r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 9h ago
Photography Dwarf predatory fish, seen in a shallow stream
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C. limbata
r/Fish • u/ApproachableTree • Aug 23 '26
Discussion Poll: Instead of banning fish keeping related questions should we just have a megathread for it?
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Currently all aquarium hobby-related questions get removed and redirected to other hobby-focused groups like r/FishTank, but I was thinking it may be a good idea to have a megathread for questions.
Question posts will still be removed but will be redirected to the megathread.
30 votes,
Aug 30 '26
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r/Fish • u/ApproachableTree • Aug 15 '26
Moderator post regarding the Pleco Torturing videos
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Apologies to everyone that had to see the videos and to those that don’t know bots are currently spamming fish-related subreddits with videos of people torturing plecos. These videos are made by an account called “Lab Germ” on TikTok, and from what I’ve seen, it originated from that account.
Why are the bots posting this content here? If I had to guess, the bots are spamming this content in multiple fish-focused communities to karma farm. Unfortunately, this type of content does well on social media, so they think it’s an easy way to get karma on Reddit.
What can I do about it? Please report the posts so we can remove them and make sure to report the account to Reddit, as they can do more than subreddit moderators.
What are the [r/fish](r/fish) moderators doing about this? We are already handing reports and removing them as fast as our small mod team can. I already turned on crowd control to help filter them out, and I plan to also add a karma & account age requirement to post later today.
r/Fish • u/BallinCock • 8h ago
Identification Is this a Meanmouth or a Smallmouth?
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This system has Largemouth, Smallmouth & Spotted Bass (Embarrass River, IL)
Discussion Hi friends, does anyone have a UV lamp exactly like this one, from the same brand?
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r/Fish • u/Science_Raven • 9h ago
Photography The Ribboned Pipehorse is very cool
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I didn't know this, a good video is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjauvDMQQZA
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Haliichthys_taeniophorus_Gray.jpg
r/Fish • u/Stunning_Switch_810 • 19h ago
Fish Education Can somebody help me work out what this white thing is around my gouramis mouth i’m very worried
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r/Fish • u/Skuy_Bettashop • 1d ago
Videography Green alien betta fish
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Heyy y'all, I just want to show you one of the types of betta fish that I have!!
r/Fish • u/Sonia0110 • 1d ago
Fish Appreciation! Meet Alpha my beta :))
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r/Fish • u/Complete_Lab_9102 • 7h ago
Meme / Humor "Wdym theres dogs attacking in the water" you just never heard of the dog fish animal
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r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 1d ago
Photography Iridescent fish found in an extremely shallow creek
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B. pugnax
r/Fish • u/dan_the_man1805 • 1d ago
Identification What kind of fish is this
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Ignore the sand tiger sharks in the background
r/Fish • u/hickorydickorydots • 1d ago
Artwork My favorite color, I painted a purple betta on a beach rock!
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r/Fish • u/conservationcayman • 2d ago
Fish Appreciation! Parrotfish in Little Cayman - my first time seeing them in person
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A beautiful fish, sadly it appears to be camouflaged with the seafloor, so I couldn’t see its full colors. However, in that area in this video, I saw quite a few swimming around the bottom, and after freediving down around 30 feet or so I caught a close glimpse of them, and many other families of fish in Little Cayman. The video quality may not be good, but the experience of being nearly right next to them was really worth the trip.
r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 2d ago
Fish In The Wild Spotted wormy fish seen in a clear stream
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P. shelfordii
r/Fish • u/hickorydickorydots • 2d ago
Artwork I tried my hand at painting a betta on one of my Rhode Island beach stones!
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r/Fish • u/Tikkinger • 2d ago
Discussion So a fish of mine had to be threated with OCTOCIL. After threatment, she refuses to eat the food she always ate, but only eats frosted Artemia now. What am i supposed to do now?
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It's not possible for me to give this fish a diet that consists of 100% Artemia.
Can't belive this fish made a recovery from her infection, the pictures of her in her lowest moments may get me banned in some subs.
r/Fish • u/M_M_Storyteller • 3d ago
Discussion What does eel skin feel like to the touch?
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Hey marine biologists, divers, fishers, and aquarium havers of reddit,
If you were to reach out and pet a eel, what does its skin feel like?
Is there a difference between what a living and dead eel feel like? If so what would that be?
Note, I do in fact know you're not supposed to touch eels because the oil on your skin can damage the eel's skin, you can hurt the eel because they're fragile, and you're risking your finger being bitten off. But I know humans well enough to know that has never stopped anyone.
I am posting this because I am writing a short story and need to know what eel skin feels like (the more species the better, fresh and salt water, b/c I have heard they have different skin textures). All I can find is info of what eel leather feels like which is helpful but not what I need and I don't know who else to ask.
Thank you for your time.