Walstad tanks were infamous before the publication of Diana Walstad’s book, Ecology of the Planted Aquarium: A practical manual and scientific treatise. After its publication, aquarists from far and beyond started to embrace Walstad tanks…
Aquarist, who get into the hobby on a strict budget, are more likely to find more affordable ways of getting things. It is, therefore, no surprise that one might want to use your garden soil…
The buzz of fish keeping and aquariums brings many questions from setting up to maintenance and more. One of the questions I hear people ask around is whether they need gravel in their tanks? You…
The growth of platy fry is the concern of many platy breeding aquarists. It is fascinating and exciting to have new platy babies. You can’t wait for them to grow up already and bloom to…
Fishkeepers that love guppies will tell you how they breed like rats. Yeah, that is true. Breeding eventually leads to new guppies in your care, albeit minuscule ones. Probably, you are there waiting for the…
It hurts when an aquarist loses a Betta fish. It hurts even more when an aquarist has to watch a betta die- slowly and painfully. A fishkeeper, albeit a responsible one, will naturally be quick…
