freshwater

Hi all bit of a strange one but I couldn't find any previous posts. Would freshwater phytoplankton still be a beneficial addition to a reef tank? And if so any reason not to culture outside? I have a spare glass aquarium left outside before moving to storage after breaking down a cherry shrimp...

I'm getting out of the Flowerhorn community to focus more on the marine side. I have two Flowerhorns for free. One is a foot long Fireman's Dream. He is mean and probably will need to be in a 125g by himself or with another female. The other is my former show Kamfa. Absolutely gorgeous fish...

I inherited this sump with a home purchase. It's a freshwater sump. Has anyone seen one like this? There is a drawer that goes in in the top of the left compartment. My assumption is that water moves left-to-right, with the drawer meant for floss/pads. I want to have a freshwater...

I keep thinking about why it seems as though freshwater fish diseases seem less-commonly talked about compared to saltwater fish diseases and was wondering if anyone else had any insights/thoughts. My guesses on why this is were that: a. Freshwater fish might be more disease resilient as they...

Hello! Does anyone know where I could find freshwater copepods? I've been searching online recently, but the only thing that ever seems to pop up is saltwater copepods. And the freshwater copepods that are available are very, very expensive. Thank you!!!

Not sure how tolerable this community is to freshwater, but I am gonna post anyway and find out :). I've lurked for a while now and I do appreciate the expertise here on R2R. After much planning and selling my pool table, I picked up a used 750 gallon (10' x 4' x 2.5') earlier this week...

I have a single Molly and a neon tetra living in my 10 gallon tank. One Molly died and my other 5 tetras died. I have test strips and nitrite and nitrate are high. The kit says to do a water change so did 30% one but there's no change. I would buy more neons but I don't want to risk anymore...

I don't want to get mangled in a Facebook group for asking a silly question about ATOs but Google will not, under any circumstances, get what I'm trying to ask and just keeps sending me BRS links to auto top offs or clickbait YouTube videos. Great job Google. I'm asking this actually for my...

Up for sale is my freshwater setup. 100 gallon acrylic tank with stand and canopy. Fluval FX5 and 404. No leaks. Pickup only in Burbak, CA. $600 Not looking to part it out yet.

Hello, I have had some things floating around in my head recently that I need answers for. So what is the difference in filtration between salt and fresh. Why in freshwater you use these big filters that are packed with biomedia for maximum surface area for beneficial bacteria (maybe K1 or...

I tried googling "Smallest auto fish feeder" to see what my options are and couldn't really find any threads or articles dedicated to reviewing and comparing the smallest available auto fish feeders for a small pico tank. I'd probably go with an Eheim Everyday Fish Feeder but if anyone knows any...

Malawi cichlids I’m super happy!!! I found some pretty big stones at the top of a mountain and took them home for a 9-1 water-bleach soak before rinsing then soaking in our hard tap water. I know I can make these big butt stones into a beautiful hide/nest for some of my big Mbuna. I’m hoping the...

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We got my parents old aquarium to give junior a bit of usefull cinema and I get to implement it. I therefore get to play around with technology (especially Reef-Pi) as much as I like ^^ Thought I'd share the project with you and get some usefull input.

I was wondering if I should feed fresh water fish to my saltwater carnivore I heard it can damage their liver and stuff but I’ve also heard it is good fro them so I don’t know what’s the best live fish food to feed I have a frogfish and a dwarf lionfish by the way

Hi everyone, I am very new to this aqua field and all of sudden, my wife and I decided to have fishes. At that time, we had no idea between freshwater vs salt water. The aquarium we went was freshwater main and convinced by easier maintnance and cheaper price than saltwater . So, we bought a 65...

I have a question.. when someone asks you what you’re hobbies/interests are, what do you say? I always say something like “fish keeping or I keep fish tanks” but they always look confused like they just don’t get it lol. So I’m just wondering if there’s a better way to word it? And what do you...

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Hey everyone! So I have this freshwater tank that I've been taking care of for about 5 months now, which I inherited from former club members (tank is school property, I just do the feedings and maintenance). It has had a green hair algae problem for years now, but we manage it with weekly...

This white film on the cord of my uv sterilizer and other cords in my fish tank, what is it? I'd assume it to be algae. I've had this in freshwater tanks before, I believe. It comes off very easily and feels slimy. Just want to know what it is, is it good or bad, and how to minimize it or get...

Ok I know there are some double dippers out there...salties and freshies..... I recently broke down my freshwater to go salt so looking to selling my Aqua Illumination Prime HD's and all the CO2 system. Lights with flexible arms $125 ea shipped. Complete CO2 $175

Hello everyone, this morning my pet Glow Betta passed away and im not exactly sure why. He was a very healthy fish, and from what I could tell he was happy. Always excited by food, always did well after water changes. I took very good care of him. Its a 1.5 gallon tank but he had a filter and a...

Sorry for posting about freshwater here but this is the only forum I have and I need to go to work in the next 10 minutes. Two days ago I noticed a fish that I believe just had babies swimming oddly and sort of spinning top to bottom either near the bottom of with it's head in the substrate...

Hi everyone I attached a video of these super tiny clear/milk color bugs that float around my tank or usually crawl onto my plants. It’s been 6 weeks since I started up this freshwater aquarium and it is now fully cycled out. I got my needle leaf Java fern from a local aquatic plant seller who...

Hello everyone. I am pretty knowledgable with saltwater tanks but not so much with freshwater. My fathers freshwater tank has been having some weird issues, no matter how hard we try to increase the ph whenever we test it, its back below 6 (way too low), some fish have died from cloudy eyes and...