Hello, I am new to this forum and found it on Diana Walstad's recommendation. I wrote to her with the following question and she suggested that I post here: I recently tore my moderately planted aquarium down and re-built with a soil substrate and additional plants. The pervious tank...

I would like some feedback about using driftwood in a NPT. I have been reading some threads in this forum as I prepare to flood a DSM tank and have run into a theme where people are having problems that seem to stem from their driftwood, but I don't have a deep grasp of the issue. As I...

Hi, I have a small tank with 3 shrimps and some bladder snails ( 3 larger ones +about 10 very small ones). I also have a very tiny aquarium with an apple snail and an assasin snail. Would assasin snail eat all of my bladder snails or just some of them occasionaly if I had moved it to my...

I was recently in Bristol Tn. (flyfishing) on the Watauga River, just below the dam, and I noticed a plant growing near the bank.... I did not manage to get photos of it but will try to describe.... the water temps were about 48 degrees f. it is bottom release so temps maintain a cool temp...

Hi, I had a plant that was rotting in aquarium. Members have identified it as "Althernanthera ficoidea" and I ve found out that it is not an aquarium plant. I have moved it to a pot and put aquasoil but it seems like dying. Should I fill the pot with water? Should I use actual dirt? Any...