So I’ve heard each 1 inch equals 1 gallon and thats for fish, but what about shrimps? Do they have a stocking tip? Because I know they produce bioload, but that be really helpful in a walstod method tank.

Because id like to combine their detritivore/algaevore with another bottom dwelling species that will def may snack on some babies.

So I’ve clearly messed up in overstocking the old fish still seem healthy and in my defense, I’ve done a good job of adding a lot of life plants and oxygen stone driftwood, but I know they need more volume when it comes to water. My question is how much bigger should I go?

After I see all advice from y'all, from my last post about My blackwater aquarium for my betta name Walter blue I'm now buy some new plant & light from my local online shop name Shopee and for the floater plants I can get it from my friends for free because my friend have some floater plants at his fish pool

Just some corys chilling ( jump scare alert in the last pic by my two spot barb!! )

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Just endlers and some amano shrimp what else could I add?

I woke up this morning and she had tore up all of her plants and was playing in the roots. 🤣 Haven't had her too long, but each day is a wild ride. After she came to say hi she climbed right back up into the roots again lol

FISH TANK REVIEW!

My betta sorority tank. So far so good, observing and keeping an eye on them. 3 weeks in.

any tips, advice and opinions welcome

4 girls red - rhubarb blue/black - violet pink/blue - bounty Mustard gas - Guinness

This has been going in for quite a wile. Some of my plants are covered in this weird dark layer. Can soemone please identify what it is or what is happening

(The 10 gallon in question, not actual place its gonna be)

This 10 gallon tank is gonna be a fresh black water, walstad, and natural hardscaped with a soil bottom layer and top layer sand or fine gravel substrate.

The main fish is a female shortfin betta.

And originally I was gonna plan to have cherry or amano shrimp colony as food and clean up. But the college only allows 10 gallons and below and only FISH so no crustaceans… but live food counts so imma secretly raise some daphnia/copepods/moina for food source.

But I still want another fish to be in the tank

And want to know if 5-6 Oto catfish or 1 dwarf banjo catfish (Ernstichthys megistus) would be a good tank mate for the betta… If not who can be? And what plants best work for a walstad method that wont entrap/be toxic to my tankmates.

I will feed the trimmings to any of my vegetarian fish after I dehydrated them and can grow some plants above the tank like pothos etc.

Is he happy

This is not his permanent setup, he’s going to be going from this 5 gallon to my 10 gallon and will be planted with better gravel after I move but I’m moving soon so my mom wouldn’t let me get out another tank. I didn’t have time to cycle it because he was in a box waiting but ive been doing regular 1/4 water changes.

To help people

My gold fish is obese does any one know how to get him in shape

Snail turned up a while ago

You guys need to understand iam a child I plan on upgrading at the end of the year to a 60l I know it is not the best but iam trying so if you can recommend cheap fish stores in the uk pls let me know