Treading Water

I got into plants, then I learned my family enjoys fish... so I leapt into aquatics. It's becoming a new special interest with shocking quickness. I'm neuroatypical and I tend to get obsessed with things I enjoy. I'm into aquascaping and [heavily] planted tanks. I'm in this obsessional, special interest with tanks at this point and there will likely be a lot of rambling. Main: Ghostsneverleave

[show-us-your-wrasse]

Sea apple feeding, time lapse

[theequeerstrian]

It’s like a fucking deep sea sarlacc pit…

[magistrate-of-mediocrity]

Me licking the cheese powder from my grubby mits after devouring a bag of doritos

[bogleech]

I think to really appreciate the sea apple, a kind of sea cucumber, you also need to know that it contains a toxic purple goo and when it dies it spews all of its poison out at once so if you have it in an aquarium with any other living things it’s going to take all of them down with it

[bogleech]

[ghostlyaquatics]

I think one of my kuhli loaches might be preparing to lay eggs cus she's fat af.

Apparently they can have hundreds of eggs. Omfg. I have no idea what I'm going to do with them if many of them survive.

[oorchidblood]

Paludarium mossy land progression!!

[bettaworldforbettas]

There's a growing frustration and awareness of the ways that betta fish are exploited by large companies for profit.

Many individuals and organizations have been pushing back against misconceptions about their needs and raising awareness of their neglect by large corporations where they are often treated as just merchandise.

(Bettas need 5+ gal, a filter, heater, and lots of environmental enrichment like plants and hiding spots.)

[ghostlyaquatics]

Betta scape now complete with betta.

[noelbadgespugh]

[ghostlyaquatics]

The betta tank is finally finished being set up. The plants need to grow a bit and I might add some Vallisneria spiralis to the back right to hide the filter... as well as floaters (hoping for some tiger frogbit), but this is pretty much what I want. I really like how the bonsai turned out with the Anubias petite nana. 😁

[ma7moud-5allaf]

Say hello to my little fella!

[crevicedwelling]

FRIENDS TIP: keep your friends well-fed and warm and they might lay eggs

[ghostlyaquatics]

Progression of an Axolotl Aquascape

[ghostlyaquatics]

My oh my

How far

you've

come

❤️

[carriershoukaku-deactivated2025]

[sadhopz]

[ghostlyaquatics]

This

is a

real

fish

[blue-fishyfish]

Photo taken at Underwater Pet Expo in Melbourne, Australia

[ghostlyaquatics]

I threw this hitchhiker in the puffer tank. He's been doing quite well, follows the puffer everywhere.

I plan to get him friends since he's doing so well.

[ghostlyaquatics]

Seems I might have found the answer to my cyanobacteria problem.

Paramecium and even copepods actually feed on it.

And to think, some folks claim there's nothing in freshwater for it. I knew that was BS, but figured it meant I need microfauna for it... and YUP.

[thedogfamily]

Fat Amy

[sleepy-bebby]

[bogleech]

To us they're hilarious but to countless other species this would be the last thing they see before their entire body is mangled into paste.