Planted aquarium

To flourish, freshwater aquatic plants need a good source of light and an extensive palette of nutrients. For the latter, there must be some sort of planted tank substrate, and preferable a soil type (more on that below), that would best suffice as a source of food for your aquarium.

The plants in one of my newer tanks have been growing for about 2 months and is ready for fish. I've put much effort in making the plants look as good as possible, and the

Written By: Chris (@shrimpery) If you're like most aquarium hobbyists, you probably grew up with a childhood aquarium that had a standard river gravel substrate. I personally never really thought about other types of substrate in the aquarium until I got into the planted side of things when I first learned about aquasoils and aquarium sand. Since then, I’ve made many mistakes in terms of aquarium substrate selection and layout. Here are some tips that will help you avoid making the same...

Plants for aquarium are an underwater garden, though a few plants may be allowed to grow out from the aquarium’s surface and penetrate the atmosphere with its leaves and flowers. Also, some terrestrial plants may be positioned so that their adventitious roots may actually enter the aquarium. It is the natural tendency of rooted plants for their roots to seek water and they grow in the direction of the source of water. #freshwater_fish

In this post, you will learn how to keep live plants in your tank, and how to succeed in growing healthy plants in your planted aquarium.

Freshwater aquariums look beautiful when they have both, fauna and flora. And so, I went and bought many live freshwater aquarium plants. But guess what? As soon as I put them in the fish tank, they started floating at the surface! After that, I learned that these aquarium plants need to be fixed in a ... Read more

The forest style aquascape has become very popular in the last few years. several iterations exist, but I feel as if little information or tutorials are available for the beginner. If you have not seen my complete YouTube video tutorial regarding the setup of this aquarium, here is a detailed guide on how I made it. S

I often receive a common question on different platforms; why are my aquarium plants turning brown? There are several factors behind this. I discussed the details.

Aesthetics aside, the 16 floating aquarium plants I'm about to list are:

Having a beautiful carpet plant in your aquarium is a must if you're aiming for a professional-looking aquascape. Consider this post as your ultimate cheat sheet for dwarf hairgrass care.