Here’s a prototype I’m trying out.

Bleher’s Biotopes is an excellent new resource for a  biotope aquarist or any other that enjoys nature at its finest.  There are thousands of pictures in the 460 page book.  Along with all that there are detailed descriptions of over 500 rivers and lakes.  Add to that an estimated 2500 …

Recently there has been a marked uptick in what some consider designer fish, especially cichlids.  Breeders have come to replace the frankenfish title of hybrids that were generally bland and unidentifiable.  Today there are a multitude of beautifully colored strains and creations that do not, and in all likelihood would …

Take a look at this book that shows tropical fish from around the world.  They are very nice drawings the artist have made and look worthy of prints to adorn the walls of any home.  From time to time we find artists that bring exceptional work and this is one …

The rare and endangered goby was thought to live only in a small endemic area of natural artesian springs.  However while out surveying local waters Dr Adam Kerezsy found them in a man made artesian bore drain. “It is endangered for a reason, and that’s because it has got such …

Around the world illegal and unregulated logging threatens the jungles and forests.  Unfortunately unmitigated logging destroys that which will never return to its former existence.  Often it is overlooked by government agencies, however this time it looks like the indigenous people took matters into their own hands and doled out a good ol …

I ordered some plants and as an extra special surprise of unknown certainty I obtained some plants without knowing what I was to get. Usually I like to know what I’m getting, or at least how to take care of it.  There was one plant wrapped in a paper towel …

I found this cryptocoryne pontederifolia to be a rather nice large plant.  The form ‘merah besar’ as it was labeled when I got it means big red, which fits this one.  The picture doesn’t really bring out the best of the colors on my phone camera but its a nice …

  I grow my hudoroi without much peat and prefer to use topsoil or even no organic material in the mix.   My understanding and limited information research suggests that its from primarily a limestone stream biotope that has little or limited nutrients compared to the blackwater peat streams that …

The cryptocoryne is a great aquarium and terrarium plant that can be grown well emersed or submerged.  Emersed grown plants tend to grow faster than those underwater submerged plants do but don’t color up as brightly as their underwater counterparts do. The versatility of the cryptocoryne allows it to be …