Category: My Aquarium Obsession
I started with a vase and a lowly beta. Now there are two tanks with a third in the works
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The otocinclus (dwarf suckermouth catfish, nine of them) and the plecostomus (a solitary albino) went into the tank on Saturday. By Monday morning most of the algae had been eaten. Wow, you guys. Nice work.
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When you set up a heavily planted aquarium with everything that life loves — oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, etc. — you should not be surprised that the very first thing that comes to call is algae. Here’s the algae in my new 40-gallon planted tank a mere two weeks after set up. I held off…
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Putting rocks in a glass box. Putting plants and water in the glass box. Shining light in the glass box. Sucking out toxins and adding in carbon dioxide. Introducing fish. Takashi Amano, you did this to me. Ever since I saw your stunning natural waterscapes, I have been mesmerized. I don’t know what it touches…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 