Fish Lovers 3.0 [new poll]

[KillerGramcracker <3]

Thank you, I cant really believe someone would leave a fish like him behind. He is already putting on quite the fit about the temporary cramped borders. Lays on his side and curls up when I walk in, but that should change with time.
As for that goldfish, he was removed after the picture. His name is Mr. Potts, he belongs to my nephew, whom is 6. When I asked how he got in with the Oscar, my nephew told me he wanted his fish to visit the new guy. I did have a talk with him about how he shouldn't be taking a fish into a different tank, and he promised not to do it again. I help him care for that goldfish, he lives in a seperate 30 gallon in the same fish room, just lower down so my nephew can "visit" him.
Soon enough, i will at least have a 40 gallon tank to put the oscar in while I look for bigger tanks elsewhere. Might look kinda nice to recreate a sort of "river" scene for him to stand out in.

[gamorasass]

I don't know if anybody watched any Pet YouTuber's, but Taylor Nicole Dean's fish, named Cheese, died and I am so sad for her. That little guy will live on as a legend.

On a side note, I have been debating getting fish again. It's been years since I've had a beta, but I also am getting a kitten in the new year, so I think I'll wait. Maybe in the summer. Any recommendations? Fresh water and easy care fish only as I really don't have the time or means to deal with anything extra.

[DarkestWerewolf]

Ahh hello! I just started this fish-keeping hobby not too long ago. My dad had been an avid fish-keeper when I was just a toddler but he kept more “fiercer” fishes like red-tail catfish and angel fishes. Needless to say, he was pretty excited when I said I was interested. I started out with a Betta and have now gotten a bigger tank.
How many gallons is your tank?: 63 litres. We measure it in litres here but google says it’s about 16.6gal. I have a smaller tank, about 8 litres (2gal)
Number and Type of fish in tank:
In the bigger tank, I’ve got 5 dwarf puffers, 1 Thai glass catfish, 1 kuhli loach, 2 baby Adonis pleco, 2 albino hi fun red eye sucker fish, 1 dull-eye royal Pleco, 1 gold nugget pleco, 4 black emperor tetra, 2 green neon tetra, 4 cardinal neon tetra 2 endler guppies, 1 female betta, 1 mystery snail and 1 nerite snail
In my smaller tank, I’m currently housing 10 guppy frys, about a month and a half old and 10 red cherry shrimps.
How long has it been running?:
The bigger tank is new, only started in late Sep-early Oct.
The smaller tank has been going on for nearly a year, it used to be my previous betta’s tank.
Did you cycle it?:
The bigger tank is cycled but the smaller one isn’t. The latter only has an air pump.
If possible what are the ammonia nitrite and nitrate levels?:
Unfortunately, I haven’t gotten a test kit yet.
Does it have a heater?
No but I live in a warmer climate area that’s practically summer all year round so water is constantly around 25-27 degree Celsius.
If it has a thermometer, what is the water temperature?
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What is the issue or question?:
I got my Betta just last Sunday and on Monday, I realised she had developed Ich as she had white spots covering her body which she didn’t have when I got her at the shop. I’m currently treating the tank and am hoping it gets better soon.
I do have another issue involving my black emperor tetra, there is one in particular that has been a particularly big bully. It constantly chases all the other fishes around, even her own kind and constantly trying to nip at their fins. It’s gotten worse since I had the Betta as I noticed she developed stress stripes the next day. I was worried that she’d damage the betta’s fins so I had her temporarily removed but I don’t know what to do. The people at the shop did say that they were peaceful but that particular one doesn’t seem very nice. However, I do see an improvement since I had it separated. The others seem to be doing fine and no one is being chased or harassed. I don’t plan to add anymore to the tank as I think it’s already at its limit. Please advice me on what to do.
This isn’t as big of a concern but I am a bit curious. I noticed that a few of my RCS in the smaller tank are carrying eggs. They’re still relatively new to the tank and I’m not too sure if they’re settling in well. I do have plants in there for them and they seem content. I checked this morning and had noticed 2 molts. Is melting a sign that they’re doing fine or it’s just coincidental? Also, how long does it take for guppy frys to grow? They’re still very small and I can just start to see colour show on some of their tail fins. About 2-3 of them have yellow on their tail fins. They’re born around 5 October.
Any other information?:
None.

If you have any photos, please post them. Photos help a lot for diagnosis.

[Lonin]

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What is the issue or question?:
I got my Betta just last Sunday and on Monday, I realised she had developed Ich as she had white spots covering her body which she didn’t have when I got her at the shop. I’m currently treating the tank and am hoping it gets better soon.
I do have another issue involving my black emperor tetra, there is one in particular that has been a particularly big bully. It constantly chases all the other fishes around, even her own kind and constantly trying to nip at their fins. It’s gotten worse since I had the Betta as I noticed she developed stress stripes the next day. I was worried that she’d damage the betta’s fins so I had her temporarily removed but I don’t know what to do. The people at the shop did say that they were peaceful but that particular one doesn’t seem very nice. However, I do see an improvement since I had it separated. The others seem to be doing fine and no one is being chased or harassed. I don’t plan to add anymore to the tank as I think it’s already at its limit. Please advice me on what to do.
This isn’t as big of a concern but I am a bit curious. I noticed that a few of my RCS in the smaller tank are carrying eggs. They’re still relatively new to the tank and I’m not too sure if they’re settling in well. I do have plants in there for them and they seem content. I checked this morning and had noticed 2 molts. Is melting a sign that they’re doing fine or it’s just coincidental? Also, how long does it take for guppy frys to grow? They’re still very small and I can just start to see colour show on some of their tail fins. About 2-3 of them have yellow on their tail fins. They’re born around 5 October.

Your stocking is a bit all over the place. A lot of those fish do best in big groups rather than in ones or twos or grow way too big for your tank.
Dwarf puffers tend to do best in species only tanks as they can be a bit aggressive, you generally want 18 litres per puffer so 5 in a 63 litre tank is too many. You might want to return them to your lfs.
Glass catfish need to be kept in groups of at least 5 and need at least 113 litres.
Kuhli loaches are social fish and do best in groups of at least 5. They'd be fine in your tank if you get a group and have sand.
Adonis plecos get enormous. If you don't have a 700+ litre tank to move them into you might want to rehome them.
Not too sure what a albino hi fin red eye sucker fish is. If it's a pleco most are too small for your tank.
Dull-eyed royal and nugget Plecos again get way too big. You'll need at least 300 litres for them.
All your tetras do best in groups of at least 5 or 6, but a much bigger group would be ideal. We'd return all but one group and get more of whatever you decide to keep. Tetras can be nippy and stressed in small groups which is probably why your emperor tetra is being aggressive.
The endlers are fine but again would do best in a larger group.

So the problem with your betta is going to be water quality. Plecos are really messy fish and you have a lot of them. Even without all the plecos you're overstocked which is probably why your betta is stressed and has ich.

RCS are quite hardy and as long as the water is kept clean and stable should be fine. 10 guppies will outgrow 8 litres very quickly so as long as you move them your shrimp should be fine.
Molting is normal and as long as the water quality is good they'll be fine.

[Hime]

New bunch of endler fry (12 I think, no make that 20), yay. Lost one of the adult females, not so yay... It seems like if the fry make it to 1 week old they are likely going to make it for real, but before that age I seem to keep loosing a ton... Like from previous two births I only have maybe 5 in total left. One of those is pretty neat one, it's much paler than the others and has light eyes.

[MapleNeko]

New bunch of endler fry (12 I think, no make that 20), yay. Lost one of the adult females, not so yay... It seems like if the fry make it to 1 week old they are likely going to make it for real, but before that age I seem to keep loosing a ton... Like from previous two births I only have maybe 5 in total left. One of those is pretty neat one, it's much paler than the others and has light eyes.

Do you keep them in a breeder box for that first week or two? I breed guppies as feeders for myself and find if I keep the fry for a week or two in a separate breeder box or tank all together that they usually have pretty good survival rates

[satuurnity]

I don't know if anybody watched any Pet YouTuber's, but Taylor Nicole Dean's fish, named Cheese, died and I am so sad for her. That little guy will live on as a legend.

On a side note, I have been debating getting fish again. It's been years since I've had a beta, but I also am getting a kitten in the new year, so I think I'll wait. Maybe in the summer. Any recommendations? Fresh water and easy care fish only as I really don't have the time or means to deal with anything extra.

Oh god don't get me started on her, her pet care is atrocious. But yeah, I am sad about Cheese, he was such a nice fish ):

As for recommendations, I've never had a betta so i'm not really one to give advice there, but I had a school of neon tetra and they were so much fun to watch! You'd need at least a ten gallon (long tank), a heater as they're tropical fish, and of course a filter. Here's some guides I found on neons-

http://fishkeepingadvice.com/neon-tetra-care/
http://www.everythingaquatic.net/forum/ ... care-sheet

Good luck with your fish! c:

[Hime]

New bunch of endler fry (12 I think, no make that 20), yay. Lost one of the adult females, not so yay... It seems like if the fry make it to 1 week old they are likely going to make it for real, but before that age I seem to keep loosing a ton... Like from previous two births I only have maybe 5 in total left. One of those is pretty neat one, it's much paler than the others and has light eyes.

Do you keep them in a breeder box for that first week or two? I breed guppies as feeders for myself and find if I keep the fry for a week or two in a separate breeder box or tank all together that they usually have pretty good survival rates

Nah. I do have a breeder net thingy, but I really dislike how the net is essencially too fine and gets clogged up really easily, so I don't think that would be good for the babies... Also I managed to make a small on the net and it's basically no longer fry proof, unless I try to patch it up.
I'm breeding just for my own fun and to see what sort of genetics pop up from the bunch, so I'm fine with not all fry surviving. I do have 128 liter tank that is planted decently, so the fry does have good amount of hiding spots and the parents aren't that into eating them to be honest (betta is more likely to snack on them and even he is pretty lazy at going after them, he much rather 'hunts' bits of food from them bottom), so some deaths I think are just simply because the fry wasn't strong enough.
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I'm little concerned about one of the female endlers I have (she's my favorite of the two as well).. She hasn't quite bounced back after giving birth last time and is not acting as she used to. I don't really see anything that is wrong with her though, other than her abnormal behavior, and rest of the fish are fine. Guess I can do more frenquent water changes, but not much else I can do I suppose.
Edit: Yeah, she got worse really quick. Was basically just laying on the bottom in the morning (had to go to work then, didn't have time to do anything) and same after I got home from work. Trying antibacterial bath if that could help, but I don't think she's going to make it.
Fry are doing well though, it seems they are much braver is larger numbers and hang around in the open in groups of 8-ish.

[Ad0rem3]

Hey everyone, I have recently started renting my own place but can't really have pets so I have decided to invest in getting some fish :3 sorry if this isn't the appropriate place to post. Looking on so ideas for decorating the tank, I don't have any fish in at the moment as I got the tank a week ago just waiting for it to cycle before I do. Any tips would be greatly appreciated feel free to inbox. thank you for reading ~Adorable

A few photos of my empty tank:
https://qq0u.app.link/e/ltXWiQfzIS

Username: Ad0rem3
How many fish tanks do you have: 1
Types of fish that you have: 0
Your fishs' names:
How long have you had fish:

[flyteck]

@Ad0rem3: Welcome! How big is your tank, and do you have any preference on what kind of fish? Like would you prefer a few larger fish, or are schooling fish more interesting, or would you like a community?