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Hello, and welcome to my site! Here you will find every triumphs and failures that I had endured as a planted aquarium enthusiast. Please feel free to look around, and I hope in a little way or two, I can help you with your newly found passion – and that is caring for your little piece of nature at home.
The Essentials
Here in this section, we will be discussing the essentials to keep a planted aquarium at your own home successfully. From determining the location of your tank, tank dimensions, tank cycling, water parameters, safe water sources, filtration, lighting, CO2 injection, fertilizers, fish and plant selection, to maintenance and finding the balance in your planted aquarium, etc., we got you covered.
Aquascaping Designs
Planning and Essentials
All About Tanks
Tank Cycling and the Nitrogen Cycle
Water Parameters
Water Parameters – Environmental Indicators
The Planted Aquarium Safe Water Sources
After we discussed what water parameters make for a ‘good’ water for our planted aquarium, it makes sense to discuss where we can get that ‘good water.’ So in this article, we will discuss the safe water sources that we can use for our planted aquariums.
From the composition of the water, how it is produced or created, are there any pros and cons for each? Understanding your water is a critical part of this hobby.
Your water source should be chlorine or chloramine free at the most basic of things and should have very little unknowns in it. Remember, you cannot test everything in the water, so your water must be immaculate and pure with minimal unknown substances. But to add to the confusion, very pure/clean water is also bad to your plants and faunas, which we will explain below.
Why Listen To Me and Why This Site?
I Love this Hobby
Keeping a planted aquarium brings me closer to one of my passions: being closer to Mother Nature. I may not have the longest experience in years, I may not have owned multiple tanks to work on or to boast of, but I love this hobby and love to help others and will forever nurture this piece of Nature at our home. I want my children to learn and care for a plant or animal and treat it kindly and patiently, for they may get invaluable training in learning to treat and respect people/all living things the same way.
I Want to Share and Help
The internet has many misinformation, “one size fits all” advice, and I don’t want fellow and new upcoming hobbyists to go through that. Every planted tank set-up is unique. What worked for me may not work for you at that moment. As your plants grow and become larger in mass, variables change.
And I want to give it back. I want to help you save time and money and not go through the same mistakes and wrong decisions that I made throughout my journey with this hobby.
I Am Still Learning
Learning and experiencing the intricacies of maintaining a planted aquarium is a gratifying experience.
I am still learning, and I am looking forward to learning from my co-hobbyist as well. I don’t claim to know everything. Every day, I learn new things, and I am also open to learning with other hobbyists and eager to hear from your experiences too. Together we can help each other as we journey to this lifetime hobby.
Now Let's Begin Shall We?
Planning for your “A Little Slice of Nature” at your very own home.
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