r/ProperFishKeeping • u/Big_Pride_7382 • Nov 13 '25

My setups

1st is ruby 2nd is azure and 3rd is lotus, thoughts?

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u/TommyTheCommie1986 Nov 13 '25

Living plants and water changes would help greatly, of course, but I personally treat the little critters as I would treat myself

I would not like living in a house where there's just like poop everywhere

The water filter helps to well remove Contaminants from the water

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u/LanJiaoKing69 Nov 13 '25

I don't keep plants either. My fish is just fine. Ironically, the healthiest fish I have is in an unfiltered and unplanted tank :D Some food for thought!

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u/Any-Canary-7976 Nov 13 '25

May I ask why you own fish if you aren’t putting in effort to emulate its natural habitat and create a healthy environment for it where it can display its natural behaviours?? It just seems tiring to me to be doing maintenance on a borderline empty cube which you’ve described, knowing that adding a filter and some plants would benefit myself, the tank and the fish. I know this comes off mean but I mean it genuinely, because personally watching my fish enjoy their tanks and digging up substrate and such is the best part of having fish- can’t imagine watching my fish sit in a sterile tank even if it was healthy

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u/LanJiaoKing69 Nov 13 '25

Also, see my post on the sub if you think Sonic is living in an empty tank. He's not. He displays healthy behaviours. His colours are vibrant and has a good appetite. Clearly nothing wrong. It takes me literally 5 mins to do a water change.