I get made fun of for many things but one of them is my disdain for “low tech” planted aquariums. It’s not the tank, it’s the actual term “low tech”. It’s misleading in my opinion. It doesn’t mean necessarily cheap or low maintenance. Limited Supplementation System, Enriched Systems, and High …

Today we return to Galveston, our Island to the south. Here among the sargassum and flotsam, we pull our nets, being sure to catch any wily fish that might slip free once we pull the mass from the water. Among the tangle is a strange plated fish with a horse-like …

Today we travel to Cilicap, Indonesia in Central Java. We have left civilization far behind. This is a dense rainforest area and guides are your best bet for finding our quarry. We trudge through the dense undergrowth, looking for a lower spot in the forest that might hold water from …

Plant Tissue Culture: A Home-Based Guide (How to Practice Plant Tissue Culture on a Budget) Buy a copy of the book now and get more in-depth explanations about making media, growing, cleaning explant material, and more. Safety is a very important part of plant tissue culture. Potential safety issues have …

Plant tissue culture is the practice of propagating plants in a sterile environment. Take plant material that is suitable for initiation and sterilize it. This plant material is known as an explant. The explant is put into a sterile jar of media with nutrients and plant growth regulators which helps …

Plant Tissue Culture: A Home-Based Guide (How to Practice Plant Tissue Culture on a Budget) Using plant tissue culture it is possible to grow thousands of plants a month in a small room or area. Easily start practicing plant tissue culture at the hobby level with tremendous success. Tens of …

Some parts of the country are prone to power outages, especially where hurricanes and tornadoes are more frequent. Other areas are more prone to wildfires, floods, and earthquakes. Scheduled and impromptu power supply interruptions are also common in the workings of the power infrastructure. Fishkeepers must be prepared, or at least …

The Mer Bleue Conservation area is a sphagnum bog near Ottawa Ontario, Canada with acidic water. Black spruce, tamarack, bog rosemary, blueberry, and cottongrass make up the majority of plants in this highly unique environment. Beavers, birds, snakes, and frogs are abundant as well. The rare Spotted turtle also makes …

Years ago I found this beautiful movie: What Dreams May Come. It was not only the idea about an afterlife but the way it was shown. Great scape, great colors, a place made by yourself and for yourself. And then I saw the house.  That was the moment when I started to …

Aquatic plants, fish, substrate, and hardscape. Technical description: Blackwater Rio Negro shallow water aquarium biotope. Tank Dimensions: 24″ * 12″ * 12″ (l*d*h) Lighting: Finnex FugeRay Planted+ Aquarium LED Light Plus Moonlights Tannin stained dark water is not easy for light to penetrate the water column.  To get enough light to grow …