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Friday Fun Thread for January 23, 2026

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Does anyone here keep a freshwater aquarium? I’ve had a 40 gallon planted tank for about two years. It’s been gorgeous and heavily planted, but I’ve grown tired of trimming stem plants every couple of weeks. I’m thinking of switching to a lower maintenance setup with a pair of apistos and some tetras, and replacing most stem plants with floaters and vallisneria since those don’t seem to need as much trimming. I still want to keep the tank well planted to keep water quality stable and keep algae under control. Any recommendations or suggestions?

I used to have a 55 gallon tropical aquarium, and one of my favorite fish to keep inside it was an armored plecostomus. They get pretty big, and most other fish leave them alone. They also do a great job of keeping the tank clean as part of a larger system.

Snails, but you need a careful balance and the right species or they will just eat everything. You can also include predators that eat the herbivorous snails, but again you need a careful balance or pretty soon you won’t have any snails.

Thanks, I’ll look it up. Hopefully I won’t have to slowly import the entire Amazon river fauna into my tiny tank.

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