Articles
A handbook: starting a tank, water parameters, diseases, feeding.
- Algae in the aquariumIdentifier: what the plaque looks like, why it appeared, and what to do about it. Eight most common cases – from brown plaque in a new aquarium to black beard algae.
- Best aquarium fish for beginnersWhich fish suit a beginner: nine species with volume, temperature and shoal size, first-choice mistakes and what to do before you buy.
- Starting an aquarium and the nitrogen cycleWhy a new aquarium is dangerous for fish, how the nitrogen cycle runs, how long it takes and how to tell that cycling is finished.
- Water chemistryWhat pH, dGH and dKH mean, how to measure them, and how to change water parameters without harming your fish.
- Fish diseasesThe first signs of illness, the commonest diseases of aquarium fish, and what to do first so the treatment does not make things worse.
- Feeding aquarium fishThe types of food, how much and how often to feed, why overfeeding is worse than hunger, and how to get food to bottom dwellers in a community tank.
- Fish compatibility: choosing tank matesHow to tell whether fish will get along in one tank: five questions on water, size, temperament, space and habits, example pairs and a checklist.
- Which tree leaves can be used in an aquariumWhich leaves are safe for an aquarium, which must never go in, how to prepare them and how many to use per volume.
- Breeding aquarium fishSpawning types, how to set up a breeding tank, triggering spawning, raising fry, and the mistakes that cost you the brood.
- Aquarium plantsWhich plants grow on rocks and driftwood, which stand up to strong flow, herbivorous fish and dim light, and what the plants themselves need.
- A 10–20 litre aquariumWhy a small volume is harder than a large one, who can actually live in it, and what to do if the tank is already bought.
- How we check the dataWhat in the Aquario catalog is cross-checked and how, what errors the first check found, and what we don't know yet. Read it before trusting the numbers.