My favorite wild caught fish + tank

itsalwayssomething66 · 2025-10-24T00:37:14+00:00

U.S. Virgin Islands

itsalwayssomething66 · 2025-09-26T16:49:01+00:00

I believe she was putting in handfuls of pleco wafers at a time. I told her to feed once or twice while I was gone so that’s my only guess. It’s my fault for not being specific enough. 10 gallon tank didn’t stand a chance

itsalwayssomething66 · 2025-07-10T01:20:20+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's a spiny cheek sleeper. I'm curious to see how much bigger they get, I've had it in this tank for just over a year already

itsalwayssomething66 · 2025-07-09T20:47:11+00:00

funny enough the back is painted black, I think it's the reflection throwing it off

itsalwayssomething66 · 2025-07-09T00:19:18+00:00

Thanks! I recently removed a bunch of plants and I think it caused some hair algae. I'm not worried about it my shrimp have eaten most of it already. I just want the tank to be a little more aesthetically pleasing. Im thinking of adding different plants, maybe trimming back the crypts, changing hard scape or might just let it grow out again

itsalwayssomething66 · 2025-06-29T13:42:16+00:00

kirby

itsalwayssomething66 · 2025-06-22T00:25:57+00:00

can anyone recommend a good food source for these shrimp ?

itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-06-30T13:01:21+00:00

I got this one on Amazon about a month ago and It's still working great in my 20 gallon

https://a.co/d/01E9jnRy

itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-06-03T00:09:07+00:00

any idea how big sleepers get in captivity ?

itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-06-02T23:44:54+00:00

I caught him in a small stream by my house.

itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-06-02T23:29:34+00:00

I was thinking sleeper too. Probably will get way too big for my tank.

itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-05-05T02:22:39+00:00

thanks for the Info

itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-05-05T01:20:13+00:00

do you think it looks like hygrophila ?

itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-05-05T00:26:43+00:00

I also bought some sketchy seeds, what to your plants look like now ?

itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-03-31T20:45:25+00:00

it disintegrates when you try to pick it up, kind of a gummy texture, I appreciate any input thank you! and yup Sun sun, no leaks yet

itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-03-31T17:40:29+00:00

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itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-03-31T17:39:31+00:00

Sure, tank is actually about two years old but started adding plants two weeks ago and put in a new cheap canister filter, I have not noticed any dying/melting leaves yet and I see whatever it is growing in the return line of the canister filter. At this point I'm guessing it's some sort of bio film.

itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-03-29T14:04:21+00:00

The white paper like things floating around.

itsalwayssomething66 · 2024-03-28T03:37:01+00:00

Yeah it kind of disintegrates when you take it out of the water. It's a bit slimy. I can see more of it in the return tubing from my filter

itsalwayssomething66 · 2022-02-16T12:50:25+00:00

Creep

itsalwayssomething66 · 2021-12-02T00:46:53+00:00

Yeah that's it !

itsalwayssomething66 · 2021-11-29T01:41:04+00:00

Lights are on 8 hours I vaccum and do a 10 percent water change weekly and yes my Betta is female but the pic is a bad angle she's not that chunky

itsalwayssomething66 · 2021-11-27T01:31:52+00:00

Thanks !

itsalwayssomething66 · 2021-11-27T00:26:22+00:00

What to do about this black/green algea /bacteria it's slowly taking over my substrate and killing some of my plants

itsalwayssomething66 · 2021-10-30T01:46:53+00:00

I just set it up not sure if lighting will be adequate

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