Root Tabs for Aquarium Plants: When and How to Use Them
Feed heavy root-feeding plants without unnecessarily enriching the water column.
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Liquid Fertilizer for Aquarium Plants: A Beginner Guide
Dose water-column nutrients carefully while watching plant growth and algae response.
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How to Prevent Aquarium Plants From Melting
Understand why new aquatic plants lose leaves and how to support healthy submerged growth.
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Aquarium Plant Deficiencies: Reading the Leaves
Use patterns in old and new leaves as clues while avoiding rushed single-nutrient dosing.
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Black Tiger Badis (Dario hysginon)
The Black Tiger Badis is a tiny, colourful micro-predator suited to peaceful planted aquariums. Discover its diet, water conditions, tank mates, se…
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Threadfin Rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri)
A practical care guide to the Threadfin Rainbowfish, covering aquarium size, water conditions, diet, breeding and compatible tank mates.
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Nano Fish Species Guide
Nano tanks need nano fish — species under two inches that thrive in planted small volumes without crowding.
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CO2 Regulator and Diffuser Basics
Stable injected CO2 transforms high-light planted tanks — but only when regulators, diffusers, and drop checkers work together safely.
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Betta Tank Setup for Beginners
Bettas are hardy — not indestructible. Build a heated, filtered, planted home instead of a bare bowl, and your fish will show real colour and per…
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Carpeting Plants That Actually Work
Which carpeting plants succeed in real home aquariums — and which ones only thrive with high light and CO2.
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Nano Aquarium Setup for Beginners
Nano tanks are beautiful — and unforgiving. Learn the setup rules that keep tiny aquariums stable instead of swinging into disaster.
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Beginner Planted Tank: Low-Tech Setup Without CO₂
You do not need pressurised CO₂ to grow plants. A low-tech planted tank rewards patience with hardy species, modest light, and steady care.
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Dutch Aquascape Layout Guide
How to design a Dutch-style planted aquarium with bold plant streets, colour contrast, and disciplined trimming.
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Black Beard Algae (BBA): How to Get Rid of It
Black beard algae clings to hardscape and slow plants. Here’s how to identify BBA, knock it back, and stop it returning.
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Monte Carlo (Micranthemum tweediei)
A planted-tank guide to growing Monte Carlo (Micranthemum tweediei) with practical light, nutrient, and placement advice.
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Mayaca fluviatilis
A soft, needle-leaved stem plant that forms airy green curtains — delicate texture for midground and background accents.
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Hygrophila corymbosa
A fast, leafy stem plant sold in several leaf forms — easy colour and height for beginners learning to prune stems.
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Dwarf Sagittaria (Sagittaria subulata)
A grass-like runner plant that forms easy foreground meadows — tougher than hairgrass for many low-tech tanks.
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Bolbitis heudelotii (African Water Fern)
A dark green lace-leaved fern for wood and stone — slower than stem plants, dramatic when attached in gentle current.
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Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
A robust Crypt midground plant with broad green leaves — settles into durable stands once past transplant melt.
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Ramshorn Snail (Planorbella / Planorbarius spp.)
Disk-shaped snails in wild and brightly coloured forms — helpful scavengers that multiply when overfeeding leaves excess food.
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Crystal Red Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis)
Striking red-and-white Caridina shrimp for soft-water nano tanks — more parameter-sensitive than Neocaridina, breathtaking in mossy aquascapes.
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Riccia fluitans
Crystalwort liverwort used as floaters or tied carpets that pearl under CO2 — a Takashi Amano–famous aquascape texture plant.
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Salvinia natans
Fuzzy floating fern leaflets that shade tanks and soak nutrients — excellent for fry cover and algae competition.
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