I have made a plethora of mistakes throughout the years of this hobby. For instance, I added a school of silver dollars to my carefully curated tank and woke up to what looked like an apocalyptic salad bar. Or the tranquil community tank that morphed into a water version of fight club after I added a “mellow” cichlid. Let’s not forget my most memorable blunder: setting up an exquisite nano tank with expensive rare micro-rasboras…
I will never forget how, about a year ago, I set up a Rio Negro blackwater tank in the waiting…
My garage resembles a murder scene… for rocks. The blue tarp on the floor is the specific color of cobalt,…
Let me shed some light on the Halloween tank catastrophe of 2019. Imagine this: I spent the all the way from September 30th to Halloween crafting what was supposedly show-stopping a “haunted shipwreck” aquarium themed setup. A food-grade resin pirate ship with custom features, arcs of purple and orange LEDs, perfectly synchronized black ghost knife fish and fog made with fine bubble curtains. I mean it, you could post this anywhere and it would make…
Knowing how to multiply a single plant into multiple plants makes designing an underwater forest easier. After aquascaping for years,…