Aquascaping Blog

Trimming plants in your aquarium is an important part of creating a healthy and thriving planted tank. With regular trimming we encourage new growth and many plants will produce new shoots, especially ground cover plants such as hair grass. This article aims to provide you with the why, when and how to trim aquarium plants.

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A richly decorated aquarium can look stunning. Just imagine lots of plants rich in colours, smaller fish and larger fish swimming around. All looks perfect, but unless you pay attention to how many fish you add, then problems may start appear.
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Many hobbyists have to make this key decision: whether to stay on the Low-Tech site or upgrade their setups with Hi-Tech equipment. Both ways of running a planted aquarium are doable although CO2 supplementation surely helps to achieve better results. Let's have a look why and how CO2 Systems changed planted aquariums of so many successful aquascapers!

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This plant has suffered from bad reputation all these years. A lot of people stay away from this plant thinking it is far too demanding for their liking but of all the popular hi-light carpeting plants this would be the least demanding.
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Creating a closed underwater ecosystem is the matter of our imagination. Although the arrangement possibilities are unlimited, in case of biotope aquariums the choice of the flora and fauna is depending on the piece of world we want to reflect in our fish tanks. Let's see what species are best for Asian biotope aquarium and how to care for them properly!

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