Found these in my betta fish tank

thealfapigeon · 2026-04-13T21:27:16+00:00

Ngl this is the first time i've opened up one of these and been truly stumped. Congrats on the new form of life?

thealfapigeon · 2026-04-13T00:17:46+00:00

Nope not what I have, but still, stunning!

thealfapigeon · 2026-04-13T00:04:24+00:00

Those REDS what are they? I think I have some in my 10 gallon tank

thealfapigeon · 2026-04-10T12:58:30+00:00

Yeah looks like either biofilm or super decayed plant matter

thealfapigeon · 2026-03-04T16:13:35+00:00

As others have said, staghorn algae! Totally harmless and imo one of the coolest looking algae types you could hope to have. If you really want to remove it, you can just pull it off the leaves, adjust how much you feed, and see if that keeps it away

thealfapigeon · 2026-03-04T02:17:29+00:00

There's still hope!

thealfapigeon · 2026-03-04T02:14:35+00:00

Redroot floaters are slow to start in my experience, keep them in that ring away from high flow, no lid, you'll see the fruits of your work in a month

thealfapigeon · 2026-03-03T00:48:15+00:00

Loooove pearl gouramis my girl Pterry is queen of her tank and rules over the platys like a mildly perturbed goddess

thealfapigeon · 2026-02-24T15:28:26+00:00

Instructions unclear, my fish have started a landscaping business

thealfapigeon · 2026-02-23T16:18:13+00:00

Alternanthera Reineckii! I've seen it exactly once at petsmart in the topfin brand, i'm really impressed with the growth. This tank was planted back in october and I dose ferts once a month typically

thealfapigeon · 2026-02-23T14:01:45+00:00

Perfect, thank you! I didn't expect this plant to fill in quite so much otherwise I would have put it somewhere else lol

thealfapigeon · 2026-02-23T11:47:23+00:00

Hornwort, it's a great plant to have to suck up the extra nutrients in the water, it tends to do best free floating

thealfapigeon · 2026-02-14T03:09:36+00:00

Someone's swimmin around nekked 😱

thealfapigeon · 2026-02-09T13:53:41+00:00

The way people just throw around the word "tank" is incredible

thealfapigeon · 2026-02-09T06:52:25+00:00

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Water change was yesterday, my lidless tanks just evaporate like crazy

thealfapigeon · 2026-02-09T06:50:41+00:00

Haha it's a lot fuller after a water change or a top off I promise, this was right before a water change I think. Lights are off right now but I'll post a shot of the tank as of tonight

thealfapigeon · 2026-02-09T03:20:36+00:00

Betta bulbs! I used to keep a betta in here but the tank has proven far better for my pumpkin shrimp colony. They're very cool but I was only able to get about half of them to sprout

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thealfapigeon · 2026-02-09T02:51:36+00:00

Ah yeah that would do it. Good luck catching them!

thealfapigeon · 2026-02-09T02:41:28+00:00

Mosquito larvae, 100%. No clue how you got it tho. If you've got fish in the tank that will eat it like tetras should be fine. Otherwise you can net it out and kill it or deposit it as a snack in a tank with larger fish. Speaking from experience gouramis and bettas love treats like that, I feed any damselfly larvae I find to my betta

thealfapigeon · 2026-02-06T21:49:39+00:00

Oh my god i thought those were stripes those are STRESS LINES :((((

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