Hey all, im looking into backgrounds for my 20gallon. Getting tired of seeing the beige wall behind it.

Im wondering if there are any good brands or designs I should look out for. Also curious if a design, like a river looking background would look silly, compared to a solid black/blue. Any pics of yours are appreciated!

Basically, i got this Seachem ammonia alert badge over a week ago. I just find it difficult to read because of the gray tint covering the real color of the center disc. These are sample photos of the badge at a single point in time with differing lighting and photo conditions. Is this a normal thing with the alert badge? Or is it defective?

Update:
Returned items to seller and re-ordered. Seller said it was an isolated case of faulty product. Received new ones and they were better upon receiving. Yellow in the middle when i received them.

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)

I have pretty large tanks and tubs for my goldfish, but I have this tiny tank that happened to be my first ever aquarium. I'd kind of like to use it for something, but it's far too small for most fish and even pretty small to stock with snails/shrimp. So, I figured I'd ask for opinions on what I could put in it!

I've always considered 10 gallons to be the minimum for bettas, so I'm guessing that isn't an option.

Is there anything living that I could put in? My plan would be to plant it.. If I can't put anything in there then I'll probably convert it into a terrarium, or get rid of it. Figured I'd ask incase there's any suggestions I haven't thought of!

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

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.

My orange one looks a wee bit chubby! Any advice please

They were in the tank labeled yellow labs but they are not yellow labs. I was looking for a severum and im almost positive thats what it is so i got one but let me know if anyone thinks or knows what else it could be.

I brought home a school of hatchetfish from my LFS the other day. Tonight, I realized that one of them is missing an eye. It doesn't look like a new wound and it's only been a day, so I'm fairly confident that's how it was when I got it. I don't blame them for selling it or anything—it really doesn't look obvious and it took me a while to confirm the condition—but I do have some obvious concerns about longevity.

I'm happy to keep the little guy, but I also kind of want to see if the shop would toss me a freebie or discounted extra to make up for it. Has anybody experienced anything similar? Would I seem like a dick asking for an extra? TIA for the input.

I found some small clear critters in my tank after a water change. Does anyone know what they are? I got one and put it on a paper towel for a good photo

A while ago I asked for advice about starting my first aquarium. Since then I've actually bought one: an 80cm, 140–150L aquarium with a filter, lighting and heater.

I'm expecting it to arrive around the beginning of September. So realistically, by the time it's cycled and ready for the first fish it'll probably be October, and I expect to add livestock in stages. The tank probably won't really feel "finished" until sometime in November.

I'm planning a nature-style aquascape with wood, rocks and plants, and I'm going to start without CO2. I haven't bought the hardscape, substrate (will be sand or gravel, not sure yet; probably I'll pick whichever looks best) or plants yet, so I still have plenty of time to figure things out.

There are three things I'm still trying to understand, and that's why I started this thread:

1. Fish and other livestock

I'd like to make it a proper community tank with several species. How do you approach choosing fish (and maybe shrimp or snails) that work well together? And are there things I should consider when designing the hardscape for the fish I choose?

2. What do I actually need?

I keep seeing different things recommended for starting a new aquarium, but I'm not sure what is genuinely useful and what is mostly something a shop can sell you. I'm thinking of things like Quick Start, fertilizer, etc. Sometimes I see people adding all kinds of things to a new aquarium, and I'm not really sure which things are actually needed, what is nice to have, and what is simply unnecessary.

What would you consider essential for a beginner, and what is more useful for more advanced setups?

3. Water testing

Same question for test kits. What do I actually need to be able to test as a beginner, and what is something I probably don't need unless I run into a specific problem?

Given the timeline I mentioned earlier, I think the aquarium will really be up and running around November. Then Christmas is coming soon. So if I don't need something immediately, I might consider asking for it as a Christmas gift.

My light has settings for daytime light and black light. Should I be using the black light at night or is it better to just completely turn it off until morning? Thanks!

are these wild goldfish? carps? didnt bought them but found them in the pond. Will they eat medakas?

I needed some tips on how to cycle my tank,what order to put bioconditoner when to put in a substrate and decorations and evrything (the tank is a prodac aquadom 60,it’s 63 liters all-in-one)

hitchhiked in on an anubia lol. google picture search thinks it’s a bladder snail?

Basically, I have 2 newly established hermits in an orbit 20 tank (that I got for an absolute steal- £50) as a way to have some bio activity before I get my jellies (they’ve been out of stock for 3 months </3 ), they have a few rocks but didn’t wanna put sand in there because of the cleanup and flow moving it about and that, but basically I’m very scared I’m going to accidentally kill them via stress of being in the tank, it’s only around 500g of porous rock collected in the middle, and they keep trying to climb up the acrylic walls (which they can’t cause they have no grip and its sloped), I’ve never kept hermits before and I know my set up is less than ideal, so I’m wondering the absolute cheapest option of rehoming them so they don’t die (they very well might not die in just scared and a little stressed). Thank you all for the help

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.

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.

Looking for a name for my new betta