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miraviglioso · 1 year
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One of these nitrate tubes came out of a tank filled w betta, nerite snail, unknown  # of shrimp and ramshorn.... and one is my tap water
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marinebioblr · 3 months
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Close encounters!
My beautiful koi betta Bisby has had a jumping spider neighbor taking advantage of her tank light to hunt bugs under for some time, and recently they met face to face! Very happy to capture each of them acknowledging the other - and Bisby's quick look back at me as if to say "you're seeing this too right?!" 🧡
Edit ✨️ For all those concerned, yes, she does have a lid! I'd just cleaned and was hanging out right there where I filmed from at my office desk. If you are new to fish keeping, please invest in a good lid or when picking setups, favor tank kits that include one!
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avocadoraisin · 11 months
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wake up babe new AU just dropped
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sun-e-chips · 1 year
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Y/N picks up a new friend on the way to work
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braverytewalker · 1 month
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Any other...
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Any other fish nerd just like... window shopping?
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rainderthesomeone · 1 month
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Hey y’all, good news! Ima be making my first ever aqua scaped tank, with live plants 🌱
Just went to the store and got the tank all that’s left now is to order everything else, aquarium plant substrate, the plants, drift wood, cleaning supplies a heater all that good stuff.
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I also got this water conditioner, the employee recommended it and I got a little per pressured into buying it, I know some Betta fish water conditioners are sketchy, is this safe to use? Or should I buy another one?
Fish community and anyone who owns natural fish tanks I need assistance please 🙏
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prince-liest · 9 months
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TIL you guys also like fish!!!! please let me introduce you to the rest of my fishy community!
first of all, these are my fish tanks:
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this is a 20 gallon tall tank that I will be upgrading to a 37 long next year when I find out where I’m going for residency. the 5lb pressurized cannister is a CO2 tank that I use to inject carbon dioxide into the water (on a timer)! CO2 is the limiting “nutrient” for plant growth underwater in a tank like mine (with bright light and fertilizers added), so it helps encourage plant growth and more vibrant colors in plants with red and orange tones, as well as carpeting plants.
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this is a 6.4 gallon tank that also has CO2 injection, and currently no fish because it is cycling (and will be for about 4 weeks). it will be her highness the betta fish’s new home once it is cycled, because she keeps murdering my shrimp in the community tank. once she is moved, I will probably get a pair of honey gouramis for the community tank.
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this is one of the shrimp in question! she is pregnant. (eggnant, you might say.) I love her.
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these are my kuhli loaches! I have 6 black and 6 banded. they are technically different species and the banded ones are much more shy. they spend a lot of time swimming circles along the glass and draping themselves over plants upside-down to make me think they are dead. they get very offended when you poke them to make sure they’re not dead.
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I have 8 neon tetras. they’re all fat and extremely hard to take non-blurry photos of.
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I also have 3 hillstream loaches, which are one of my favorite fish of all time. they’re juveniles that bred from a friend’s tank, and they look like tiny little stingrays that are frequently stuck to the side of the glass. they are aufwuchs-eaters which means they scrape algae and biofilm off the surfaces of things, but they also like sifting through sand and need sufficient protein (aka. not pure algae eaters).
here’s what they look like from the bottom:
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I also have snails:
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this is the biggest of my three nerite snails! I like nerites because they have bright colors and they don’t reproduce in fresh water. however, if you get a female (like this one), they WILL lay tiny white little sesame seed eggs everywhere, even though they can’t hatch. I used to have “pest” snails in the form of bladder snails and freshwater limpets but, uh, I have a total of 15 loaches in the tank, so. I no longer have pest snails and my loaches are all well-fed. :”)
thank u for coming to my ted talk. I love fish. I love my fish. please come talk to me about fish. I leave u with one last photo of her highness in all her glory:
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photozoi · 7 months
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Just checkin' out the new swimmin' hole. Size seems satisfactory. Not shure about the grub yet.
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hiding-in-the-vault · 4 months
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Sure lets talk about why I like to affiliate c!Dream with a betta fish.
It's basic. It's basic. It FEELS basic around mermay and bettas are such a widely known fish and they got those beautiful scales and fins and maybe I'm just crazy but it feels like it's a common choice to default to. Idk maybe I'm projecting on that jfkghd but It feels so fitting!!!
They are freshwater fish. Betta fish are naturally found in streams. When the water is low, they flop between puddle to puddle. Persistent little guys. They also have a labyrinth organ which allows them to breathe air in addition to water, for those times when it's very shallow. Something about being so hardy and adaptable feels very much like c!Dream. And idk, I like the idea of him staying near land even in a fish person AU or whatever. It feels more sociable, reminiscent of the pre-war days. Scraping through pebbles and mud vs cruising majestically through the ocean lol
Then the obvious feature that I have already mentioned elsewhere, that they will fight other fish to the death. Most fish consider the size of the other and flee if they are smaller, but not these guys. (and tbf some bettas are more willing to fight than others) They're territorial and maybe don't have the best sense of self preservation in that particular case, but they can hold their own!
That said, it is a common misconception that they will fight every other thing that moves. This is not true. They will typically only fight fish with similarly large/colorful fins because they see it as a threat. They can do just fine in community tanks. They are not as solitary as people some believe; they're not as indiscriminately vicious as some believe. Sounds familiar.
This bit may tie a little more into how I like to spin my mer AUs, but also- betta fish are commercially prioritized to have very large fins. The more natural breeds have much smaller fins, and are less desirable. However, having big fins makes it harder for them to swim, and therefore breathe. Something about appearance and reputation coming at the cost of one's health. Or something about needing to Look a Certain Way to survive, but still with difficulty.
Anyway,
Something something fish something
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rumpletrumple · 8 months
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Goofy fish
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pallanophblargh · 2 years
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My apologies for the relative lack of share-worthy art lately. Hopefully you will appreciate some living art?
This fabulous large man has been with me for all of 4 days and I love him to death. Please don’t break my heart big guy!
He’s a giant plakat betta with koi/marble/multicolored genetics of some sort. I know these are a huge risk for many reasons, but I found him in my neighborhood, and it turns out I’m a fool after all. I’m looking forward to all the color changing shenanigans. In the meantime, he watches me cook and do dishes.
Please excuse the state of this tank. It’s been through some hard times.
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My new betta Vienna has been moved to her 5.5 gallon tank and is acclimating very well. I wasn't planning on getting a betta from a chain pet store but I was there for unrelated things and she was exactly what I was looking for so I went against my better judgment and brought her home 😔 Her tank has live plans and driftwood as well as ramshorn snails and I think that'll be the only thing aside from maybe more plants that will go in this tank lol
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seeshelter · 1 year
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Candy enjoying the new 3 tunnel configuration!
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mod2amaryllis · 2 months
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take a close look at your new betta, the tiny white dots on him look like oodinium :(
thank you for the catch, i think you're right. looks more dramatic today.
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he's acting normal and is already isolated in qt, which has its own equipment so cross contamination is unlikely. gonna move out any snails i don't wanna die and treat. fortunately i intentionally use disposable plants in this tank.
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flurmitcraff · 26 days
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This is the fatigue talking but Stress is Iskall's blorbo, Mumbo is his babygirl, Ren is his weird thing he keeps in a box, Vintagebeef.
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gummibug · 6 months
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Get species swapped, nerds
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