Aquarium Tips

[Sayer of the N-Word]

I keep two small (2.5 gal) betta tanks. I know the bleeding hearts say you're supposed to keep them in a minimum of 5 gal each, but the place I'm keeping them now can only realistically hold two small tanks. Here's one of them, Little Guy. I snapped this photo in the middle of some maintenance in his tank, which is why you see the heater and airstone hanging free like that.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

When I was a kid I had a rather large fish tank my sister got me for some reason. In it I mostly kept tetras, catfish, and algaeeaters. The catfish and the algaeeater were the only ones I really remember/had specific affection for and they lived way longer than other fish. Algae eaters are beautiful creatures.
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There was a very good fish and pet store we used to regularly visit, occasionally buy a new fish, and it was like visiting a literal aquarium for how dark it was and how many different ones it had, also dogs (which in hindsight is not a good sign, dogs and cats should not be commodities sold out of storefronts) and guinea pigs and like. In college I came to find two fish stores in town that I would, on walks, visit to use as aquariums, one of which had absolutely massive algea eaters and catfish (like, big as a dog) in huge tanks, exact same thing mine could have grown into if I had a tank the size of a wall.

 

[ロボ﹏§¤r﹏h¶rœ]

The easiest fish to keep are guppies. They just keep on breeding and breeding and are very resilient to diseases.

 

[KweenKarlotta]

I have a 30 gallon freshwater aquarium with a black moore. His name is Bucky. My cycle is established and I do a water change once a week.

Do goldfish need friends? I don't want my fish to be lonely but I'm unsure my tank is large enough for two fancy goldfish.

 

[ReasonablyRetarded]

I've got a naturalistic setup which requires a water change and some algae scraping like once every 2 months, I only feed a small amount twice a week as well as remove duckweed once a week.
My goal was to create a miniature self sustaining ecosystem and I've achieved it pretty well.
Started with 2 honey gourami, couple of guppies and 6 cherry shrimps, as well as snails i had as hitchhikers so I added 2 assassin's.
It's been a little over 8 months and I've now got a shrimp population that's more than triple the original, healthy guppy population kept in check by the HGs who eat any guppy fry too stupid to swim away fast, snail pop is solid and to a point where they are a good CuC but not running the tank.
Tried breeding the HG's for a little bit, had success but I can't facilitate seperate grow tanks so left the fry to be eaten and turned up the flow to discourage more breeding.

Key point in this entire tank has been a LOT of vegetation and an oversized canister filter. If you're going to start a tank, I'd 110% recommend an oversized external canisterfilter if at all possible, it works wonders in keeping your water stable.

 

[Qoyidoya]

I have a 38 gallon tank. I want to start something that gives food supply to my turtles. This includes Cherry shrimp, Amano shrimp, and Ghost shrimp. Is it a bad idea to start all of that in one tank? Should I instead get a few 10-15 gals to start off each shrimp variety individually?
I was thinking to use sponge filters and even aquascaping whatever it is I will use.

 

[George Lucas]

I just wanted to let you guys know that this Father Fish guy has a Patreon subscriber names ‘John Sneed’.

I don’t remember what video I saw it on but here’s his latest:

I have no idea if his methods are at all usable. I just think his whole ‘everyone else on the internet is WRONG’ schtick is funny.

 

[FedPostalService]

A young family member recently got an aquarium and it’s got me researching. I’ve wanted one for years.

Had the occasional gold fish as a child (before we knew it wasn’t the best environment for them.)

Problem is I can travel a lot for work at short notice and don’t really have anyone local who I’d trust to fish sit.

I’d want to give my fish their best life so any recommendations for getting started? I’d want to start small.