The zebra pleco, Hypancistrus zebra, is one of the flashiest and most memorable freshwater fish in the world. Although they have a very striking pattern, the fish has not become widely popular because it’s not exactly the type of fish you plop into a community tank. Zebra plecos are a very cautious species which quickly [...]
This is a video we made while visiting the inimitable Aqua Forest Aquarium in San Francisco, CA. If you have never been to AFA, it is arguably the nicest overall store dedicated to just freshwater aquatic plants with several very nice display tanks and the newest and most highly sought after plants and shrimp in [...]
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 [...]