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Help on making quality wets and a place to show them off. Quick facts: Ethanol/methanol are proper preservation liquid, isopropyl is NOT, and should only be used for long term storage. In an emergency temporary situation like transporting a found specimen, any alcohol is fine if you rinse and use proper alcohol/techniques as soon as you can.

3k subscribers34 posts / mo in Sep 202626 authors / mosince 2021

r/wetspecimens has 3k members. It gets about 34 posts a month from 26 people. Top topics: Mason Jars, Pleco Health & Behavior and MineralsAndRocks.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+13%since May 2026
Oct 20263k
Growing3k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (May 2021)
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−23%vs Sep 2025 · −2.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202634
QuieterPeaked at 55 in Mar 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

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Topics and brands on r/wetspecimens

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Mason Jars0.8%
  2. Pleco Health & Behavior0.6%
  3. MineralsAndRocks0.6%
  4. Rescued and Stray Cats0.4%
  5. Baby Animals & Pets0.4%

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research