Category: Random

Me talkin to myself

  • So excited! A friend asked my advice about starting up an aquarium for his kid. Here goes. (Note that these are my opinions on a freshwater aquarium, based on my experience. Others may have different ideas, suggestions. Feel free to comment/elaborate.) Hardware: Bigger tanks are more forgiving and stable than smaller tanks, probably don’t go…

  • If I had my life to do over, I think I might want to be an astronaut. Check out this incredible video of time lapse photography from the space station. Stunning, images of Earth and of the stars, the Milky Way. It’s heart stopping. Makes me want to be thoughtful about my choices, be in…

  • I don’t know how I missed this advice: that the filter for a planted tank should turn over the water volume in the tank  10 times per hour. Are you freaking kidding me? I thought I was spending a decent chunk of change buying the Eheim Classsic 2213 filter which promised about 120 gph. But…