I’ve never had much luck with aquatic plants, it seems that all but the very hardy struggle to survive more than a couple of months in my aquaria so I’ve decided to do something about it. One solution would be CO2 injection. I covered this briefly before but I have never seriously considered it for…
Angel Gabriel
My last post at the beginning of December was to say that despite losing nearly all my angelfish eggs to fungus, one had become a free swimmer. Well, I am delighted to announce that the single free swimmer is now a healthy juvenile angelfish (called Gabriel of course as it was Christmas), living in the…
Angelfish Eggs!
I got in from work today and to my delight my angelfish had laid more eggs! After what happened last time to the wigglers (rainbow fish got into the breeding box I was using to separate them) I have had a hatching tank set up ever since, in preparation. The tank itself is actually a…
Goldfish – An Uncomfortable Truth?
Goldfish are a quintessential part of childhood; often the first pet a child is allowed, perhaps won at the fair, they are surely the perfect pet – they don’t take a lot of care, don’t require a lot of space, they are cheap and short lived. Or so a lot of people are led to…
Pest Control
For this post I thought I would talk about one of the most common, albeit more trivial problems that almost all aquarists will have to deal with from time to time – snails. Generally speaking, snails in an aquarium pose little threat other than being unattractive. Although they may eat some more sensitive plant species,…
How to Buy Healthy Fish
What to look for when selecting your specimens
Angelfish Eggs!
In a departure from my other posts thus far I have some breaking news from my upstairs community tank – I have angelfish eggs! I noticed them last night which makes them at least 24 hours old, and only a few have turned white, therefore I’m hopeful the rest are fertile although I can’t be…
Aquarium Plants
Although fish are usually the main attraction in the average aquarium, plants undoubtedly play a huge role in creating an aesthetically pleasing display tank, and in the case of Dutch aquaria they are the main focal point. The initial question the start-up fish keeper will face is real or artificial? For me the answer has…
Elbaquatics 