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Dutch Aquascape - How To And Guide On Dutch Style Aquariums
I continue our Aquascaping series with the Dutch Aquascape this week. Also known as the Dutch Style Aquarium or Dutch Style Aquascape, this style is considered one of the more pure and more maintenance intensive styles in our hobby. Its tradition dates back further than the Iwagumi Aquascape before hardscaping really became a major factor in aquascape. If you are looking for an eye popping aquascaping style that is very colorful and plant only, this is the style you are looking for.
Iwagumi Aquascape - How To and Guide
The Iwagumi Aquascape is a timeless aquascape style that is focused on stone formations and simplicity. If you are looking for an eye popping yet simple freshwater aquascape, the Iwagumi Aquascape is worth considering. It has a lot of history behind it and a specific aquarium brand dedicated to it.
It does have its challenges and complexity to it, which is the purpose of this post. In this post, I will provide you a how to guide of success on the Iwagumi Aquascape.
How to Set up a Freshwater Shrimp Tank: The Ultimate Guide
Best Aquarium Plant Fertilizers - Feed Your Plants Right! 🏅
Fertilizers for aquarium plants can get overly complex with all the products out there and lot of information about all the plant requirements. My hope today is to simplify and educate then provide several products that will help you along the way.
Aquarium fertilizers play an important part in aquarium plant health. It's all about balance your marco and micro levels and find the right mix of supplementation based on your tank size and bioload. Let's start with explanations first then recommendation fertilizers.
Best CO2 System for Planted Aquarium – (2020 Reviews 🏅)
The Best Substrate for Planted Tanks – 2020 Reviews & Guide 🏅
Best Low Light Aquarium Plants - Making An Easy to Keep Planted Tank
Many of us who want a planted tank want to have an easy to maintain tank that that doesn't really take a ton of effort to keep up. Today's post is all about that. The list we will make today will help you find plants that are easy to maintain and grow fast to provide a great aquascape for your planted tank. These plants are low light aquarium plants, which means they will not require sizable investments in powerful lights to keep. Many of them will thrive without CO2 supplementation, which will also save you money in the long-run.
All these plants are readily available as well. They are relevantly cheap and easy to find available. With that, let's go ahead and get started!
Best Auto Top Off System - Keeping Your Aquarium Stable (2020 Reviews 🏅)
Best Solar Powered Pond Pumps - 2020 (Reviewed & Compared) 🏅
Best Koi Pond Kits - Start Your Koi Pond Right With These Reviewed Kits (2020 Update) 🏅
In this post, I'm going to go over everything today then I'm going to simplify everything so you can build a reasonable Koi pond with the best koi pond kits available on the market. Sure, you can spend several thousand with a professional and have a wonderful cement based bottom drain Koi pond, but I imagine if you are here that isn't your idea of how much you want to spend for a Koi pond. I'll go through the concepts of why so many professionals focus on big installs and then get you into the contractor's mindset so you can build a wonderful Koi pond for less and be satisfied with what you create. Let's first talk about what makes an ideal Koi pond.
Best Pond Heater and De-Icer 2020 (Reviews & Costs) 🏅
If you live in a colder climate, caring for your fish in the winter is a major concern. When your pond ices over, it can threaten the lives of your pond fish. For people with smaller ponds, fish are sometime brought inside for the winter, but those of us with larger ponds do not have this option.
For those of use with larger ponds, the best option is to purchase a pond heater or de-icer to keep the pond temperatures stable during the cold winter months. A pond de-icer may be something you have not heard of before, so let's talk about them today.
The Ultimate DIY Garden Pond Guide - Building, Types of Ponds, & Maintenance
Ponds or waterscapes add a lot of serenity and visual appeal to your landscaping. Just stepping out of home to view your own backyard paradise is a great way to reduce stress, relax, and enjoy your home. The pleasant sound of water and the added wildlife that comes with the pond turns your home into an oasis, adds home value, and visual appeal for you and your guest.
Ponds and waterscapes can be a really intimating to first to think about. Most of us think of massive Koi Ponds we see at restaurants and garden magazines. While they are great inspirational works of water art, they are unrealistic for most of us. There is also the discussion of costs and maintenance. You will find out in this article that there are a variety of garden ponds and some of them can be done for low costs and some of them are relatively maintenance free. So let's talk about it.
