While it’s been some time since I’ve done shrimp, one of the most common problems I ran into in shrimp keeping was those pesky planaria. They’ve been known to lurk beneath the substrate and attack shrimp. I’ve known breeders who have had entire colonies wiped out by these guys. While …
At our aquarium club swap meet, there were at least one or two plant sellers (and for a very cichlid-heavy club, you take what you can get) with a good variety of plants. One seller had some very nice looking emersed foreground mats for sale. I decided to purchase one, …
I was looking at the stats for February, and my little blog here at well over 500 unique visitors. That means discounting the select few search engine robots and accidental clicks, hundreds of people have at least taken a quick peek so far. I’m not one of those search engine …
I received some information from Aquarium Design Group (ADG) today that there was even more news to add to yesterday’s Aquasoil deal. In addition to the reduced shipping and Aquasoil pre-order prices, they’re also introducing a loyalty program where for every $20 you spend, you get $1 of store credit to use on a …
When I went to replace with my 3 crappy algae-infested scapeless tanks with something nicer to lighten up and add some aesthetics to my dark, foreboding, gloomy basement, I decided to downsize to just one tank – an ADA tank. The ADA rimless aquariums and Aquasoil Amazonia substrate line have really …
Last week we reported that the Marineland Stealth and Stealth Pro heaters were both being recalled. First the tweet I sent out with a link to the blog post started with ‘Breaking…’. I had actually meant it entirely in the journalistic form. I didn’t fully realize the horrible irony until …
One of my goals this year was to balance the aquarium budget, or in practical terms, take in the same amount of money that I put into it. The profit would come from fish and plant sales, and the expenses..well..I don’t have to tell anyone where the expenses come from …
For those of us with planted tanks, algae is one of the greatest evils. It’s the arch-nemesis that bursts on screen in any action movie just when the hero is about save the damsel in distress, and it’s never the easy ‘just pull and remove’ kind. It always seem to …
I’ve used Marineland Stealth heaters in my tank for a number of years. They’re nearly solid black, small, not made of glass (so they won’t shatter), and generally don’t look too bad for in-tank heaters for planted tanks. I had one where the casing cracked when it was out of …
I recently purchased an ADA 60P Aquarium to take the place of an old 29 gallon which was far from ideal for planted aquaria. In the past, my aquascaping plan had always been “winging it” – I’d arrange some stones or wood, add in some plants, and see how it …