Planted aquarium

Updated: 05/2021. 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

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

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

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.

Carpeting is not rocket science but carpeting plants without CO2 is tricky. Here is a step by step guide to achieve a lush carpet in a low tech aquarium.

The Art of the Planted Aquarium 2017 aquascaping contest was held during Tierwelt Messe in Magdeburg, Germany, on 7-9 April 2017. In this video I present aqu...

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

No CO2, no extra lights, no specific water values. No matter how black your thumb, you'll be able to grow these easy aquarium plants!