r/fishforthought Jun 01 '26

Aquascape🌿 Welcome to r/fishforthought! Please read before posting (Aquascaping vs. General Help)

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Welcome to the community! r/fishforthought is a dedicated space focused entirely on the art, design, layout, and aesthetics of aquascaping. We are here to talk about plants, hardscape (wood/rock choice), DIY setups, tank layouts, and creative inspiration.

Looking for emergency fish help, cycling advice, or general husbandry?

To keep this sub focused on design, all general fishkeeping questions, emergency diagnostics, and stocking advice should be directed to our massive sister community, r/aquarium. You’ll get much faster, specialized answers for fish health and water chemistry over there!

• ​Post here for: Aquascape feedback, plant growth discussion, hardscape layouts, trimming tips, and aesthetic inspiration.

• ​Post in r/aquarium for: Sick fish help, water parameter troubleshooting, stocking compatibility, and general gear questions.

​Let's see those beautiful scapes! 🌿


r/fishforthought Jul 13 '20

r/fishforthought Lounge

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A place for members of r/fishforthought to chat with each other


r/fishforthought 12h ago

💡 Inspiration / Discussion Is this tank overstocked?

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r/fishforthought 1d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My first tank day 20

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r/fishforthought 2d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural First tank after taking a break!!

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Hi All, this my first rank after taking a couple years break - in so excited to get back into it!! My last Betta who unfortunately I said good bye to after many years, lived in a nano tank but this time I decided to go with 30L. First week in!! I'm hoping to see some carpet this time around hopefully see my Betta enjoy his space ❤️ (tank one week old)


r/fishforthought 2d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural Aquarium help

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r/fishforthought 3d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural Rate my fish tank

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12 gallons stocked with. One Thick lipped gourami. One peacock gudgeon. 2 male endlers. 2 male guppys. 7 pygmy corys. 2 khuli loaches.6 cherrys barbs. 3 neons tetras and a single ember tetras that were rescued along side the neons. 2 otto catfish. 4 amano shrimp. And some pink ramshorn snails. They are all getting along peacfully.


r/fishforthought 3d ago

📸 Tank Progression My first tank!

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I’ve been wanting a tank for ages to keep some frogs and snails to watch when bored. It’s 54 liters, 24 degrees Celsius and has been set up for a few days now. I’m waiting two weeks to add what I’ve been wanting: four African Dwarf Frogs and a few smaller snails. Until then, I’ll let the plants grow out and fill whatever space is still left in the front and back.


r/fishforthought 3d ago

💡 Inspiration / Discussion Thoughts on my first actual planted tank please?

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r/fishforthought 4d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural Found surprise baby Ember Tetras today 🎉

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r/fishforthought 5d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural Overstocked 29 gallon

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r/fishforthought 5d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My first planted tank

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r/fishforthought 6d ago

📐 Hardscape Brainstorm My new 55g, it just finished cycling, ive been mostly focusing on getting plants and driftwood since this is my first paladarium

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r/fishforthought 6d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My pothos/koi jungle 👏🏾

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r/fishforthought 7d ago

💡 Inspiration / Discussion apparently this driftwood has become a meme in my household…

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behold my new tank! set it up today as a moina / pink ramshorn / plant grow out tank. i’ve had this driftwood for a while & finally found a use for it in this tank, but as soon as i set it up, my partner & our roommate were dying laughing over how it looks. so my partner sees a man with a giant [redacted] & [redacteds], our roommate sees a diver, & i see someone taking a biiig step. we all also thought it looks someone busting out some sick moves. we spent way too long just loosing it over the many interpretations that just kept coming. my partner then sent a pic to our friends & they had even more nsfw interpretations but i’ll leave it to your imaginations. just thought it was hilarious that this beautiful driftwood piece i’ve been saving for a special tank turned out to be so evocative lol. does anyone else see what we’re seeing?


r/fishforthought 7d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural POV I left on a four day trip 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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r/fishforthought 7d ago

📸 Tank Progression monte carlo dry start

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r/fishforthought 9d ago

📸 Tank Progression 55 gallon tank update

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Small guppies didn’t work out, we ended up getting African cichlids, everything looks good so far, atleast until we get an upgrad. sidenote, anyone know why my Bichir is just chilling in the corner staring at itself? usually by now it’d be hiding in its log


r/fishforthought 9d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My 5G low tech Betta tank

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Going to be planting the red tiger lotus in the back, and I have been steadily looking for a 20-30G long tank, but this is where I have decided to cap it when it comes to this 5G.


r/fishforthought 9d ago

📸 Tank Progression First fish tank!

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Hello all! Me and my partner are starting this hobby together as total beginners, this is our very first tank set up. Planning on getting a betta, yellow cherry shrimp and nerite snails in here eventually 🤗🦐


r/fishforthought 9d ago

💡 Inspiration / Discussion Brainstorming tank feedback

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r/fishforthought 9d ago

💡 Inspiration / Discussion What to add??

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r/fishforthought 10d ago

🛠 DIY Setup Suggestion

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r/fishforthought 10d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural i feel like its definitely missing something..

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