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It's finally my time to shine! Been waiting for a 10 gallon opportunity. This is my 10 gallon setup. I have had it going for about 2 years now, haven't changed the water a single time since. I only top off when needed. No fertilizer used, no aquasoil (just a sandy bottom), no CO2. I try to...

Heard! Thanks for the input. Still thinking it through. I’m still not convinced it will damage the snail but the conversation here has absolutely prompted me to think about it more. Thanks for your response

Understood, sorry for posting link. I edited and took it out.

Calm down buddy. lol.

Saw another thread (>link removed<) where people talk about using moss. I do think thats a smarter option for this particular idea. Anubias may be too big, i need to look around at other plants more. Also, I’m not really applying the glue to the living creature. It would be like applying fake...

It wouldn’t be a hands off approach. Of course I would trim the plant and / or remove it if things get out of control. I’ve trimmed roots on epithites before with only small impediments to their growth.

Curious why you think so. I see algae grow on their shells all the time, and a very small plant won’t affect their movement. Open to hearing your thoughts though.

Hey guys, recently I was inspired by the Pokèmon “Torterra”. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a turtle with a tree on its’ back, basically. Would there be any drawbacks to gluing Anubias Nana petite to the shell of a large mystery snail? I think it would be so cool to watch a plant grow...

Hey everyone, I've had this tank set up for about a year now, and it's been through many stages. At this point, it's home to a lot of young platies, a colony of Orange Bee shrimp, and so many varieties of snails. I throw one algae wafer in there per day and it's become a really nice low tech...

ONE YEAR UPDATE! Haven't added water since July. The moss has completely taken over, and all the other plants are just becoming food for the snails. I occasionally throw more snails in there when I find them in my 10 gallon tank, but the population always thins and on average the jar can support...

He does move to come up for air, and about 3-4 hours ago he ate some pellets that I gave him. Seems like he has lost all energy to swim besides that

Bad photo, but I didn’t want to disturb him

No pictures of the betta currently but here is the tank:

It is very heavily planted yes, Most of the tank is filled with plants and theres a small area in the middle that is clear as a swimming area - thats how I am at 0 nitrates. I will try to get photos of him when I am home next. I can’t find anywhere on the website what the gH is, although I did...

You can assume because I have already tested it. I dont have any way of testing gH but all other params are normal (0 nitrates 0 nitrites 0 ammonia). I say assume because I have asked in other places and it gets tiresome to type out every time. He only shares the tank with some small shrimp and...

Posting again because I didn’t get many responses and I need help. My betta has severe fin rot, has lost a lot of color and is laying on his side. He was eating sparsely but as of yesterday does not seem interested in food. He has been like this for about 5 days now and gotten a little worse...

I already know it is fin rot. I’m just trying to figure out what the next steps are. Did you only use salt in his tank, or did you do a whole salt bath?

All parameters normal, zero nitrates/ites or ammonia, i have no idea the hardness values though. Nothing seems to have spiked. His regular tank is a heavily planted 10 gallon, and the temperature of both tanks is 78 degrees Fahrenheit. I have not noticed any changes between before I left and now.

I was away for a bit when I came back my betta was severely sick. I tried monitoring the situation and treating him but he didn’t get any better and his fins have been rotted almost to his body, so I eventually moved him to my 2.5g quarantine tank. It has a little bit of aquarium salt in it, and...

Hey everyone here’s a 7 month update. Plants are going nuts in there but the bladders are still going strong! They somehow haven’t completely overpopulated the tank yet. I have not touched this jar since January when I last filled the water. I’ll come back again for a 1 year update :)

Looks like regular java fern. The necrosis pockets (black spots) are normal unless theres a lot of them, but yellowing leaves is often a sign of either low lighting or a nutrient deficiency. Java fern grows very slowly, so even if you started doing everything right it may take a while for it to...

Hi everyone here is my first ever entry! This is my 36 gallon bowfront tank, I found it free on the side of the road in summer of 2021. I have had a hard time getting this tank to cycle properly and the algae in it was quite out of control for a while, and eventually I got so sick of it that I...

I would love to learn and improve from this experience but I don't even know what I did wrong. If I knew what the problem was I would be able to prevent it next time.

I’m apparently too late, despite my efforts to follow what you said. All 5 bettas and 1 guppy are now dead :( I have no idea what I did wrong or how this happened. Last night everyone was totally fine and then in an instant everyone just crashed. Feeling totally discouraged about trying again...

Not the most knowledgeable on this, but I’ve tried dwarf gourami for many years and every single time, they end up like this. It was my understanding that dwarf gourami all have a chance to get a genetic disease named after them, Dwarf Gourami Disease (or Dwarf Gourami Iridovirus), look it up on...

I have a 36 gal tank with a female betta sorority. There’s 5 female bettas, 5 oto cats, some ghost shrimp, and 4 guppies. Everyone has been getting along and I never see any stress stripes or nipping behavior, so the tank has been peaceful for a number of weeks since I started it. All of a...

The red wiggler worms sounds like a good idea, I will look into that. Thank you. I have about 3 inches of sand as my substrate, all my water params (nitrate, nitrite, ammonia) are zero, I always feed right as i turn the tank light off, and the tank is a 40 gallon. Don’t worry I did my research...

I bought my spiny peacock eel last saturday (5 days ago) and have not seen him eat once. He is small, only about 3-4 inches currently so I cannot feed him earthworms. I have tried both frozen and freeze dried foods (Brine and Mysis shrimp, bloodworms, daphnia). I drop them in front of him...

Hey everyone, It’s been about 2 months and the pennywort has been growing very nicely! Still a ways to go before its a true carpet, but happy with the progress! I’m going to do a big trim and replant this week and then post another update in a month or two.

Hi all, I’m restarting my 36 gallon planted tank, just wanted to know if anyone had any recommendations for fish or really any aquatic life that stay less than 8 inches (~20cm) and are good with plants? I thought about cichlids or crayfish but neither of those will leave my plants alone 😅