Crayfish Care Guide
Crayfish care: knowing your species, a secure lid and layout, water and hardness, feeding, molting and hiding places, and managing aggression.
Guides & advice
Aquarium Guides
Freshwater Mussel Guide
What keeping freshwater mussels involves: substrate, oxygen and stable water, the challenge of feeding them, warning signs, and whether to try.
Java Fern Care Guide
Java fern care: planting without burying the rhizome, light and placement, nutrients, propagation, and fixing black spots and brown leaves.
Anubias Care Guide
Anubias are among the most dependable freshwater aquarium plants because they tolerate low to moderate light, grow slowly, and can be attached to wood or rock instead of planted deeply in substrate.
Java Moss Care Guide
Java moss care: attaching it to wood and rock, light and water, nutrients and CO2, trimming and shaping, and keeping algae and debris out.
Amazon Sword Care Guide
Amazon swords are classic freshwater aquarium plants known for broad green leaves and a substantial rosette shape.
Cryptocoryne Care Guide
Cryptocoryne care: planting crypts correctly, light and placement, substrate nutrition, why crypt melt happens and how they recover, and propagation.
Bucephalandra Care Guide
Bucephalandra care: how to plant it, light, CO2 and nutrients, water and flow, melting and algae problems, and pruning and propagation.
Rotala Care Guide
Rotala is a popular group of stem plants because it can create dense, fine-textured backgrounds and, under suitable conditions, attractive green, orange, pink, or red growth.
Vallisneria Care Guide
Vallisneria is one of the classic freshwater aquarium plants for a reason.
Floating Plants Guide
Floating plants for freshwater tanks: their benefits, popular species, light and flow, nutrients, thinning them out, and common problems.
Beginner Aquarium Plants
Beginner aquarium plants should make the first planted tank easier, not turn it into a chemistry project.