Aquariums

koalie,
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My friend @danield managed to grab from his pond the one I spotted last week! He brought a second one too. This is me transferring them to my .
Meet Santa (white and red) and Big T (like Santa, but bigger — a reference to a recent KLR productions short video featuring a very fat cat named Big T)

Me, white middle-aged woman in a casual outfit of loose dark pink t-shirt with white leggings and white sneakers, smiling while reaching up with a black stick in hand, in a room with a wooden staircase and framed artwork on the wall. There is a sofa with a throw blanket and a bicycle wheel visible in the foreground.
Two red and white goldfish swimming in an aquarium with aquatic plants and a rocky substrate.
White and red goldfish in a tank with green plants and rocky substrate. The fish's reflection is visible on the tank's red plexiglass wall.

koalie,
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I biked to the garden store doubled as a pet center, so I could get some newer fish food flakes. I bought a couple pots of armeria maritima rosea too, which luckily fit in my water pouch backpack 👌
Bonus photo: a baby frog (the size of a pinky finger nail) on the glass wall of a tank where the store staff held a few tadpoles among aquatic plants.

A small frog on a transparent surface next to a leaf in a body of water.
A full backpack placed on a gravel surface with purple flowers inside. A person wearing white athletic shoes and white pants is visible next to the backpack.
A terracotta pot with green grass-like plants, white rocks, and pink flowers, set outdoors with more greenery in the background.

koalie,
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Santa & Big T. They are the largest I ever held in this 60-liter .

A goldfish swimming in an aquarium with green aquatic plants and gravel at the bottom.
A vibrant orange and white fish swimming near green aquatic plants and rocky substrate in a fish tank.

FlanFlinger,
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My my Mr Crayfish, what big claws you have!

All the better for savageing most of the plants in this tank so you have to scoop the debris on a daily basis.

#crayfish #aquarium

Video of a blue crayfish munching on a treat

ikigaiorigami, French
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Aquarium de poche Umi . « Umi », c’est la mer en japonais .

« L’homme ne peut découvrir de nouveaux horizons tant qu’il n’a pas le courage de perdre de vue la côte ». André Gide

brunoph,
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A day at the aquarium. Starting with some anemone.

a rocky wall covered in large white anemone with pink tipped tentacles
a pink anemone attached to what appears to be a large red bivalve, surrounded by other anemone, slugs, and a model trilobite
a rocky tank completely covered in tiny red anemone with white tentacles

brunoph,
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SO. MANY. TINY. POISONOUS. FROGS!!!

An Anthony's poison arrow frog, which is a tiny bright tomato-red frog with white stripes running along its back. it is sitting on a rock, facing away from the camera
A tiny green-and-black poison dart frog, standing on its four legs on a large leaf, walking away from the camera
A Blue poison dart frog, which is a tiny blue frog with many black dots on its back. it is standing on its four legs, inspecting its surroundings

brunoph,
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IT KEEPS GOING!

A pair of golden poison frogs sitting on a log, facing each other. the one nearer to the camera is sitting on its back legs with its torso facing directly up, like a dog
A kokoe poison frog, which is a tiny black frog with emerald stripes running along its sides and back, like an amphibian race car. it has its voice pouch inflated
A dyeing/cobalt poison frog, which is a tiny black frog with a lime-green band covering its whole back, sitting on a rock, facing away from the camera

Beiz,
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My Ancistrus sp. Calico finally grew to respectable size. I hope they will breed some day soon :)

I really don't get why they aren't more popular. I think they look fantastic (albeit the photo definitely doesn't do them justice. my iphone camera changes too many colors).

#ancistrus #aquarium

po3mah, (edited )
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@Beiz Good looking!
I only managed them to breed once, 15yrs ago, accidentally.
I had to partially change the water several times in a sequence and then it happened.
Never succeeded again, not sure why.

Beiz,
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@po3mah Ancistrus are finnicky. The general approach is to just give them enough caves and if it happens it happens 😅 Can't really plan for breeding them it seems (albeit my brown and albino pairs tend to breed every 2 weeks on average with about 100 fry per litter, but even those pick the weirdest nests whenever I make changes to their tank and to hell with the fancy and expensive caves lol).

xdanep,
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Beautiful jellyfish

paulfoerster,
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, happy weekend and welcome to another . 😃

eclectech,
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There has been a file sitting on my computer for the last couple of days. Every now and then I go and add a few more googly eyes, then go and do something else.

Had a "what am I doing moment?!" and just generated the file, thinking I'd just ditch it, but now I'm tempted to try and get a better loop and do it properly 😆
👀 🐟 👀 🐟

#sillyScribbles #fish #googlyEyes #silly #nonsense #aquarium

A short video loop of a dark aquarium pool with many fish swimming back and forth. I have added googly eyes to a few of them.

eclectech,
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Is it just me or is that weirdly soothing to watch?!

I genuinely have a favourite fish.

That's not right.

eclectech,
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I really need to close this folder of videos from the aquarium.

I just keep spotting more to play with, but I have things to do.

But jellyfish!

#sillyScribbles #fish #aquarium #cute #silly #nonsense

Short video loop of a jellyfish illuminated in a dark aquarium. It is bright blue and pulsing in movement. A smiling face has been drawn on, the smile stretching as the jellyfish flattens out. It also has some extra tentacle waving below. They started as a couple of arms but I added a couple of traces so there are three each side.

eclectech,
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This flappy fish is very happy to see you 🐟

#sillyScribbles #fish #aquarium #cute #silly #nonsense

A very short video loop of the bottom of a flatfish lit by a blue light in an aquarium. A happy face has been drawn on. It is flapping its fins and looks very happy and excited to see you.

mikestone,

Went to the to see the sights.

mariatta,
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So I got this piece of driftwood but it wouldn't sink to the bottom, and I already soaked it in a bucket for days.
Maybe I just have to go for the floating upside-down/antigravity look?

Scene of an aquarium. At the bottom are some pebbles. At the top there is a piece of driftwood with many branches, floating with the branches pointing downwards. It looks like a tree that grows downward. There is a plant with leaves attached to it.

jebelkrong,
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@mariatta looks kinda natural there. A little moss tied to it maybe?

mariatta,
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@jebelkrong Yeah adding moss sounds like a great idea!

Axiom,
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Leave a reply if you post about any of these topics and I'll give you a follow!

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Pollinators, Beekeeping, Native Plants
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compost,
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@Axiom You have to master compost if you wish to be self sufficient.

Axiom,
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@compost oh yes, that's the goal. There's actually a commercial worm farm near me and I plan to look more into vermicompost this summer!

NunavutBirder,
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The Smoky Blue Angelfish and Electric Blue Acara.

hrefna,
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Random facts that most people don't realize:

  1. Chloramine is in a lot of municipal water these days and is harder to get rid of safely than chlorine, and doesn't always show up on test strips.

  2. Larger tanks are in many ways more stable and easier than small tanks.

  3. Planted tanks are easier than unplanted tanks are easier than bare-bottom tanks.

  4. Acidic is easier than basic.

  5. Absolute values of nitrates matter less than changes.

  6. TDS matters a lot for some animals.

hrefna,
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  1. Everything you use in your aquarium is a chemical, and different water parameters or conditions will require different combinations of chemicals. There's nothing morally better about using "fewer chemicals." Whether you need them depends on what you are doing and what your local water is like.

  2. Betta are incredibly fragile.

  3. Some fish cannot be ethically kept in home aquariums. Some will outgrow any tank you put them in.

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