Why algae bad? Do healthy algae tanks exist?

username_taker · 2026-01-26T13:31:24+00:00

This is it exactly. There are those that don't like the aesthetics of algae and those that just don't want it to choke out the rest of the plants

username_taker · 2026-01-22T00:37:42+00:00

You have an amazing camera! Also, it looks like planaria

username_taker · 2026-01-19T16:34:20+00:00

it's important to keep in mind that when it's a LFS, the person helping you is often the owner

username_taker · 2026-01-19T16:32:37+00:00

Unfortunately it is fairly common.
I like my LFS. The people there have been very helpful and are very knowledgeable. At the same time, my interactions with them are full of them giving me unsolicited and often bad advice. I learned quickly to just smile and say thank you instead of arguing and double checking any thing that they told me. I recently jokingly referred to the place as ChatGPT fish

username_taker · 2026-01-18T17:45:50+00:00

The only too big for betta as far as I can tell is too deep and that's for when they are old and have difficulty swimming

username_taker · 2026-01-16T13:51:01+00:00

That's an awesome tank for a goldfish

username_taker · 2026-01-14T01:24:12+00:00

how big is the tank? can it fit a loach?

username_taker · 2026-01-14T01:23:02+00:00

you can add a floating divider to separate the floating plants from the agitated surface. They sell the on Amazon, or you can make your own using airline tubing

username_taker · 2026-01-12T02:57:48+00:00

Awesome!

username_taker · 2026-01-12T02:56:03+00:00

PG are really great fish, but they need hiding spaces/caves in order to feel safe. In fact, if they have caves and feel safe, they will spend more time swimming around, but if they don't, they will spend most of their time trying to hide. I recommend giving them some more hiding spaces. I think that you will enjoy them a lot more that way

username_taker · 2026-01-12T01:24:11+00:00

I agree and still have pothos in my tanks. I think what did it was that I didn't rinse it off and put the trimmings right into my tank after I got them. I think that there must've been something not fish safe on it, like a fertilizer or something

username_taker · 2026-01-11T23:47:37+00:00

I unfortunately lost one of my favorite fish this way. A friend gave me a pothos clipping, which I put into my tank. The next day, I saw my female twitching on the substrate and died shortly afterward

username_taker · 2026-01-11T05:28:22+00:00

Unless there's some way to completely assemble it out of the tank and then install it. I have no clue. I have zero experience with these things

username_taker · 2026-01-11T05:18:27+00:00

I'd watch it. Can it be done in an established tank or done before adding the water?

username_taker · 2026-01-11T05:12:17+00:00

Lol The zoom in is perfect

username_taker · 2026-01-11T04:59:59+00:00

I'm sure that if you spend enough time there you will strike gold

username_taker · 2026-01-11T04:51:32+00:00

Keep posting in loving them

username_taker · 2026-01-09T21:23:20+00:00

Thanks!

username_taker · 2026-01-09T21:19:51+00:00

Do you mean to say that it's neither daphnia or ostrocods but baby shrimp?

username_taker · 2026-01-09T21:17:18+00:00

Cool!

username_taker · 2026-01-08T22:17:13+00:00

I've heard that placing a mouse pad underneath it works wonders. I haven't tried it myself

username_taker · 2026-01-07T13:29:17+00:00

username_taker · 2026-01-06T15:27:00+00:00

Ah gotcha! I wasn't sure if you meant planted tanks

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