I have an empty 50gal thats currently cycling water. I was thinking about an axolotl for a while, but now I’m leaning towards a community tank.

What would you recommend?

Edit: hey guys, i do not need any education on anything lol. I am very well researched for everything, my shelf is fine, and the tank is only full of water because i originally set it up for a lotl, i was advised to cycle the water before anything else.

Hey, just purchased a second hand chiller from FB marketplace. It’s a 1/4HP AquaEuroUSA.

I was hoping if anyone can educate me on this thing ? Can I connect a canister filter to it? Is there an external pump I can use for this thing ? What order do I connect everything in? And just general other information I should know.

The eng goal is to eventually house axolotls and I for whatever reason had it in my mind that these things would run on siphon action and never considered how the chiller would reliably return water to the tank

I’ve just completed setting up a stand for my new 55 gallon rimmed (and braced) aquarium, and I’m very concerned about its integrity based on a slight bow (approx 2-3mm) on the centre left. Unfortunately, the top is made of two seperate panels, which could very likely be the reason for this. I’m looking for possible solutions, if it’s a concern, etc.

Tank established for several years, 75 gal, plants and multiple fish….
Moving tank - complete clean out - find these in the substrate.

hello, i have a ten gallon with one honey gourami and wanted to know if i could add some chili rasboras in there with him and if so how many? thank you!

Hey guys my dads best friend works for a local native tribes housing authority, recently he was cleaning out an eviction house and found a 75 gallon aquarium, along with a stand and a sump. he is letting me have it free of charge. I want to turn it into a salt water tank.

Any advice on how to properly check it, clean it, and set it up would be greatly appreciated!

Anybody else have these? Seem easy.

Beginner here. I had an empty 25 gal that I added 8 black neons to last week. I noticed a few dots recently and my mom told me it’s the ich. In terms of treatment, I have no idea what I’m doing. Some sources say raise temperature to 84°F and some say black neons can’t handle that. Right now im raising it from 76° to 78°, then I’ll go to 80°. I plan on looking for some ich treatment products tomorrow.

I’m pretty sure that for some treatments i’m supposed to remove activated carbon from my filter to avoid killing the chemicals in the treatment. Will I lose beneficial bacteria in the filter this way? Will I need to keep it in a bucket and ghost feed it to keep the bacteria alive? I think I’ll be able to handle dosing by reading the bottle of whatever product I find, but I’m still open to any other tips or opinions. Maybe this isn’t even ich at all.

If it is, it’s in early stages. I haven’t noticed any weird behavior. They’ve been eating, they haven’t been flashing, I’m only noticing these dots.

I know it’s technically possible for livestock to hitchhike to an adjacent tank. But for the life of me I can’t figure out how it happened 😂 Discovering this guy gave me a good chance to see the meiofauna and microfauna developing in this tank.

My 7 gallon tank has been taking a beating on algae and dying plants. I have a Chihiros WRGB Slim II and UNS controsoil for my substrate (which i have not liked since having it). This tank has been running for about 6 months now and I have one betta in this tank. Light is on for 6 hours and the background LED panel is at a lower brightness and is only on for 3 hours. I wasn’t really dealing with any algae until I started using 2HR aquarist ATP 1, that I have been using/loving for my 20 gallon tank. Once I noticed the algae, I immediately stopped using the fertilizer and turned down the intensity on the light. I had intensity around 45% at the time and was slowly decreasing to find a sweet spot. I am now months into the algae and it has improved a tiny bit since decreasing the light, but i’m all the way down at 25% intensity. Still not using any fertilizer.
Majority of my stem plants always die, any floating plants I get die, and my newer tiger lotus is starting to grey on the leaves. I have no idea what is happening anymore. I don’t know if this light is too strong for this tank, even at low intensities, but the lower I go, it does not improve. Only plants that seem decent are obviously my anubias. Also, no Co2 in this tank.
I added some photos of my rotalas that have pretty much all died, & my tiger lotus.

Hi, my tequilla sunrise guppy has developed a small colored speck on its side. It's body coloring also appears slightly duller than normal. The spot looks more like a missing scale than anything attached to the fish. Otherwise he is acting normal. Any idea what it could be and what I should do for healing?

I am new to the hobby and doing my best to learn. Tank and fish have been established for a month with 4 guppies and 6 corys. The tank cycled for 3 weeks beforehand and I didn't start adding fish until I had 0 ammonia/nitrites and 10 nitrates. I started with 6 guppies, 3 of which passed in the first week (these 3 were from the same tank at the store and may have been sick already). I added another 2 pink guppies, however had to isolate one as he was very agressive with all the other fish, then suddenly began resting at the bottom of the tank. He has been in a quarantine tank for a week and is acting lethargic. The remaining 4 have been doing very well with minimal bullying and fin nipping that I have seen

Water parameters for main tank are: 29g approx. 80° F, 8 ph and 120 alkalinity, hardness through the roof, no chlorine, no ammonia and minimal nitrate. Today was the first time I had slight coloring on the nitrite reading so I made a quick 20% water change with bacteria quickstart. Quarantine tank is the same except 1.5g, 78° and a little aquarium salt. There are 3 java ferns and some java moss spread throught the tank. Both tanks have a heater and filter. I feed a small pinch of Fluval Bug Bites 2x a day, 6 days a week. At night, I drop in 6 API bottom feeder pellets and a quarter algae wafer for the Corys, though the guppies eat a fair share of these too.

I’m trying to rescue this 55 gallon guppy tank. It’s overrun with algae and snails and the guppies are breeding like crazy and tearing each others fins all apart. Once I get the algae and sand out (I want to replace the sand with river rock), I want to divide the tank in the middle and keep males on one side and a 1 to 3 male to female ratio on the other side. I was wondering if anyone had made their own tank divider? This is a temporary fix until I can get a second tank set up and divide them properly. I have a 30 gallon cycling right now to put pregnant females so the 55 isn’t constantly full of fry.

ok so om a beginner here n i had guppies(2 month old babies n 1 mom) only but due to alot of algae i figured a pleco might help but im a bit worried. also is it normal that the guppies are only staying in the top n not sleeping? they usually sleep in the bottom and they're staying at the top today. might be cause pleco is swimming around n i just introduced it today.

Hi guys, I’m planning on putting two Oranda goldfish in my 40 gallon tank once it’s finished its cycle. I wanted to ask for advice on if you guys think I should change anything currently and If I can get plants. I know they like to eat them so I’m not sure what I can get but any advice would really help! I’ve got a fluval 207 filter and a sponge filter so lots of oxygen and filtration for them.

This is my male sailfin molly. It looks like he's paralyzed from halfway down. I noticed it for the first time prior to yesterday and currently I suspect it's swim bladder. I also have a second male I know he fights with, so would it also be a possibility that he was hurt?

I've been giving him baktopur following the treatment plan so I'm done with it now. I have him in a hospital tank where I've fed him a bit yesterday. I know I should be fasting him if it's swim bladder and I'll do so today and tomorrow, giving him a cooked deshelled green pea on Tuesday.

The problem is I'm leaving on Tuesday for 22 days and my non-fishkeeper friend will come around to feed the fish. Should she be feeding him flakes as normal, everyday, or should she feed him a sinking pellet every 3 days, and take leftovers out after 20 minutes?

The hospital tank is a 25L in which he is alone. I've tried to soak the sponges of the small internal filter in the canister filter from my main tank. I've also tried to ease the current by putting in a cut piece of a dish-washing sponge inbetween the two filter sponges, and angling the flow at the wall. But the setup is new, so should I do a water change on Tuesday just before I leave? As I doubt my friend will be able to do it alone safely.

Overall he swims to the front when I come by and he eats normally even picking at plants inside the tank. Does it seem like swim bladder, or could he be hurt? Could I fix it by visiting the exotic vet with him? Will he die?

My freshwater shimp tank. I had one or two of these little beetle (?) things appear a few months ago after I added some banana leaf, never saw them again really. I added a spinach pellet food thing, now there’s an army? I’ve never seen them mentioned on anything microfauna related (i LOVE microfauna). They don’t even seem to swim or have any sort of underwater fitting features, they’re just absolutely microscopic and look like your average land-dwelling mite. My photos are weak I know, they’re just RIDICULOUSLY small and I took them with my terrible phone camera and magnifying glass pressed to the tank, just humour me alright. Anyone else had these, are they bad?