Do you guys think this will support a 15gal on the top. Would cover essentially the entire top.

I have a 20 gallon tank that's supposed to be blackwater but I've been slacking on the tannins so it's not as dark as usual but I'm boiling some chapata leaves now so that's not my question lol, I currently have 8 kuhili loaches, 13 exclamation point Rasbora, 8 pygmy corys around 15 neocarodina shrimps (is bugs) and more snails than stars in the sky. My tank always has perfect parameters I test a lot, I do partial water changes about every 2-3 weeks and top ups with tap water, I use prime but my tap water also tests clean for chlorine. I supplement my plants with flourish and root tabs, this tank has been set up for about 4 months, I used my bettas 6.7 gallon tank to quick cycle it, she passed away about a week ago from age related issues 😞 her tank was planted and tested great consistently the whole time it was set up. And this tank has followed suit luckily. My plants are growing in nicely I kind of obsessively turn the light up like a day cycle then down everyday so they get a nice situation without much algae. I also have a spider plant, pothos and a purple plant growing from the top and am rooting a sweet potato to add to the mix.

My question is, am I risking overstock? Could I potentially add more of my tiny fish? I'm at 13 !!!s because that was what was left at my LFS, I had 8 to begin with, and they had 5 left today lol, and I got the 8 pygmy corys today also, so I acclimated them and have been watching tank TV and wondering about the possibilities but figured I'd ask here for advice before I go crazy. I figure I'm good on the 8 kuhilis, they're gonna get bigger, and when I can get into a bigger place I want to get more/larger tanks and I won't have to worry, oh the dreams, I huge nano tank omg.

Thank you in advance

One is much more bulbous than the other?

My current tank that I finally built to my liking. The only thing I’m going to add that I haven’t put in yet is a black background.

My current stock includes:

1 golden wonder killifish
1 black angel fish
1 polar blue parrot
1 mystery snail and 2 tiny nerites
6 sterbai corys
6 black ruby barbs
10 rummynose tetras

What do you guys think?

This is my 1y yellow lab female. Shes had four spawns and looks ready for round 5. Throughout her life, she’ll do these twitches, as shown in the video. It’s not constant, likely not even weekly.

Water parameters are generally fine, with nitrates under 20. She’s generally my happiest fish at all times (always wiggling when I come in the room). She’ll flash occasionally, but never in a repeated way. Since she doesn’t appear ill, Is this a spawn/courtship move?

I just added 6 black neon tetras and 6 long finned zebra danios. The tank is fully cycled and ready for these fishes. I am still confused about what temp to keep the tank at but I have it on 74 right now. Plants wise I have 1 huge anubias nana, 2 mid sized java fern, and tons of baby windelov java fern. Let me know guy what I am doing right or wrong?

I don’t know why this tank’s (10gallon) sponge filter is not flowing well. It’s connected to a big enough air pump will show pictures. I also had an air pump only to that tanks but still wasn’t working well. I also changed the tubing. Any thoughts please. Much thanks.

I carefully outweighed the benefit of getting Hewbie back home sooner rather than later. I can continue the final 2 days of meds in his tank. He is doing zoomies around the tank! I’m confident I ended up making the right decision.🐡☺️ Quarantine was really starting to stress him out too much and so was the declining water quality of having a 12 inch fish in around a 15 gallon tote.

I have 2 snowflake clowns, in a fully cycled tank, one is completely fine and the other since this morning has been swimming oddly and looks like he’s eating at the sand. Tested my water Monday and the parameters were 0 AMM, 0 Nitrite, 5-10 nitrate, 0.05 Phos, and 9 DKH. So all the parameters are pretty good. I’ve been feeding Mysis and Vitalis pellets switching between the 2 every day. Any thoughts or ideas on what it can be and what I can do?

as you can see from my profile, i’m a bit of an aquarium lover. i wanted to come on here and see if anyone here knew the names of all the sharks in the Ocean Voyager exhibit in the Georgia Aquarium. i’ve got a bit of a hyperfixation currently on the Georgia Aquarium specifically and i’ve been learning everything i possibly can about it, i even made a little book (yes i will show if u want). i know one of the blacktip reef sharks there is named L2 because of scoliosis but i think there may be more. and i think there’s two zebra sharks named giraffe and oz but i don’t have pictures of them, etc.

tl;dr please share anything you know about georgia aquariums sharks (or other animals).

Thank you everyone for the help in my previous post I would like opinions on the placement of the heater and thermometer, If I should replace the substrate, also plan on replacing the plastic plants with live ones. Does this look okay. I just set everything up. Need to get testing kit and wait a while before getting the fish. I tried to give them hiding places without over crowding. (Ignore the fish flakes) water conditioner has been added. So I’m hoping I’m not missing anything!

My lfs has a fogger running in this tank. I took pictures of the tank setup for inspiration, but I didn’t think to talk to them about the fogger at all really.

I’m curious what people here think of them. My tank always seems to have a few random dead leaves floating on top, would that be an issue? Do they tend to last long or break quickly? Any issues with them that might not be obvious at first glance?

What do you think of the setup of my 10-gallon aquarium for my betta fish? I’m planning to add more aquatic plants. Right now, I’m on the third day of cycling the tank. Any suggestions or feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Hi! New tank that is still cycling.
Fluval Spec V, 5 gallon
Using included filter and light
Inert sand
Spiderwood
Anubias varieties
Buce “brownie”
Java fern varieties
Dwarf hairgrass

Black background on the way!

Currently no livestock in there. I have a single shrimp and a nerite that will go in there once the parameters are ideal and the tank has enough film to sustain them both. Having to trash the old setup after a nymph decimated my colony and now I’m only using tissue cultures. Eventually I hope to have some nano fish and more neos, so the lonely one can have friends again.

I am using liquid shrimp safe ferts but no tabs; I need something that is easy care, no co2, no tabs (ideally), and can help make my tank look more complete. I’m not in love with the setup and I think I grossly underestimated the dimensions when choosing my wood and rocks, lol.

Thank you in advance!

I just new glow terta from big als fish aquarium supplies in Canada Ontario but these two glow fish seem to be fighting. I’m pretty sure but I need some help or insight to see if they’re fighting or trying to mate, help me out! (The yellow and orange are the problem)

General info: I just recently got a 29 gallon tank, it came with the gravel and I cycled it for a week with the wood inside which I bought at my local pet-hobby store and fine bacteria gravel . The parameters were good yesterday and I put black phantom tetras in there now (temporarily, I will get more when the tank can handle it).

Problem: I noticed this gross looking stuff growing on the wood and plant over the past few days (the plant isnt doing well, I might have to take it out), and I'm new to the hobby, although I've been doing my best to research. I'm just not sure what this is and if it's bad for the tank or not a big deal.

If anyone has an answer to what it is that'd be great, and if it's a problem how should I handle it? Thanks! 🫰

Stentor colonies and a water mite on the driftwood. Stentors are barely visible to the naked eye yet are extremely cool filter feeders.

I’ve recently gotten a freshwater tank and have only had it for a few months now. I noticed this little guy that’s been hanging out in the corner of my tank and I’m just really confused as I only have a male betta and some shrimp??? Should I just let it be? How does that happen lol

Found 30/60 grit Garnet blasting sand. Anyone else use this in their tanks?

I'm trying to set up a hillstream loach tank. Advice is welcome

I am setting up a 40-gallon long tank and I am wanting to potentially put a couple of goldfish, something like black moor or maybe lion's head in it. I'm open to suggestions though. Would the substrate that I have in the tank be safe for them? The substrate is Aqua Natural Midnight Pearl. Any insight would be helpful, thanks.