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Tradecraft. Feb 19, 2022

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Those of you with talent in the “aquascaping game” amaze me. But I think that some of you could do more. Do better. Do “different.” I think it’s about taking inspiration from Nature, instead of last month’s “Tank of The Month.” Let’s discuss…

Changing it up… Feb 18, 2022

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Every want a new tank… but you don’t have a new tank? What do you do? You change things up! That’s a tough thing for me to do sometimes- we’ll, it WAS- until I had a little epiphany.

The function. The form. The contest? Feb 17, 2022

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With all of our talk about going beyond the conventional, people still ask us about contests..like, what our opinion is about them, and why we don’t have one. Let’s talk about this…

Any way you want it… Feb 15, 2022

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I’ve spent plenty of time over the years observing how other people enjoy their hobby. And, it’s often different than how I might enjoy my aquarium hobby experience… amd it’s pretty cool to reflect on this; to understand that we are all aquarists, despite how we choose to enjoy the hobby…

The craziness of planning? Feb 15, 2022

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Over the years, I developed this strange analysis “paralysis” thing with the hobby…juts over thinking and over planning everything. It was a real pain. I’ve finally learned to overcome it. Maybe sharing my story will help you along?

Who is the best “aquarium designer?” Feb 13, 2022

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I know who the best “designer is!” She’s been at it literally forever…and She’s sure come up with some cool stuff! Maybe we should follow this “designer’s” lead?

Subtle “suggestions” and “rhetorical questions” from non hobbyists! Feb 11, 2022

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Yeah, we’ve all heard them- observations and comments from the non-fishy people in our lives. Admittedly, it can be annoying to have to hear them at times. However, they’re remarkably valuable observations that may just help you keep your hobby- and your relationships - running smoothly! Let’s look at a few common ones and find the not-so-subtle lessons they hold for us!

What’s so “radical” about patience? Feb 10, 2022

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The idea of waiting…holding off adding fishes to your new aquarium, is a fantastic way to start. Giving your tank a chance to develop a population of microorganisms, small crustaceans, fungal growth, and biofilms is a remarkably successful practice. It seems difficult to do, but it’s not. It’s a simple matter of deploying “radical patience.”

Random- or not? Feb 10, 2022

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Nature seems to be a haphazard place at times, filled with a seemingly random aggregation of materials. Yet, the reality is that Nature marches to a specific set of “orders”- depending on processes which have evolved for eons. We can embrace this apparent “randomness” in our aquarium work, can’t we?

What’s going on? Some of the “expectations” to have when starting a botanical method aquarium Feb 09, 2022

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The earth days of a botanical method aquarium seem to follow a set of “benchmarks”; ones which we should be aware of as our tanks break in…let’s discuss..

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