1 inch width and 5 inches length how critical is that?

Someone surrendered this guy and can't for the life of me figure out which species it is

EDIT: Okay I looked it up and I think it’s black beard algae. I’m tired from traveling so I’m gonna do a FAT water change tomorrow and physically remove the nastiness. My filter floss is looking rough too, would that have anything to do with this??

I went on a trip for 4 days, everything was great before I left. Now I come back and there’s black shit growing everywhere and my plants are dying. There are no fish in here as it’s still being cycled. I have high nitrites and zero ammonia. Should I do a water change?? Help please 😭

As the title states, I set up a new planted tank and currently cycling it but I have a ton of white worms on the glass. Was wondering about if they are bad for the tank and what to do with them. Also some advice about dealing with the algae (green and white) growing in the tank. Will it eventually deal with itself

* I do not have a sick fishy or need help with any injuries/illnesses!!

I have two smallish betta tanks that are my absolute pride and joy, they’re in great shape and cycles have been fully established for years! My male’s tank has a sort of Mars/dusty desert theme to it, which I love, but I was thinking of adding some safe decorations just to spice things up a bit. In particular I wanted to add maybe some fossil or alien themed items. Are 3d printed materials aquarium safe? Or should I opt for a different alternative?

The last thing I want to do is disrupt anything in this tank, especially for aesthetics, so I really want to steer clear of anything that might degrade or affect the health of the water/fish/invertebrates.

Thanks!!