blackwater

I think these blackwater aquariums I've been seeing online look awesome and I have some fish from those areas that I would want to put in my 40 but I have a couple questions. My uncle said the tannins will make algae grow like crazy in my tank so I was wondering if that is true and what are some...

About a month ago, I bought a 16 litre tank for some platy fry (tank dimensions around 35cm x 20cm x 25cm maybe). I’ve placed 5 into the main tank to see how they do with adult platy and White Cloud Mountain Minnows, the latter of which chased them though could not fit them in their mouth. I’ve...

Hello everyone! My 20gal is finally cycled (after 17 days :D) and I'm beginning to buy stuff to fully decorate it. I was wondering if I can use trimmings of my ginseng bonsai tree for decoration? I would boil the leaves since I use bonsai ferts, but I wanted to check just in case it's harmful, I...

Not sure if there's a post out there floating around in this forum from ten years ago, but I was hoping to start up a conversation about blackwater tanks. Opinions, tips, photos, journals, studies, maintenance, e.c.t. Anything is welcome. My first tank was, unwillingly, a sort of...

Hi :thumbs: I need light for my blackwater tank as the old one broke any recommendations? Also why are the Chinese stuff so poorly made? This is the 7th light in this year I really hate the “made in china” stuff seriously, can’t they make a better things? (Notes that in Thailand there’s only...

Hi me again :thumbs: my questions; 1. Do I have to remove indian almond leaves after they rotten? 2. How do I maintain the same pH after water changes? 3. How do I take a picture without the tank glass mirroring my face? 4. Is there anyway to hide the airstone and filter? it looks ugly. as of...

This is my tank right now, pretty dark, as the title said; do I have to remove them after they are rotten or not at and how to keep pH level the same when do a water change?

Hi, I was away for about a week without enough wifi to post a thread but now I am back! I have good news, my parents agreed to get an aquarium in the dining room! It will be in a few months... I will now be able to get a betta aquarium and a boraras+shrimp aquarium! I would like to have 2...

I currently have 2 german blue ram cichlids in my 145 liter blackwater biotope setup but I have had issues with the two of them a male and a female being slightly territorial and somewhat agressive to each other when one of them get's too close or when it's feeding time when they tend to fight...

I recently got into the aquarium hobby a month ago and setup my 145 blackwater aquarium that contains 15 cardinal tetras , 4 corydoras duplicareus catfish and 3 octocinclus catfish, plus 6 marbled hatchetfish and a pair of german ram cichlids. I use a couple of bags of roibos tea to add tannins...

I have a 145 liter freshwater aquarium that hosts 15 wild caught cardinal tetras among other fish like ram cichlids and catfish. I have had this aquarium since late december of 2019 but I only got it set up and running during early january and back then it was just 10 tetras and 4 corydoras...

So I have this 140 blackwater setup that contains 10 cardinal tetras along with 8 catfishes of two species Corydoras duplicareus and Octocinclus and 6 marbled hatchetfish. The plants are doing quite well so far and the aquarium is an absolute delight to look at especially in person because...

I have a fish tank that I setup during early january with 10 wild caught cardinal tetras along with 4 corydoras duplicareus catfish. Yesterday I also added a couple of marbled hatchetfish and 4 octocinclus catfish. My main goal here is to turn this 140 liter tank into a tropical blackwater...

These are the images of my recently established freshwater 140 liter tank located in a dark corner in my dad's home office . In total the tank has 10 wild caught cardinal tetras and 4 corydoras duplicareus catfish and so far they have been looking healthy and active preferring to stay in...

I am planning to get my first fishtank quite soon which will be a blackwater setup with 10 cardinal tetras in a 118 liter tank and possibly some mystery snails or cherry shrimp. I live in the countryside where trees and rivers are abundant and I was thinking of collecting oak driftwood from the...

I am gonna get myself my first aquarium which will be a 160 liter blackwater setup designed to mimic the habitat of cardinal tetras with lot's of floating amazon frogbit plants at the top along with leaves and driftwood made out of oak on the bottom. I will use low flowrate filtration intended...

I very recently learned about black water aquariums and am trying to figure things out with a 10 gallon before possibly doing a 20 gallon. I decided not to mess with changing the pH but if it does change after adding leaves and driftwood, then that's okay. So far, I've added a bunch of oak...

Hi fishkeepers! I'm on a mobile device right now, do excuse me if I have autocorrect moments. :D I have a sorority betta, Lapis, that is getting some bullying. She's going into the solo life in her own 5gal. I know, 5gal are a bit small, but she is a juvenile. Not baby, just young adult. I...

A newbie to the site and was told that I had to start a journal so here goes... A bit of background, I kept marines for the best part of 30 years but a few years back my interest waned and rather than watch the system deteriorate I decide to move the it on. Recently the spark reignited and I...

So I'm starting this journal a little late, the tank has been running a little while now but it has been slow going so I figured I would share what I've done so far.   The original plan was to do a biotope centered around the Lake Valencia Basin in Venezuela, which is the only lake in which wild...