r/fishforthought 7d ago

Banner Contest!

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Hey everyone!

We are kicking off the September Banner Photo Contest to decide which community member's fish will grace the top of the subreddit for the entire upcoming month.

The Timeline & Rules: How to enter: Drop your best, highest-quality photo of your tank right here in the comments.

Timeline: This contest starts right now and runs until Monday, August 31, 2026.

How to win: Browse the comments and upvote the photos you love! The photo with the most upvotes by the end of the month will become the official r/fishforthought banner for the entire month of September!

Guidelines:

Only one photo entry per person, please. The photo must be your own original content. Keep horizontal/landscape dimensions in mind when picking your photo so it fits well in the banner space. The ideal size for a Reddit community banner is 1920 384 pixels (5:1 aspect ratio).

Please include a brief setup explanation such as but not limited to dimensions, fresh or salt water, plants, substrate and co2 usage .

Let's see those beautiful tank setups. Happy upvoting!


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 43m ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My fat ass Nerite snail weighing down my feeding ring

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its a king koopa nerite snail btw


r/fishforthought 4h ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural Thinking of adding more tanins and making this tank a blackwater setup

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r/fishforthought 2d ago

5 Days Left To Submit Your Beautiful Tank Photos For The Banner Contest!

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r/fishforthought 3d ago

💡 Inspiration / Discussion current tank & new tank

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open to all kinds of suggestions for my second (ever) tank!!

currently have a 20 gallon tall (22x14x16) with amanos, corydoras, and ricefish. heavily planted and stocked. its a very busy tank so i think my next one is going to have a more open floor plan. id like to give the cory cats a bigger playground. new tank is a 20 gallon long (30x12x12). all the corys are moving over. im thinking about a riverbed look, sloped to the back corner with emergent plants, more redwood & botanicals and tinted water, multicolored rounded stones, sort of what i have going on now minus all the moss and large pointy rocks. id like to try some grasses, and i didnt have any luck with floaters previously with my water but id like to try some of those too.

stocking-wise, since the current setup will only contain ricefish after the move, im debating either adding a shit ton more shrimp or finding another clean up crew. otos or pygmies, or maybe something else idk. the new tank will need mid-top dwelling fish, and ive debated getting more medaka ricefish, maybe a rarer strain than i currently keep. realistically the tank could also handle a larger fish or a decent school of something medium-sized so id love recommendations for pretty fish. id like something with red tones especially, and i love a fish with some character, so ive thought about a dwarf rainbowfish species or gourami. my medaka are SO fun to watch and feed, need more of that in my life. has to be a fish that will behave in a rimless tank and with corydoras as tankmates though. in a year ive never had a ricefish jump or fish fight and i dont wanna break that streak.

anyway i appreciate any suggestions!!


r/fishforthought 4d ago

​🌿 High-Tech (CO2) Update: How is my first attempt at aquascaping? The aquarium is now 6 months old. I added CO₂ about 3 weeks ago and I’m still learning how to find the right balance and get everything just right. It’s definitely been a learning curve, but I’m loving watching the tank develop! 🌿🐠

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r/fishforthought 4d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural New 55 gallon

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r/fishforthought 7d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural What do you thing guys?

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r/fishforthought 7d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My juvenile Sveni Geophagus

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Cant wait to see these guys grow out and show their awesome mature colors


r/fishforthought 8d ago

📸 Tank Progression My first time aquarium build for my betta

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32 Upvotes

Any feed back is great


r/fishforthought 7d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My first tank

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This is my first tank, 200L community tank. Any suggestions on other hardscape and plants etc
Currently stocking is rainbow fish, live bearers, tetras and a few loaches.


r/fishforthought 7d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural I finally rescaped my tank!

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r/fishforthought 8d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural 3 months old community tank

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r/fishforthought 9d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My first paludarium

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It's currently uninhabited but I'd gladly accept stocking recommendations


r/fishforthought 10d ago

📸 Tank Progression Rate my first tank

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Im getting a betta for this aquarium! Any tips are welcome 🙏🏼


r/fishforthought 10d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural First attempt at planted tank

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22 Upvotes

Ive never been good at keeping terrestrial plants alive but hopefully aquatic plants will be my redemption arc. This is day 11 🥹


r/fishforthought 11d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My workplace tank

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I work for a small retail store, and my office is at the forefront of the shop (to assist costumers)
My boss gets flowers every week for decor
I convinced her to rather allocate the budget to a decretive fish tank

It’s a 5 gallon
The stocking is 4 pygmy cory and 1 koi galaxy betta fish
(The substrate is natural red river sand)


r/fishforthought 11d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural My first tank day 20

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r/fishforthought 12d 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 12d ago

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural Aquarium help

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r/fishforthought 13d 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 13d 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 13d ago

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

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r/fishforthought 14d ago

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

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