So you may like the expensive imported fertilizer systems but don’t like paying for them. Well then you will be happy to know that we have found a cheaper and simpler alternative to cure your dosing woes. Pfertz produces a full regimen of quality ferts in much higher concentration than most other brands with an [...]
If you’ve watched what’s been happening to fluorescent lamps over the last decade, you will have noticed the trend from T12 to T8, then T5 lighting (each number following the ‘T’ corresponds to an 1/8th of an inch in diamater). It should come as no surprise then that with the ever shrinking bulb sizes we [...]
Few of the plants we commonly keep in our aquariums will ever flower in their submersed state. However, through the use of an open-topped aquarium with good lighting, many aquatic plants can be encouraged to produce emersed (above water) growth, and with it some often amazing flowers. Most plants, if allowed to grow above the [...]
A brand new Eriocaulon from Thailand promises to be one of the most exciting dwarf Erios in the hobby. The new plant is called Eriocaulon “Ban Ba Wa” after the region of Sakon Nakhon in the Northeast of Thailand where this petite Erio was discovered. Eriocaulon “Ban Ba Wa” is a miniature species which reaches [...]
The electronic CO2 regulator from AquariumPlants.com is a very unique apparatus uniquely suited to ultra precise control of CO2 gas. The electronic CO2 reg can dispense the precious plant-growing and aragonite-dissolving substance at a rate from 0.1 to 10 seconds per bubble. The rheostat control know is somewhat counterintuitive to use because turning the knob [...]
Tonina Style planted aquariums is a new style of aquatic gardening which we have been studying for a little while now. The concept of “Tonina Style” is sort of a “Super Dutch” approach to growing certain aquatic plants, especially the Eriocaulon, Tonina and Syngonanthus species which are collectively known as Star Plants or Hoshi-kusa (Japanese [...]
So if you hadn’t seen these yet on the USA ADA site or in AquaJournal we highly suggest you take a look, or if you had maybe take a closer one and consider a glass (yes we said glass) cabinet for you next aquarium stand. As always Amano’s team at NAG are producing new and [...]
Giesemann has launched their IQ Nano aquarium to the masses over in Europe. The Giesemann IQ Nano Aquarium is your typical aquarium size coming in at 400 x 400 x 400mm (15.74″ x 15.74″ x 15.74″) and holding roughly about 17 gallons of salt or fresh water. The base price is €999 ($1401) and will [...]
Here’s a look at a fantastic emersed culture riparium featuring some beautiful Cryptocoryne specimens. Ripariums are a growing branch of the planted aquarium hobby that we’ll be following closely here at Aquascaperz in which aquatic/marginal plants are kept in an aquarium with circulating water that covers just their roots and the substrate in which they [...]
While Fluval isn’t about to rest and sit on its laurels, they aren’t a stranger to releasing new products with the impending release of their new G series filter. However, you might have forgotten about the Fluval Edge Aquarium that was released a few months ago that has started to drop to local fish stores [...]
