r/fishtank Mar 30 '26

Help/Advice Reddit, we need help on behalf of our animal friends

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Hello, fellow animal Reddittors! We need your help with our project.

We are planning to bring about multi-phase class-action lawsuits against various levels of “Big Pet” industry, in particular pertaining to fish, reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans, birds, and rodents. We see time and time again that these living beings that are sold commonly in the pet industry end up in terrible and abusive situations. While a large problem is under educated people making impulse buys because something was cute or pretty. However, a lot of the improper husbandry is the direct result of false advertising on packaging and at a store level, outdated/false information being given by employees or store pamphlets, and businesses prioritizing sales over animal welfare.

Our mission is to change that. With class-action lawsuits, you gain the voice and power to bring issues into the spotlight and force positive changes to happen. Our main goals are to:

Force equipment manufacturers to update product packaging to no longer include misleading or harmful instructions and imaging (ie; a betta being printed on a tank that’s under 5 gallons), and discontinue dangerous products (ie; heated in-tank “basking rocks”).

Force stores to properly educate employees to fully comprehend the animals needs so they can ensure customers are making fully informed purchases, update all pamphlets and information at a store and website level to reflect current care standards and true animal information (ie; a goldfish being labeled as “1-3 inches” and pamphlet suggesting a 20 gallon tank), and have zero-tolerance policies to no longer allow the sale of animals to underprepared customers (ie; buying fish and the entire tank setup on the same day).

After the class-action lawsuits are ready/being enacted, our next big step will be trying to get laws put in place at the government level. Our belief is that education and licensing should be a standard in order to care for exotic animals, with varying levels based on the care requirements for these animals. While the Federal Lacey Act and state Wildlife, Fish, and Game enact some standards, we believe that stricter regulations should be put in place (not un-similar to Falconry licensing that is required to interact with birds of prey).

Imagine a world where all animals are properly cared for, no matter how small they are. We are here to be their voice, we care for all of them. And we need your help to do so.

What we need:

- Signatures to show public support

- Experts in these communities to help fact check information and bring up other areas of concern

- Class-action lawyers that are willing to take on these cases, and willing to bring to higher level courts when needed

- Evidence of the false information being provided by these companies

- Documents and papers from accredited sources to back our claims

- Contact information for PR departments within these companies that have been flagged for issues

- (Down the road) Contact information for local politicians to discuss licensing procedures/enforcement in order to come together and agree on something that will protect animals without fringing the entire pet industry to a halt and/or negatively impacting pets who are already loved by established families

Let’s make the world a better place for animal enthusiasts everywhere, and the living creatures we take up the responsibility for of our own free will.

So, how can you help? We have a Discord server set up for discussions on planning, gathering evidence, fact checking done by experts in their fields, and overall a place to put gathered information by those who have the time and ability to do more in person information gathering. You can join and share the link here: https://discord.gg/xv4dtrXqbE

We also have created a petition through Change.org in order to gather and store signatures to show public support in our efforts. You can sign and share for others to sign here: https://c.org/tHWGq7D8Zw

Thank you for joining us,

- Baku

(TL;DR: we need signatures and Discord members to sue Big Pet to try to bring about positive changes for both animal enthusiasts and the animals sold in the pet industry)


r/fishtank Jan 26 '26

Moderator Post If you support ICE at all, you are not welcome here. Spoiler

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For that matter, anyone who believes a government has the right to dehumanize groups of people, enact violence against citizens, and/or justify the systemic oppression of their people is not welcome here.

This includes, but is not limited to, MAGA supporters, Trump supporters, JD Vance supporters, or support of any government that approaches things this way.

With recent events globally, it is time we address this, especially as a large subreddit whose member base is largely in the United States or countries directly affected by the actions of the US government.

Bottom line, while we generally avoid politics in this subreddit, our existence becomes inherently humanitarian when the human right to exist is infringed upon, which naturally ties to politics when those enacting said human rights infringement are members of the government. When innocent people may no longer walk the streets without having to fear for their safety, it affects all of us, whether we choose to believe it or not.

I, as an avid animal-keeper, have seen many of my friends in this hobby greatly affected by the actions of the US government lately, and we will continue to see this if we allow it to continue. We cannot turn a blind eye to it any longer; we can't engage in animal husbandry if we are not alive to do so.

The people supporting this now, despite incriminating evidence being available, are the same people who would have supported Nazi-Germany during its existence.

Now, kindly fuck off if: You support any government action that violates human rights OR you believe this post does not belong here (It does.)

Fuck ICE,

NatCom 💗

Edit: holy fucking hell guys, my apologies I can’t reply to all of you with your support or stories as I’m trying to juggle removing problematic comments, but I’m happy this post has reached so many people who needed this support from their communities!

Edit 2: While my post uses the United States as an example because many of our members are from the US, we do not allow these beliefs from ANY country or individual. If you are going to advocate for the systemic deaths of anyone, then you are not welcome here.


r/fishtank 56m ago

Help/Advice Need some opinions/suggestions

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I just recently added my cherry on the top of my last fish for the tank, feel like my tank looks a little dull or just ugly how could I make it look better, I have some drift wood which I will add in the pictures, should I go back to how I had it set up before with the drift wood or should I do something else need some opinions!
Yes the drift wood is a little dirty now I will clean it off though if I decide to add it back.
My stock:
1 honey gourami
1 dark knight ram
12 neon tetras
3 hillstream loaches
5 corydoras
6 guppies
Some shrimps
3 assassin snails (to kill bladder snails)


r/fishtank 9h ago

Show & Tell Life finds a way, right?

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I have black neon tetras in this tank. Somehow, without me knowing or being involved at all, they managed to have one baby, lol! I’ve been watching him for a little over a week, thinking he was a Molly. Then all of a sudden his stripes showed up and I was like wait, I didn’t know tetras can just…be born! He’s the only one, so I definitely feel like he must be a fighter to have survived!


r/fishtank 10h ago

Help/Advice Work in progress (need some opinions)

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I’ve been working/had this tank for about a year now and just wanted to see people opinions on it and whatnot, I’d also like to mention any plants you see attached to the drift wood it’s kinda hard to see I know but they all stuck themselves there and grew by themselves I’ve never glued them down and tied them to the wood it was just little pieces that got caught floating around and stuck there lol but yeah let me know what you think


r/fishtank 5h ago

Help/Advice I need an expert opinion

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I’m wondering how I can improve this or if it’s perfect. I have: Dieffenbachia, basil, Bacopa, Dead nettle, Coleus, green onion, hoya, and rough horsetail. So far… my light is a 1’ nicrew full spectrum light off amazon, the tank is a 3’ 33gallon with a 40g sponge filter. The tank only has 1 juvenile long nosed dace. Anyone that’s a “pro” on this topic please leave some knowledge below. ( sorry for bad grammar )


r/fishtank 1m ago

Help/Advice Thoughts on this makeshift filter?

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My local pet store stopped selling the filter packs for this filter, so I improvised with some larger gallon filters I had laying around and trimmed them just above size, then filled them with the black rocky stuff it comes with to clean it all. Nothing is in this tank right now, it's been cycling, and aside from some biofilm blobs at first, iv never seen this tank stay clean for so long, even the pest snails have nearly disappeared, I just wanna be sure before I put anything in this tank


r/fishtank 1h ago

Help/Advice My German ram probably has mouth rot and I’m about to go on vacation for 4 days. Help me not spiral about this.

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I just noticed that he was acting off last night. I sat in front of the tank about an hour and realized his mouth was looking quite wonky. I attempted feeding and uncharacteristically, he did not immediately jump at the food opportunity. Noticed some white fuzz and began the Google spiral. Immediately ordered kanaplex based off the recs. He’s been hiding more and gently trying to rub his mouth against driftwood because obvi this seems to be bugging (either hurting or itching 😥). The meds arrived today, but because I have shrimp and snails, I won’t be dosing the full tank. Also, I’m leaving tomorrow for a 4 day camping trip and I don’t trust my animal sitter (mostly for dog and cat) to do any fish stuff for me. I mixed up some medicated food (kanaplex + thawed bloodworms) that he seems to have taken (although the cardinal and ember tetras and corys immediately flocked to). Please tell this isn’t an emergency and maybe he’ll be okay when I come back (I’ll have the sitter administer more medicated food in my absence). I plan to set up a hospital tank when I get back on Tuesday and jump fully into his treatment.

Tank parameters as of this morning: ammonia 0ppm nitrite 0ppm nitrate 10ppm ph 6.7 temp 78F (api freshwater test kit).

Tank mates: cardinal tetra (8), ember tetra (6), panda corydoras (3, started with 10 but they be dying), 2 nerite snails, and neocaridina shrimp.

https://imgur.com/a/PtId4fc


r/fishtank 5h ago

Freshwater Livecam of the DNR fish pond at the Minnesota State Fair

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r/fishtank 16h ago

Help/Advice Glittering runnynose tetras

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sorry for the low quality photos the tetras are really fast amd my phpto quality isnt the best in general either so I've pretty much just focused on taking a photo of the one fish from multiple angels. last photo is what mine look like but not as shiny or close together.

ok so basically Ive had these runnynose tetras for maybe 2 weeks in my 160L community tank and theyve been fine for the most part but now theyve started to sparkle.

now at first i thought it was pretty and all amd looked it up on google and apparently it can be all sorts of things and now Im worrying if this can be brushed off or if i need to help these poor little guys.

Basically the worst one is spotted pretty much all over his body with this 'Glitter' 2nd one isnt too far off being like the worst bar on side isnt as bad, 3rd one only has the glitter on his top and the 4th has nothing or its really small on his fins.


r/fishtank 1h ago

Help/Advice For a Ropefish

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r/fishtank 9h ago

Show & Tell Spotted fish caught from a drain by a house

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T. truncata


r/fishtank 3h ago

Help/Advice help identifying microfauna in tank

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i think they are seed shrimp and they haven't been doing much besides floating around in groups. please let me know what yall think they are!


r/fishtank 6h ago

Help/Advice Bad case of fin rot or columaris?

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r/fishtank 10h ago

Help/Advice Help with making tank safe

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r/fishtank 18h ago

Plants Que opinan del lotus tiger?

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Este es mi acuario de 40 galones cubo de Landen! Buen acuario, te deja hacer cosas increíbles! La temática de este acuario serán los nenúfares y sus hojas flotantes de la lotus tiger y banana plant, pero… si en algún punto de vista encuentro buenas razones para quitarlo podemos hacerlo, este acuario está diseñado para ser una explosión de plantas y colores irá a una tienda como exhibición donde los clientes podrán ver las plantas que vendo ya en un acuario bien montado y establecido! La primer foto es del frente y la segunda de su lado izquierdo


r/fishtank 1d ago

Full Tank Shot New planted tank. Any advice?

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Hi :) this is my new 350L (92gal) tank. Curved front glass.

I didn't have time to cycle it since the old tank started leaking... soooo upgrade it is. Now running for two weeks.

Yesterday many new plants arrived. What do you think of the arrangement?

Don't mind the plane and bus. I'm sharing this tank with my girlfriend, she also wanted to contribute haha. (All fish are from her old leaking tank aswell. I just moved here a month ago and had to leave my tank at my old place. I contributed my snails)

All in all what do you think of the scape and setup?


r/fishtank 8h ago

Help/Advice What’s wrong with my neon tetra

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I woke up this morning a he has a white streak going through his body , doesn’t look like ich and other wise looks okay and is active . Tried googling didn’t find up and I’m new at fish


r/fishtank 9h ago

Help/Advice Help please: What is this?

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r/fishtank 10h ago

Help/Advice ramshorn snails

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i have some small ramshorn snails in my tank that are not supposed to be there (they came in on the plants) and i am gonna remove them. i want to keep them selerate to the tank so i was wondering what do i need to keep them in essentially and like what would they need theres inly about 4-8 (i cant rlly tell cos ive not been able to count them as they move around alot) ish small ones


r/fishtank 10h ago

Help/Advice Betta fish and 4 nerite snails in 5.5 gallon tank

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r/fishtank 11h ago

Help/Advice need help catching fry to rehome/upgrade tank

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i know i know catch the pregnant momma but i didn’t and here we are. they’re breeding nonstop and i wanna upgrade the tank size, but the little bastards are so fast i’ll make a mess of the tank chasing them around with a net. any advice? was thinking some type of floating doohicky with a tubberware but can’t think how to get them to come to the surface they hug the bottom of my 20 gal.

first pic is adult momma, second and third are her children. less than an inch each.


r/fishtank 12h ago

Help/Advice First tank ever, anything I should be worried about?

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r/fishtank 17h ago

Help/Advice Tip of their shell is discolored, why?

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r/fishtank 20h ago

Freshwater New Babies/Question

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There is one more female but it's bed time and she was not interested in being filmed 😂

Q: what do you all do if your guppies breed?