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Degrees of Difficulty: Working with “Challenging” Fishes... May 06, 2021

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Some fishes get the label of “difficult” or “challenging.” Are they really? Or, could it be that they simply task us to meet THEIR needs instead of ours? Let’s look at how to deal with “difficult” fishes in our work and prove that THERE ARE NO DIFFICULT FISHES!😎

The aquarium as an ecosystem: An old idea that’s somehow always new. May 06, 2021

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An aquarium is an ecosystem. This is something we have known for a century or more. That’s not new. Yet, the idea of embracing the processes which occurs to build our little ecosystems- to facilitate all of this stuff... is.

Cool Places May 03, 2021

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Where does aesthetics fit in with the botanical-style aquarium approach? What does it mean, and why are we only now, as a hobby, starting to embrace the idea of truly natural aquariums?

In celebration of the Ephemeral Apr 30, 2021

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There is something compelling, alluring, and utterly beautiful about the temporary nature of botanical materials when they’re exposed to water. And there is something equally as alluring about ephemeral aquatic habitats. There is so much to learn, embrace, and enjoy about things that are ephemeral in aquatic ecosystems.

The “Scavenger Syndrome”: it’s about “Otis” and more... Apr 29, 2021

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Seems like it’s common practice in the hobby to include some Otocinculus or other catfishes and snails as “scavengers” or “cleanup crews”, right? It seems like a cool idea.. but it actually belies a sort of “dark side” that we need to consider...

What our fishes eat: The wonder of food webs Apr 28, 2021

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The idea of embracing the development of food webs within our aquariums to provide supplemental nutrition for our fishes is an integral part of the botanical-style aquarium methodology. It’s an amazing gift from Nature that we as aquarists are only now starting to appreciate!

It’s okay to let go.. for a while, anyways! Apr 28, 2021

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You know what? Botanical-style aquariums, although not entirely “set and forget” systems, are remarkably forgiving of occasional bouts of “beg in neglect”- assuming you’ve set them up for success in the first place...

Attacking the accommodation approach! Apr 28, 2021

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We’re getting pretty good at a lot of things in the aquarium hobby... yet, we still spend scant little effort providing fishes environmental conditions which more realistically represent those found in their natural habitats. We seem to make them adapt to what’s easiest for us instead. I think we can and should reverse this trend.

Just read the instructions...Sort of. Apr 26, 2021

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Wouldn’t it be amazing if there was a perfect go to resource for everything aquarium related? If you could get every answer to every obscure question instantly? Well, there isn’t. You have to go deeper. You should want to. It’ll make you a better hobbyist, trust me.

The natural “intangibles” of botanical materials... Apr 23, 2021

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Adding terrestrial botanical materials in our aquariums is more than just an aesthetic thing. It’s a way of creating specialized ecological conditions for our fishes, and facilitating natural behaviors and processes in the aquarium.

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