Ronan Granger

When most hobbyists set up their planted tanks, we go at it the way you would stack your fire wood. We heap the stuff in … Read more

Filling your tank can be one of those times when the dreaded “oh shit” moment arrives. You realize you forgot about displaced water volume. After … Read more

Why might it take up to three weeks before that spider wood sinks? You buy it to build out an aquascape and now you feel … Read more

You bought some Mopani root online. You pictured this wood framing your foreground plants. So you dragged it home, dropped it in the tank, and … Read more

Nano tanks may appears simple due to the fact that a nano tank requires only a few gallon of water, a few plants, and a … Read more

In your mind’s eye, you imagine a perfectly composed aquascape. Then you pick up that first rock. Physics is the critic. Your art doesn’t matter … Read more

Underneath your aquarium sand bed isn’t empty space. It’s a built reservoir of sorts, with water moving slow enough to allow the beneficial bacteria to … Read more

To build a paludarium, you has to calculate the volume of the water that will be available for the animal and the volume that will … Read more

There’s a box of sand. It’s expensive… Enough for one meal away from home. Twenty-pounds, according to label. The photo on bag features a clean … Read more