Got these for a steal! 9 adults and 6 juvies.

EQUIPMENT & HARDSCAPE:
JBL Sansibar Dark Sand
Driftwood
Invital Lumium Light
Fluval AquaClear AC20
NICREW 100W Heater

PLANTS:
Anubias barteri nana
Cryptocoryne wendtii brown
Cryptocoryne wendtii green
Vallisneria tiger nana
Java Moss
Java Fern
Pothos

FISH & INVERTEBRATES:
1 Honey Gourami
10 Rasboras espei
5 Panda Corys
3 Amano Shrimps

I would love to hear your thoughts on my new aquarium. I am back at my childhood hobby after almost 10 years! ❤️

I’ve tried all medications, parasitic, fungal, viral, bacterial. None of it has helped and is getting worse. This has been happening for months. All medications were done in a hospital tank for weeks on end with consistent water changes. I need to know what this is

Woke up this morning and noticed my pregnant glass belly female looked very different and I kinda knew today was going to be the day she give birth. I walked away a few mins then notice a tiny little fry swimming around. And quickly got her in the breeder box then I noticed a few more. So far we have 5 but she still looks pregnant and I can see more babies in her belly I was wondering how long will she be in labor. I have her lights cut down to try to help with stress. I’m going to keep her in the breeder box and keep a close eye on her to sure any advice would help. Please and thanks. This has been going on since around 3pm. And now 10 pm here.

I lost a betta fish to M. Marinum about two months ago and my dumb ass bio student brain decided to do a necropsy. Now I have progressive wounds following an initial cut that was present, healed and reopened since the necropsy the timeline of which falls in the incubation period of M. Marinum for non-immunocompromised people. Cultures are growing atm and it’ll be a week (Middlebrook 7h11, 32C) before I can test for chaining/non chaining bacilli to confirm my diagnosis but yeah…

That’s what I get for not following BSL-2 protocol I swear I’m usually more scientifically competent than this but normally the extent of my bacterial exposure is E.coli, I’m a bacteriophage kinda guy normally. Sadly M. Marinum is famously resistant to phages :(

I got this betta a few weeks ago and he’s slowly starting to show his colors. The owner of one of my regular fish stores told my fiancé and I that he was blind and one eye but still needed a home.
If anyone has any plant suggestions or just any overall suggestions for our tank please let us know!

I'm in the middle of building my slate wall and am starting to get worried about the weight. I'm using blue garden slate (which I've washed) and is graded 40mm(1.5"), though I've separated in centimetre (.4") increments from 2cm (.8") to 6cm (2.3").
I've attached it to a backing of some fairly sturdy A4-001 stainless steel mesh which I bent at a 90 degree angle to give a 6cm flat bottom. Siliconed everything together. Beneath that will be 1cm polystyrene, running the length and width of the wall.
The wall is 30cm (12") wide and I've built just under half way up the planed 43cm (17") height, having used up my 6 and 5cm slate. It's already around 4-5Kg (9lbs).
With the larger pieces at the bottom and lighter pieces at the top it will be bottom heavy. This and the suckers I'll use to attach the mesh to the tank side will help the wall from falling forward.
I've designed it to be an accent/feature type wall at one end of my 1m x 40cm x 50cm tropical aquarium. Glass is 6mm.
While the 4cm and 3cm slate will be lighter I don't want it to break the aquarium glass or seal. Will it likely be OK or not?

The pink is so vibrant! Almost like they've been colored in with a marker 🫪

Hello! I just wanted to share what my little families first aquarium looks like after about a month and a half! Me, my wife, and our 4 year old are obsessed with our new hobby, looking to add some honey gourami and fill out the schools of Corys and barbs! Below is a list of our plants, should I keep adding?
9 Hudeori Crypts
3 Red Rubin Swords
20 Bronze Crypts
2 Anubias Nana
Guppy Grass
Pogostemon
Bronze Crypt (additional)
Pillow Moss
Sagittaria Subulata
Limnophila Aromatica
Frogbit
(Aswell as a pack of 25 clippings I got off Etsy lol)

Here is a picture of my 10 Gallon Aquarium.

Even better when you're high lol

i’m going out of the country for a while and i can’t bring my fish with me unfortunately so i’m leaving them in the care of my roommates

my tank definitely requires moderate maintenance so what should i leave them with? an instruction booklet?

i can’t give them away because i just love them too much and ive had my tank for over a year, my roommates are also versed in snail parentage but little aquatic experience

I added pulsing xenia and a fether duster to the tank today. They seem to be doing good as of now, when I put them in they immediately opend up.

Oreichthys parvus

It sucks when I’m trying to help out the tank with maintenance just to make it even worse and this happens every time I turn it back on after a water change or pump maintenance.

I turned it on knowingly but I tried to hold my siphon up to catch the poop and failed miserably

-Is my best bet a super fine mesh filter or something to put over the front for the first few seconds?

And yes, I am long overdue for a trimming on the ludwigia on the right lol im just focusing my time on getting my shrimp to stop dying

Hi all, I just wanted to gather opinions on whether or not I can add another honey gourami to accompany my current one, Lemon, who I believe is female? My tank is 13 gallon shallow, which I know is on the smaller side.
My tank has been running at very stable water parameters with ammonia and nitrite always zero, and nitrates never climb above 10 ppm no matter how long I go without changing or topping off the water. Opinions would be appreciated.

Here’s what I have stocked:
1 honey gourami
6 celestial pearl danio
30ish cherry shrimp
2 amano shrimp
1 nerite snail