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Algae in Low Tech Tank

Algae in Low Tech Tank

So - you’ve started a new planted aquarium, it’s cycling away, you’ve put in some plants and hardscape and everything is looking great.Then one day you look in to admire...

Algae in Low Tech Tank

So - you’ve started a new planted aquarium, it’s cycling away, you’ve put in some plants and hardscape and everything is looking great.Then one day you look in to admire...

The Problem With Upgrades

The Problem With Upgrades

Making upgrades to tank equipment or changing to better quality fertilisers is always exciting. You expect an improvement in your plants – better or faster growth, brighter colours – but...

The Problem With Upgrades

Making upgrades to tank equipment or changing to better quality fertilisers is always exciting. You expect an improvement in your plants – better or faster growth, brighter colours – but...

Avoiding Non-Aquatic Plants

Avoiding Non-Aquatic Plants

Avoiding Non-Aquatic Plants It’s a common mistake for beginners. You buy an attractive plant from the pet shop, bring it home and plant it in your aquarium, only for it to...

Avoiding Non-Aquatic Plants

Avoiding Non-Aquatic Plants It’s a common mistake for beginners. You buy an attractive plant from the pet shop, bring it home and plant it in your aquarium, only for it to...

Water Change The Right Way

Water Change The Right Way

Maintaining a regular water change schedule is an important part of aquarium keeping.  Water changes help to remove organic waste (especially with targeted siphoning of detritus), inhibiting formation of algae. They...

Water Change The Right Way

Maintaining a regular water change schedule is an important part of aquarium keeping.  Water changes help to remove organic waste (especially with targeted siphoning of detritus), inhibiting formation of algae. They...

Ideal Temperature

Ideal Temperature

If you’re keeping a planted aquarium, you know your plants need a stable amount of light, nutrients and CO2 to really thrive. So what do you do when all of...

Ideal Temperature

If you’re keeping a planted aquarium, you know your plants need a stable amount of light, nutrients and CO2 to really thrive. So what do you do when all of...

Aerial Roots

Aerial Roots

If you’ve ever kept stem plants in your aquarium, at some point you have likely noticed fine white roots growing sideways from stems into the water column. Sometimes stems put...

Aerial Roots

If you’ve ever kept stem plants in your aquarium, at some point you have likely noticed fine white roots growing sideways from stems into the water column. Sometimes stems put...