Commonly known as the Amazon Sword Plant, the Echinodorus bleheri or its less commonly available cousin Echinodorus amazonicus, is among the more common aquarium plants available. Not surprising considering they are sturdy, easy to maintain and can grow pretty big as well. This also makes them rather suitable for the budding aquarist. The leaves are [...]
The Plecostomus (meaning “folded mouth”) is usually referred to as Pleco or even Pl*co because of a superstition that if you spell it fully or correctly your fish will soon die. These guys have an elongated, dark brown body with a large head and large hard scales. The belly is flat and lacks the bony [...]
Plants need iron to produce chlorophyll, which is necessary for healthy cell function and gives the plant its green color. If you see your aquarium plants turning yellowish, it could be because of an iron deficiency. Simply put, chelated iron is iron that has undergone a chemical/ pharmaceutical process called chelation, where the iron molecule [...]
The Calgary Zoo is reopening a popular exhibit of cow nose rays because it is confident the creatures are not in any danger. However, visitors will no longer be able to touch or feed the marine animals after 41 of them died last May under unexplained circumstances. As a safeguard, the zoo has installed an [...]
Named Herb, the 75-pound loggerhead sea turtle was discovered by volunteers from the Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary at Wellfleet Bay and was taken to the New England Aquarium in Boston. His body temperature was in the 40s when he was found on the beach in Truro on Dec. 3, but veterinarians and rescue biologists have slowly [...]
Part portable fishing show, part mobile fish tank and part educational program, the 13,000 litre Yamaha SupaTanks are designed to give the public a fish-eye-view on the world of angling. Created by Yahama Australia, these massive mobile fish tanks are 15 metre long, three metres tall, and 2.5 metres wide. The SupaTank creates a huge [...]
In Europe, most migratory fish species completing their cycle between the sea and the river are currently in danger. Although restoration programmes have been set up, the future distribution of these species may be modified because of climate change. Migratory fish are noteworthy in that they use both the sea and freshwater environments to complete [...]
Okay, this is something that was bugging me for quite some time. All the plants I got for my aquarium, barely lasted a couple of weeks, before wilting away – and with them, all my visions of having one of those wonderfully landscaped aquariums. Hunting for a reason, I decided to write a post on [...]
