Sitting in front of my fish tanks after a hectic week of work and activities...can't get any more relaxing than this. However, the feeling of relaxation only lasts a while before being overtaken by a burning passion and desire to revamp my fish tanks. Let me explain, for a few weeks now I have wanted to aquascape my 50 gallon tank but I have had to wait for the plants to grow a bit taller and bigger. Well, now everythings rollin and growing like crazy and I just have to go down to the lfs to…

So all didn't go as planned...far from it. The leaves of the plant wilted after a week and two of the plants died. I managed to salvage one and hacked all the leaves off the rhizome to restart the growth. I figure the wilting occurred because the plants I bought were kept submerged so the leaves couldn't adapt to the changes. Anyway, now the 'bald' rhizome is submerged in water so that the new leaves that grow from it will be able to survive emersed. The wilting might be due to the humidity…

Bought the anubias. Put them in containers with roots submerged in water with a tad of ferts. I am quite happy with this particular plant that I picked up as its ready to flower soon. I split the rhizome into three and tied them to two different blocks of wood and put the containers in a shaded area. They were grown submerged so I might experience some dead leaves but all should go well. 

Lets see how this goes ;).

Here are some photos:…

Well I love rearing fish in aquariums but I also love growing plants. I don't mean just aquatic plants, I like growing terrestrial ones too. I have admittedly had more success with land plants because it is easier to control the conditions and change the conditions to suit optimum plant growth on land than in a relatively small 50 gallon aquarium. 

Recently, I read that anubias grows much faster out of water with only its rhizome submerged than it does fully submerged. I would really…

Hey Everyone,

Just thought I'd share another one of my observations in the relatively brief time that I have been in this hobby, a mere 2 years. The fact that I have been able to observe this and appreciate the difference that plants make in an aquarium is evidence enough of how important they are.

I have a 50 gallon South American aquarium with a variety of tetras, catfish and 2 angelfish. In the time that I have had this tank, I have kept fish in it with plants and without…

Salutations fellow aquarists and fish enthusiasts!

In my first blog post, I would like to debunk the bad reputation that certain tetras have been given. I have a 50 gallon tank with 6 black widow tetras, 6 red eye tetras and 6 serpae tetras with a wide variety of other fishes including one angelfish. The above-mentioned tank is very peaceful and I have so far had no fin-nipping experiences. As most of you will know, in many forums and circles, these 3 species of tetras that I have…