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Walking Away- a Study in Mental Toughness Apr 08, 2022

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A new botanical method aquarium goes through some unique stages as it establishes itself. It challenges our expectations and aesthetics sensibilities. It defused us to a Indian what we know and to embrace a process.. can you do it? Do you have the patience and the mental toughness to persevere?

Heading to the bottom.. again! Apr 08, 2022

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Let’s face it, substrates have never gotten the attention that they deserve! As botanical method aquarium enthusiasts, we’re really into the idea of a substrate “enriched” with botanical materials. Let’s revisit the “hows and whys” of this idea!

How it all works. Apr 05, 2022

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The “botanical method” is a little bit different from virtually every other approach to freshwater aquarium keeping. We value stuff, like fungal growths and biofilms, to power the ecology of our tanks. How does it all work?

A “Clean Start?” Mar 29, 2022

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Okay, I’m on a roll about starting new tanks for some reason. Today, can we just talk about our collective obsession with “clean” in our tanks. Like, if you don’t rinse your sand thoroughly, or soak your driftwood for weeks before adding it to your new aquarium, what will happen? Is it a food day scenario? A recipe for failure? Or a “hack” on the way to a biologically diverse, ecologically stable botanical method aquarium. Let’s talk about this a bit!

More “early days” musings… Mar 29, 2022

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The earliest phases of our botanical method aquariums play a profound role in determining how well they’ll function over their lifetimes…

Your first look at the botanical method… Mar 29, 2022

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The “botanical method” aquarium follows a certain predictable path as it evolves. Yet, to many who are new to this approach, it can be a bit confusing and so different than what the hobby labels as “normal.” Let’s take a brief look at what to expect in the art days of your botanical method aquarium…

Evolution. Patience. Time. The first Mental Shift. Mar 28, 2022

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Part of what we do in the botanical method aquarium world is to accept Nature’s work- even the parts which may not look the way we might like them…accepting this is one of the first “mental shifts” we need to make…

Growing, maturing…Evolving! Mar 24, 2022

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A botanical method aquarium “evolves” over time. In its own way, it establishes an ecological system which supports the life forms within the aquarium. It matures amd thrives…with a little help from you!

“The ephemeral pace…” Mar 21, 2022

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Botanicals and botanical method aquariums are the very definition of “ephemeral”, aren’t they? Let’s talk about this idea, in the context of managing a botanical method aquarium…

“Field Work” Mar 21, 2022

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There is a lot of cool “citizen scientist”-type observations that we can do in our botanical method aquariums. Observation which correlates what ecologists observe in the wild aquatic habitats we love so much. Yeah, time for us as a community to do a little “indoor field work!”

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