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When your green phantom wants some love too
When Halloween is over and you don't want your costume clutter your room
Cheeto says hi :)
I can't believe I took this pic of our sparkling gouramis!
I think one of my vallisneria gigantea sets herself a bit too comfortably in my main tank, this leaf is ~1m60 (5 '3") long, I can reach my ceiling with it !
My berried shrimp gave birth yesterday!
My one year journey with Goldfish!
What do you think about my latest aquascape?
Enterochromis Paropius [Rare Victoria Cichlid]
24 hours of algae eating fish
My African dwarf frog, Meatball, staring into my phone camera's soul
Sometimes you just capture the perfect moment
Mama Triops preparing her nest
My guppy is having babies right now!! This is a cool video of one of the babies being born. It’s my daughter’s birthday today too!
Mirror mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?
My betta disappeared two days ago without a trace and I couldn’t find him anywhere. I just found him in the hob filter. How did he even get in there?
9 year old nephew’s 20 gallon livebearer tank
Whose Hungry?!?!
Morning sunshine
The best picture of my pearl gourami
Low tide today exposed some tide pools and anemones. Not the aquarium today, but thought it was cool anyway.
Full tank shot of my 120.
Never was a fan of bare bottom but I’m liking it! Decided on BB to give me more water volume because the smaller size

[Auto-Post] Weekly Question Thread! Ask /r/Aquariums anything you want to know about the hobby!

Posted: 01 Nov 2020 11:16 PM PST

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When your green phantom wants some love too

Posted: 02 Nov 2020 05:00 AM PST

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When Halloween is over and you don't want your costume clutter your room

Posted: 02 Nov 2020 04:00 AM PST

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Cheeto says hi :)

Posted: 01 Nov 2020 08:09 AM PST

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I can't believe I took this pic of our sparkling gouramis!

Posted: 01 Nov 2020 07:16 PM PST

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I think one of my vallisneria gigantea sets herself a bit too comfortably in my main tank, this leaf is ~1m60 (5 '3") long, I can reach my ceiling with it !

Posted: 02 Nov 2020 04:57 AM PST

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My berried shrimp gave birth yesterday!

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My one year journey with Goldfish!

Posted: 02 Nov 2020 05:38 AM PST

Phase One: Ignorance

Last November was my son's 7th birthday, on which we promised him to adopt a cat. We went to a local pet store chain to get the needed supplies before adopting the cat. But during our visit, he saw the goldfish and decided that he wanted a goldfish instead. My partner and I thought that a goldfish would be much less maintenance and cheaper so we agreed. Neither of us had any previous experience with aquariums.

The employee advised us to get a tiny 3-gallon tank, a filter, and some gravel and told us to change some of the water every other week.

My son named the goldfish Tiger because it has orange and black spots on its body. Tiger looked fine for the first month or so, however by mid-December he looked sick and depressed. Spending most of his time at the bottom of the tank.

Phase Two: Familiarity

I started researching more and more on how to nurture Tiger back to health. My whole family fell in love with him in these two months so losing him wasn't an option.

At this point, I learned Tiger was a Comet Goldfish. Most resources online advised me to get a 75-gallon tank, but that was impossible to fit in our apartment. We settled on a 20 gallon long which is about half the length of a 75 gallon. Next, we removed the gravel and replaced it with black sand, got a thermometer and a water testing kit.

After placing Tiger in his new aquarium he started swimming all over the place and seemed quite happy. Seeing him darting all over the tank after spending the previous two days being lethargic at the bottom brought a tear to my eye.

10 months later and here we are on the first anniversary. Tiger is happy and healthy. He swims all day long and picks at the sand for fun.

I feed him a variety of foods and vegetables. Weekly water tests, and a 24 hr ammonia monitor.

Phase Three: Enlightenment

A while ago I discovered this subreddit and the world of planted goldfish tanks. I'm now planning on moving Tiger to a bigger 30-gallon aquarium and fill some of that new space with goldfish tolerant plants and a couple of small rocks to prevent uprooting.

I hope the plants would make for more stable water parameters so Tiger stays healthy. Don't worry I'll make sure he has plenty of uninterrupted swimming space. If I see he isn't acting like his usual self, I'll remove the plants and rocks.

I just wanted to share my experience and newly found love for these fantastic creatures.

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What do you think about my latest aquascape?

Posted: 02 Nov 2020 02:56 AM PST