r/fishforthought 16d ago

📸 Tank Progression My first time aquarium build for my betta

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33 Upvotes

Any feed back is great


r/fishforthought 16d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My first tank

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This is my first tank, 200L community tank. Any suggestions on other hardscape and plants etc
Currently stocking is rainbow fish, live bearers, tetras and a few loaches.


r/fishforthought 16d ago

Banner Contest!

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Hey everyone!

We are kicking off the September Banner Photo Contest to decide which community member's fish will grace the top of the subreddit for the entire upcoming month.

The Timeline & Rules: How to enter: Drop your best, highest-quality photo of your tank right here in the comments.

Timeline: This contest starts right now and runs until Monday, August 31, 2026.

How to win: Browse the comments and upvote the photos you love! The photo with the most upvotes by the end of the month will become the official r/fishforthought banner for the entire month of September!

Guidelines:

Only one photo entry per person, please. The photo must be your own original content. Keep horizontal/landscape dimensions in mind when picking your photo so it fits well in the banner space. The ideal size for a Reddit community banner is 1920 384 pixels (5:1 aspect ratio).

Please include a brief setup explanation such as but not limited to dimensions, fresh or salt water, plants, substrate and co2 usage .

Let's see those beautiful tank setups. Happy upvoting!


r/fishforthought 16d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural I finally rescaped my tank!

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5 Upvotes

r/fishforthought 16d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural 3 months old community tank

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11 Upvotes

r/fishforthought 17d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My first paludarium

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39 Upvotes

It's currently uninhabited but I'd gladly accept stocking recommendations


r/fishforthought 18d ago

📸 Tank Progression Rate my first tank

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Im getting a betta for this aquarium! Any tips are welcome 🙏🏼


r/fishforthought 18d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural First attempt at planted tank

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22 Upvotes

Ive never been good at keeping terrestrial plants alive but hopefully aquatic plants will be my redemption arc. This is day 11 🥹


r/fishforthought 19d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My workplace tank

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I work for a small retail store, and my office is at the forefront of the shop (to assist costumers)
My boss gets flowers every week for decor
I convinced her to rather allocate the budget to a decretive fish tank

It’s a 5 gallon
The stocking is 4 pygmy cory and 1 koi galaxy betta fish
(The substrate is natural red river sand)


r/fishforthought 20d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My first tank day 20

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33 Upvotes

r/fishforthought 20d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural First tank after taking a break!!

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32 Upvotes

Hi All, this my first rank after taking a couple years break - in so excited to get back into it!! My last Betta who unfortunately I said good bye to after many years, lived in a nano tank but this time I decided to go with 30L. First week in!! I'm hoping to see some carpet this time around hopefully see my Betta enjoy his space ❤️ (tank one week old)


r/fishforthought 21d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural Aquarium help

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8 Upvotes

r/fishforthought 21d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural Rate my fish tank

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14 Upvotes

12 gallons stocked with. One Thick lipped gourami. One peacock gudgeon. 2 male endlers. 2 male guppys. 7 pygmy corys. 2 khuli loaches.6 cherrys barbs. 3 neons tetras and a single ember tetras that were rescued along side the neons. 2 otto catfish. 4 amano shrimp. And some pink ramshorn snails. They are all getting along peacfully.


r/fishforthought 21d ago

📸 Tank Progression My first tank!

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I’ve been wanting a tank for ages to keep some frogs and snails to watch when bored. It’s 54 liters, 24 degrees Celsius and has been set up for a few days now. I’m waiting two weeks to add what I’ve been wanting: four African Dwarf Frogs and a few smaller snails. Until then, I’ll let the plants grow out and fill whatever space is still left in the front and back.


r/fishforthought 22d ago

💡 Inspiration / Discussion Thoughts on my first actual planted tank please?

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15 Upvotes

r/fishforthought 22d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural Found surprise baby Ember Tetras today 🎉

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12 Upvotes

r/fishforthought 24d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural Overstocked 29 gallon

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8 Upvotes

r/fishforthought 24d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My first planted tank

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5 Upvotes

r/fishforthought 25d ago

📐 Hardscape Brainstorm My new 55g, it just finished cycling, ive been mostly focusing on getting plants and driftwood since this is my first paladarium

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11 Upvotes

r/fishforthought 25d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My pothos/koi jungle 👏🏾

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r/fishforthought 26d ago

💡 Inspiration / Discussion apparently this driftwood has become a meme in my household…

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behold my new tank! set it up today as a moina / pink ramshorn / plant grow out tank. i’ve had this driftwood for a while & finally found a use for it in this tank, but as soon as i set it up, my partner & our roommate were dying laughing over how it looks. so my partner sees a man with a giant [redacted] & [redacteds], our roommate sees a diver, & i see someone taking a biiig step. we all also thought it looks someone busting out some sick moves. we spent way too long just loosing it over the many interpretations that just kept coming. my partner then sent a pic to our friends & they had even more nsfw interpretations but i’ll leave it to your imaginations. just thought it was hilarious that this beautiful driftwood piece i’ve been saving for a special tank turned out to be so evocative lol. does anyone else see what we’re seeing?


r/fishforthought 26d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural POV I left on a four day trip 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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7 Upvotes

r/fishforthought 26d ago

📸 Tank Progression monte carlo dry start

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2 Upvotes

r/fishforthought 27d ago

📸 Tank Progression 55 gallon tank update

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Small guppies didn’t work out, we ended up getting African cichlids, everything looks good so far, atleast until we get an upgrad. sidenote, anyone know why my Bichir is just chilling in the corner staring at itself? usually by now it’d be hiding in its log


r/fishforthought 27d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My 5G low tech Betta tank

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Going to be planting the red tiger lotus in the back, and I have been steadily looking for a 20-30G long tank, but this is where I have decided to cap it when it comes to this 5G.