Aug 2018 Update

Post Views: 25 Just an update on the tank and Arowana. After a long time, I think I’ve got a handle on the algae and plant growth issues. The plants are doing much better now and the annoying brown algae is retreating week by week. The only algae still persistent and hard to get rid […]

CO2 Flow Checker – More Precise than a Bubble Counter

Post Views: 170 I’m very excited to share this with the Planted Tank community. For decades, we’ve been estimating our CO2 injection rates with bubble counters. Bubble counters are great at telling us whether our CO2 is flowing, but they are barely helpful when we need to adjust our CO2 flow rate. We usually start with […]

How to Add Substrate to an Existing Aquarium

Post Views: 158 I created this video to show how I added new ADA Aquasoil to the tank. This method can be used for gravel and sand as well. It is a relatively mess-free method. Hardly any of the Aquasoil dust escaped. The bottle makes it easy to target where you want to lay the […]

Up close with the dragon (in-tank video)

Post Views: 7 Close up video of the arowana from in-tank camera. Shot with a Mofily YoCam.

L183 Starlight Bristlenose Pleco

Post Views: 33 One of the L183 Starlight Bristlenose Plecos grazing in the open, before the arowana was added and it drove them to hide. The video was when they were about 1.5 inches. Now they are about 3 to 3.5 inches long and seem to venture out more often than before. Hopefully, as they get bigger they […]

Hand feeding arowana with pellets

Post Views: 7 A short video of my Red Arowana taking a pellet from my fingers.