# ADA Amazonia and the Substrate That Started the Aquasoil Revolution I spent three weeks researching substrates for my first proper planted tank build. Read every forum thread I could…
# Twinstar LED and the Korean Light That Gets the Colour Rendering Right I’ll be honest with you. I went through three different LED units on my main classroom tank…
# Nicrew Classic LED and Whether Budget Lighting Can Grow Real Plants I’ll be honest with you – I bought my first Nicrew Classic LED because I was a science…
# The Hygger Planted Aquarium Light: Amazon Bestseller That Splits Opinion I bought the Hygger 26W planted light because my cryptocorynes were turning brown and nothing I tried was helping.…
# Fluval Stratum and Whether the Budget Alternative Actually Delivers I bought my first bag of Fluval Stratum because I was tired of fighting my tap water’s pH of 8.2…
# Aqueon Plant and Shrimp Substrate and What Reddit Actually Thinks of It I’ll be honest – I picked up a bag of Aqueon Plant and Shrimp Substrate because it…
# Seachem Flourite and the Gravel Based Substrate That Lasts Forever I’ve been using the same bag of Seachem Flourite for three years now. Not three bags over three years…
# Chihiros WRGB II and the Light That Serious Aquascapers Actually Use I wasn’t looking to spend three hundred quid on a light. I was perfectly happy with my clip-on…
# How to Add Live Plants to an Established Aquarium Without Disrupting Everything Your tank’s been running smoothly for months. Fish are healthy, water parameters are stable, and you’ve got…
You know what’s funny? Most people assume the larger the tank, the simpler the task; however, I’ve found that my five-gallon setups (a 5-gallon) have taught me more about aquascaping…
I’m looking at a large 55-gallon tank sitting in my garage that my friend was about to throw away and I said, “What could go wrong?” Yeah, famous last words.…
I spent weeks lurking on aquascaping forums trying to figure out what made some hardscapes appear natural and seamless while others looked like rocks dumped in a corner. It wasn’t…
Everything You Need to Know About Hardscaping TL;DR Quick Start Three Rules: 1) Add your largest stones/wood to your tank bottom before substrate. 2) Position focal points at roughly 1/3…
The Definitive Ranking: Best Aquarium Plant Fertilisers That Actually Work Ok so we finally got around to doing it. Four whole meetings, three arguments about liquid carbon, Bobby nearly quitting…
For the longest time I tried to figure out why my first colony of cherry shrimp wasn’t growing. The water parameters were perfect, the tank was fully cycled, and I…
Few things make or break a planted aquarium like your hardscape design. Nothing screams “this isn’t a natural habitat” quite like poor planning and haphazard placement of rocks and driftwood.…
There’s a certain pride that comes with watching your Anubias attach itself to your chosen driftwood after patiently waiting weeks for it to start doing so. Watching moss slowly soften…