All About Planted Aquariums
To Your Little Piece of Nature at Home
Hello, and welcome to All About Planted Aquariums! Here you will find every triumphs and failure that I have 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.
Planted Aquarium 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.
My Riparium
Aquascaping Designs
Planted Aquarium Essentials
All About Tanks
Tank Cycling
Water Parameters
Environmental Indicators
Safe Water Sources for Planted Aquariums
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.
Using RO Water Aquascaped by Francis Neil Carriaga Philippines
All About Filtration
Types of Planted Aquarium Filters
Supplemental Learnings
Lighting a Planted Aquarium
So how do we go about lighting a planted aquarium? What are the specifications that we need to know? What are the marketing gimmicks that we need to avoid?
The thing is, as I always mentioned before, every planted aquarium is unique. There is no secret LED or T5 lighting specs. Nothing is set in stone. Even DIYs can work. There are many variables to consider when determining the proper lighting for your planted tank.
Nature Style Aquascaped by Red Zamora Philippines using Margoo D90 LED Light
Why Listen To Me and Why This Site?
I Love this Hobby
Keeping a planted aquarium brings me closer to one of my passions: Mother Nature. I may not have the longest experience in years, I may not have owned multiple tanks to work on 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. We all have different situations. 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 and humbling experience. You will learn how even the smallest organisms balance the system and how Nature does it as well.
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 still 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.
Nature’s secret is being patient, there are no shortcuts.
Now Let's Begin Shall We?
Planning for your “A Little Slice of Nature” at your very own home.
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