A shallow tank almost begs to be scaped in a aquaterrarium style – combining different underwater plants and floaters with common houseplants above the surface. In this video we show how this tank was scaped initially and how it gradually has changed over a period of 3 years. Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching. […]
Video – Easiest way to remove duckweed – aquarium DIY tip Ok. Every lifeform has a place in nature. Even duckweed ;0) But when this little pest totally take control over your planted tank – and turn your beautiful floating plants into a messy mat of greenish nondescript slime, they need to be controlled. If […]
Killifish – mythbusting… and reasons why you should keep these small juvels. Killifish are an interesting group of small to medium sized fish – that live in a diversity of biotopes across the globe. Even though these fish are among the most colourful of all freshwater fish – they have never really reached the same […]
Today I take a look on 5 die hard myths on killifish, do some myth busting… and explain why I think killifish are for everyone… including you :0) Killifish are an interesting group of small to medium sized fish – that live in a diversity of biotopes across the globe. Even though these fish are […]
Storytelling time. It’s about the Aphyosemion australe (hjerreseni) – the Golden Lyretail Killifish. In today’s video I take you back to 1921 when Rachow described the natural form of the Aphyosemion australe, a fish discovered in rivers and ponds in a coastal strip between Congo and Gabon in Africa. After that we take a look […]
Austrolebias nigripinnis – also known as Argentine Pearl Killifish or Blackfin Pearlfish This beautiful fish was one of the pioneers of the aquarium hobby. It was discovered in the early 1900’s in temporary ponds on the Argentine pampas northwest of Buenos Aires. It was scientifically described by Regan in 1912. At first it was named […]
