Ignore the clown killi fish, she likes to photobomb.

Yes I know some shrimp keepers cull the duller ones, but I refuse, I love all my skrimps. I don’t care if their ‘grade’ goes down over time, they’re my babies.

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    11 months ago

    Is it hard/expensive to get started with an aquarium? I love the idea with it but it’s scary to get started :c

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      11 months ago

      Depends what you want to keep lol. Just keep in mind that aquariums involve annoying water chemistry and definately have a learning curve. But if you do enough research you should be fine.

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      11 months ago

      you can find a lot of used aquarium and equipment in your local adverts. I still have a lot of aquarium stuff I need to get rid of since I stopped running my tanks. Learn the nitrogen cycle, and keep things simple. Aquarium shops will try to sell you a bunch of expensive stuff that you don’t need. Get good filter media (porous rocks with a lot of surface area to allow beneficial bacterial to grow for the nitrogen cycle), you never need to replace filter media. If the flow of your filter slows down, just rinse the media with tank water.