Biotope One A Study of Flora and Fauna

Plant Tissue Culture: A Home-Based Guide (How to Practice Plant Tissue Culture on a Budget)Buy NOW! Learn how to practice DIY plant tissue culture at home on a budget. More and more plant tissue cultured aquarium plants are coming available.  They’re becoming affordable too and we can see them in …

Growing Moss in Trays All you need to start is a tray in plastic or stainless steel.  The one I’m using here is 30 x 20 x 5 cm deep. You must drill a couple of holes in the sides about 2 cm up from the bottom so the moss …

Easy Method to Growing Cryptocoryne Emersed A great amount of aquarium plants we see online and in the local fish store are grown emersed.  Emersed grown plants are easier to ship.  Since they are not underwater there is little need to try to combat algae or run filters.  Emersed is …

by Cory Hopkins Aquascaping can be an aspect of the aquarium hobby that many find hard to get into.  Once a hobbyist starts making their own displays and begins to understand the basics of designing an aquascape it gets much easier.  It’s not difficult but it can sometimes be hard …

Occasionally we see pictures of some crazy fish shops but this is another level.  It is common to see fish pre-bagged in some parts of the world.  This is a well  stocked example of this type of fish store.   If you can take your eyes off the bags hanging …

Potting soil is really just a soilless plant medium.   You can make your own potting soil if you have a little time and a little knowledge about what is required for a potting medium.  Some plants require differing soil contents, drainage, and texture.  The only other necessity is the ingredients …

By Edward Johnson I was looking for an inexpensive way to keep larger fish for breeding and for grow out tanks for the fry.  The fish room was downstairs in the unfinished basement and getting a 200 gallon glass or even acrylic tank down there was impossible. One afternoon a …

by Hans van Heusden It looks there is some interest about these cichlids, thanks! I caught this species first in 2010 in one of the most remote areas of Tanzania, and were very much unknown at that time. Orthochromis rubrolabiatus is a maternal mouth-breeding riverine goby cichlid and is endemic …

By Scott Fellman If you know me, I sound like a “broken record” (wow, that’s a really outdated expression, huh?), blabbing on and on daily about the virtues of Catappa leaves, wood, and aquatic botanicals. I really get excited about leaves! Specifically, Catappa leaves! Catappa leaves have been used by …

This 1.75g vase turned 30 months on the 26 of November 2015. It has a dirt base with med gravel cap. It houses red Rili shrimp and by the look of it, they really enjoy the vase. The key to having s successful cryptocoryne species vase is to let it …