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Keeping a tank means changing water regularly which causes you some anxiety each time the water bill shows up. On one hand, you know clean … Read more

The objective here is to build a Japanese mountain scene from scratch, starting with an empty aquarium. When you compare that to collection of random … Read more

You know where this goes, good intention leads to most problems in an aquarium, namely a male chasing a female into a corner. How? Because … Read more

That’s a glass box full of water and whatever that stuff is floating around in it. Looks like dust motes from here. Looks like haze … Read more

If there’s anything most aquascapers discover about slopes, it’s this: what they look like on paper isn’t necessarily how they appear in the tank. A … Read more

Many hobbyists face a dilemma: should they use inert sand (root-starving yet visually appealing) or aquasoil (water clouding but root feeding)? Pure gravel starve your … Read more

When you buy moss, it’s with the thought that you’ll be filling up an entire landscape. But more times than not, it end up being … Read more

So you’ve got (or desire) a healthy planted tank. CO2 is gently bubbling away, macro nutrients is covered, and your lighting schedule is set in … Read more

When most of us began with planted tanks, we bought some bottled liquid fertilizer and did what label said. This will work for a while, … Read more

If you’re experiencing lethargic shrimp, particularly with a water test showing zero hardness, be careful. Using an equilibrium can fix this problem, but you should … Read more