#betta-every-day

[fishcommunity]

Mod @thebrackishtank

So I saw a neat post under the fishblr tag to talk about your tanks (link here... no worries, I’ll reblog it for ease!) that I thought looked like lots of fun. But I love talking about myself - you can tell this because I’m on the internet - so I figured why not! A little bit about me and the tank below the cut.

Hi everybody! This is @thebrackishtank / @thenativetank / @brambleforest. My name though is Joel, I’m in my early 30′s now (yikes! I was 22 when I joined Tumblr) and have been the moderator at @fishcommunity for about 4 years now.

- Current date: April 21, 2020

- Aquarium Age: About 11 months, it was the first thing I set up when I bought this house!

- Aquarium size:125 gallons.

- Aquarium inhabitants:

--- 3 Scats (Selena and Itty Bitty are Silver Scats, Verde is the Green Scat)

--- 1 Green Spotted Puffer (Scooty Puff is a darling! Never once bit a tankmate)

--- 1 Knight Goby (Goby-Wan... he’s a Jedi Knight... er... Goby)

--- 1 Freshwater Demoiselle (Greg)

--- 8 Orange Chromides

--- 2 Zebra Nerite Snails

- Substrate (sand, gravel, Eco Complete, etc.): Approximately 90% pool filter sand, 10% aragonite.

- Hardscape (nonliving decorations): Lava Rock, Oyster Shells, and one piece of driftwood I couldn’t part with :-P

- Plants: None! Brackish plants are not hard to come by, but ones that survive 1.006 specific gravity AND are unpalatable to Scats is a hard combo to find. So everything in here is plastic and still looks fine to me!

- Light: Just some cheapo LEDs. I just needed white light, no need for fancy wavelength/intensity levels.

- Filter: A Fluval 406 Canister Filter on one end, and a cheapo internal, air powered box filter on the other end. Why include that? Water movement is the key to combating Blue-Green Algae - it thrives in stagnant water. One year in, and no BGA to speak of :)

- CO2? (yes or no): Naw, no need. Maybe if I did some seagrasses, but I’d need so much more substrate if I was going to do that.

- Fertilizers: The fish make plenty :-P

- Food: I have a variety of dried and frozen foods I add in... brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, Emerald Entree, Tilapia chunks, Hikari sinking wafers, freeze dried krill, nori strips, and a few types of Bug Bites foods for the cichlids.

- Water Changes: Typically weekly, usually on the order of 40-50 gallons.

[rhodeythebetta]

Hi, my name is Finn (she/her). I am an animal lover, currently in a vet tech program at ksu. I keep fish, snails, and a leopard gecko. I got my first aquarium and betta in Aug 2019, named my blog after my buddy Rhodey. His old tank is pictured above

Current Date: 20 April 2020

Aquarium Age: ~6 months

Aquarium Size: 10 gallons

Aquarium Inhabitants: Beyla, my female crowntail betta

Substrate: CaribSea Eco-Complete Planted Aquarium Substrate (red)

Hardscape: 2 large rocks and several small black ones

Plants: amazon sword, java fern, anubis frazeri, wisteria, cardinal, el niño fern, and marimo moss balls

Light: Aqueon clip on LED

Filter: 10 gallon sponge filter

CO2: no

Water Changes: weekly, 25%

[thatbettabitch]

I feel so loved.

[betta-every-day]

Hi, I'm Rachel and I draw betta fish badly because they're cute and I love them 🥺🥺🥺

(here's the new avatar!)

Bonus: Here is the reference image I used:

[betta-every-day]

Hey Fishblr!

Quarantine has left me with a lot of time on my hands to spend on my aquarium hobby. I have been exploring the fish keeping community on other platforms as well, and I found myself curious about how others set up and manage their fish tanks.

I then thought, “Why not make a post about my aquarium, and encourage others to do the same?”

So, here is my challenge. Below the cut is a form that anyone can copy and paste to fill out and post. I would really appreciate it if fish keepers of all levels would like and spread this post and try this out! Fill out the form, and tag it with:

- my aquarium my way

- mamw

(Acronym for my aquarium my way to ensure a unique tag)

- betta-every-day

- advice please

(Only if you want others to leave constructive advice, which MUST include the criticism, explanation, and possible alternatives. No rude comments!)

This is NOT a judgemental tag! I plan to track this tag, and hope others will too :)

I have noticed that the aquarium hobby can be very elitist in nature. The truth is, we all start somewhere.

♡ I HOPE YOU ENJOY ♡

- Picture of aquarium

- Name, pronouns, any you want to add about yourself:

- Current date:

- Aquarium Age:

- Aquarium size: 

- Aquarium inhabitants: 

- Substrate (sand, gravel, Eco Complete, etc.): 

- Hardscape (nonliving decorations): 

- Plants: 

- Light: 

- Filter: 

- CO2? (yes or no): 

- Fertilizers: 

- Food: 

- Water Changes: 

*Feel free to add or omit anything you want as well. These are just some ideas*

***Also, remember to include the tags! Here is my post in this format. Feel free to tag people!***

[betta-every-day]

MAMW

Hi! My name is Rachel (she/her). I am 18 years old, and in my first semester of university at The University of Rochester. I love plants and animals more than anything, and have always had a passion for genetics. I have been keeping planted freshwater aquariums with inverts and fish for several years now, and enjoy talking about my hobbies very much. Please feel free to message me, I am very friendly, I swear!

Below is my MAMW Post

- Date: 4/20/2020

- 1 month old (in progress!)

- 5 gallon aquarium

- I have 1 betta fish in this tank named Jynx, as well as a white mystery snail, a bumble bee nerite snail, some pink ramshorn snails, and some orange rili shrimp coming in the mail as of 4/20

- Caribsea Eco Complete in black is my substrate of choice

- I have a piece of spiderwood in this tank, as well as 4 black lava rocks

-  In this tank, I have

  . Narrow leaf java fern (Microsorum pteropus “Narrow”)

  . Sagittaria (Sagittaria subulata)

  .  Cyperus helferi

  . Frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum)

  . Salvinia (Salvinia minima)

  . Terrestrial variegated pothos (Epipremnum aureum).

- Light: Finnex Planted+ 16″

- Filter: Topfin BF5 filter

- Media: Small sponge and ceramic rings

- CO2? (yes or no): Yes

- Fertilizers: The Seachem liquid line

   . Advance

  . Prime

  .  Excel

  . Iron

  . Envy

  . Flourish

  . Trace

  . Potassium

  . Phosphate

  . Nitrogen

  . Synthesis

- Food:

 . Omega one pellets

 . Northfin betta pellets

 . New Life Spectrum betta pellets

 . Bug Bites

 . Frozen brine shrimp

 . Frozen bloodworms

 . Seachem Nourish

 . Seachem Entice

 . Vita-chem

- Water Changes: ~25% every week

The tank is still very much in progress, but I am really proud of how it is coming along! Thank you to everyone who has been following along with my progress; I am so happy others can share in what I love!

(P.S. It Me)