Fishy tales from the Aquarium

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 broad [...]

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 what [...]