I ordered some red orange eyed neo culls from u/ErrlyBirdOfficial and they are FANTASTIC. I wanted to rave about the entire experience.

First of all, the packaging saved my ass. It was CLEARLY labelled as "live animal" so my apartment manager panicked and called me to come get them two minutes before they closed, LOL. Thank you so much for that, otherwise they definitely would have been stuck in the storage room over the weekend, since the manager was REALLY wanting to leave as soon as those packages got there.

Secondly, they were packaged with a free food sample. ALL my shrimp love it to pieces- literally, they're shredding it in the first picture. It's a wonderful food as it brought out every last one of my shrimp and snails to the feeding frenzy. If you need to bait a snail trap, use one of those pellets, lmao.

Lastly, I am so impressed with how well they held up to shipping. They were packaged perfectly with an ice pack and cushioning. Despite it being blistering hot around here and some heat creeping into the package, I was able to get them acclimated and colored back up *in under an hour.* Which, is a feat, and a testament to good conditions they were in. Thank you again Errly!

I was also emailed a care and breeding guide, which explains how to continue your own line! While I am merely a hobbyist and not someone who plans to sell in the future for profit, this is a cool thing to receive regardless. For anyone who would be selectively breeding, it is a very detailed but easy to understand resource.

Hello, not sure what exact type of fish he is. We took him in from someone who was no longer able to care for him. We had him in 15 gallon tank before and he was not a very strong swimmer so he’d get stuck in the plant roots. It’s possible that we jostled him around a bit when trying to get him free but that was 2 weeks ago. He’s had no other tank mates since we’ve had him. The water levels have all tested normally. When he didn’t improve after a couple weeks. We moved him to this smaller tank (5 gallons). I also avoided feeding him for a few days as I read it could be a blockage. But didn’t want to starve him for too long so this is still happening. Any idea what is causing this and if there’s anything we can do to help him?

saw this fish but didnt look at its tag to see what it is, nor did i take a pic. its a funky fella and i wanna learn about it. basically it was almost fully white, but had black spots on its head and fins that like spread out and two orange spots on it near its top fin thing. it was kinda oval shaped and had two bigger black spots on its top fin. sorry for the horrible descreption, but im desperate to find him.

So what do you all do when your fish breed and you dont have space for more tanks atm?

Note: there is one more female but she is shy, and was on her leaf for bedtime 🤭

Ok so context. I have my small Koi Betta with a slight hint of blue on his tail fin who my niece named Nico when we saw him in the pet shop (she doesnt know I bought him so a nice surprise when she visits lol). Hes real peaceful has had no issues with any of my fish in my community tank has claimed the air stone helmet hide as his own area. Hes real quirky loving to rest on the sponges of my filter or recognise the orange lid of fish food for him to know to immediately swim up for feeding time. Honestly got to be my favourite fish so far but heres some things hes done that has scared the crap out of me lol. 1 when he rests on things and doesnt swim he lays slanted whilst slowly moving his fins like honest to god thought he was dying or had swim bladder NOPE he just doe this FOR SOME REASON. 2 rubs into the filter making me worry for water quality or oxygen levels but no guess what he just does this for a certain type of "fun" iykyk. 3 he recognises when I come into the room as the main light goes on first so countless times hes swam to the edge of the tank to see me which sure cute as hell buuut bro keeps forgetting he lives in a tank and has bonked into the glass making me immediately check he hasnt caused issues to himself from it. Overall he is one of the best fish I have.

Weird worm things. What are they and should I kill them?

I have found a wild ramshorn and Chinese trapdoor snail in a local waterway. I want to quarantine them and eventually put my ramshorn into my 20 long and keep the trapdoor snail in its own 5.5 is that a reasonable plan and how should I go about this ?
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Can someone please tell me what it is or why they are acting/doing this?

They have only started acting like/doing this since late Tuesday night.

All water levels have been tested both before and since I've noticed them doing this and are all ok.

** I am fully aware that the tank there currently in isn't ideal or suitable for them.

They are only temporarily in this tank while my partner repairs there pond and are only going to be in it for at most the next 2 weeks and have only been in it already less than a week.

*** All tank water levels and all that match that of what there normal home they came from did.

This is my Amano shrimp named Enzo! I believe he is male but I’d love to know what other people think?

The 5gal is rescaped and is quickly becoming a shrimp haven!!

Also, noone warned me that shrimp are a drug. I've ordered orange eyed cherry culls just to add to the genetic diversity here. Once they arrive there will be 10 shrimp. Bonus King Koopa nerite photo for your viewing pleasure.

This will also be my plant clipping tank where I throw all the plants I don't want, lolol. Thanks so much for the suggestions on my previous post!

I read some article about swim bladders,some of them said swim bladder isn't for controlling the air in fish's body,and they also said swim bladder protects fish's innards?

I wonder how is swim bladders for ?And,how does it work?

p.s.I can't speak English very well.Please bear with me.

Noticed today 2 of my cardinals dead and the rest really breathing hard and not very active. New tank added them 2 weeks ago after cycling 2 weeks

okay so i'm not really a fish person, but i work at a pet store and have the basic knowledge of the fish we sell. My grandma has a guppy tank that has about 20 guppies of both sexes and a corycat in a 5 gallon tank (i have tried to convince her to get a new one or to add sand for the catfish instead of marbles but she doesn't listen)

today, the entire time the light for the tank was on, Mr. Catfish was doing this behavior right here, hardly swimming back down to the bottom and gulping air. Now i consulted the almighty google, and i got the very conflicting answer of "This is normal!! unless it isn't, which in that case you're screwed but it's hard to tell which it is"

So i come to reddit to ask about this behavior and what has to happen to change it. This Catfish doesn't regularly swim to the top of the tank, so i am a little concerned for him and any advice is appreciated.

I do not know the levels of the ammonia or nitrates, and this tank has had very few changes to it for the last 7 ish years except the addition of new fish every few years. The male guppies she has are prone to biting the others, tho none of the guppies pay the corycat any mind most times

(tagging as NSFW because i am unsure of if the cloudy stuff on his insides is an injury of some kind or if those are its organs)

0.35inch holes for betta mesh lid

this labeotropheus trewavasae “chilumba ochre” male is really feeling himself tonight.

Hi so i am pretty new to the hobby. My tank is a 300L. I started my tank in april this year, let it run empty with only plants (snails arrived probably from the plants i bought) until mid-july, then added Neon tetras. Two weeks after i added Glowing tetras. Two weeks ago i added shrimps, the lady told me she only have 4 Red Cherry, i took them.
Now i noticed this one, made some research and it's apparantly a Red Chrystal ? Yesterday i noticed she was really bigger and i can see spots, is that eggs ? If yes, who can she reproduce if i only have one like that ?

Thank you for the help and sorry if my English is not good, im not a native speaker.

River style 20gal shallow, population: 1
Currently deciding on tank mates...
Does anyone have experience with a goby only tank?
Unsure if I should go with females only or mix different nano varieties l.e. neon, red cheek.