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“Operating” our aquariums- replicating Nature!
Our friends, the fungi!
The “Utban Igapo” in practice
The abundance.
Challenge
Nature’s got our back
“This is How I do it” (Pt.2): Botanicals
Why it’s okay to go slowly
This is how I do it. Pt 1: Substrates
Fun with water chemistry- Part 1,500!
The call of leaves.
Hobbyists who can steer you wrong?
“The Score”- An “urban aquarium myth?” Or just part of the game?
The continuing saga of my salty obsession!
“In between days”
Realizations, affirmations, interpretations, and the way I create aquariums
It’s okay to question things...
Changing your water- and your mindset
The continuing sage of my search for a blackwater livebearer. Episode III: A New Chance
The romance and allure of “casual fish breeding”
You’re still using sand for your aquarium substrate? How passé!
How long do leaves last underwater?
The ever growing inspiration of the Morichal!
Catappa leaves, botanicals, and the stuff they can-and can’t do!
Filled with inspiration- The many wonders of stream habitats.
Trees of life.. literally!
From the bottom up: Living with your substrate.
Building Blocks to "The Big Idea"
Tough questions and interesting answers with Scott Fellman and Johnny Ciotti
Making a scene: The subtle players
Land and water, working together: Embracing the transformation
Food production: The ultimate “collateral benefit” of the botanical-style aquarium?
U-turns, detours, and changes in direction.
The same old song: The “universality” and “reliability” of botanical materials.
Too much is never enough...or IS it?
Edits, iterations, and big moves: Evolving your aquarium over time.
Look out below!
What’s so funny about peace, love and tinted water?
Now the Future starts... The 2021 Preview with Scott and Johnny
The sheer audacity of it all.
Notes from The “Idea Shelf”
The experimental mode.
“That pH thing” again, and the annoyance of assumptions
Amateur geology, sand, rocks, and blackwater. And putting it all together.
Streams- in form and function
Letting go, intentionally?
Getting to know “old friends.”
Beyond the micro biome.
“The Tint” Special Edition with James Sheen of Blackwater UK- “Aquatic Inspiration and More”
The legacy of leaves.
Beyond the tint: Working with water in the botanical-style aquarium.
Thought leadership and the responsibility that accompanies it.
Chasing numbers.
What we do?
The pace.
Sustenance- Where the food comes from
Transforming the biotope aquarium.
Do you “Igapo?” Or, are you more or the “varzea” type?
Excuse our dust! Well, not! The sedimented substrate thing is here!
The little Tetra that can.. a deeper dive into the habitat of the “Green Neon Tetra”
The “Pasta Sauce Analogy” and Aquarium Substrates.
Approaches. Observation. Management. Algae?
Fishes of my childhood: The Kuhli Loach
Permission.
Exercises in functionality- making a mess- or building a microcosm?
Under Cover? Or all over? Meet the Karsts!
The usual suspects? Doing “common” fishes in an “uncommon” way!
Chasing The GOAT
Fueling the process...
Explaining the Swamp!
Embracing the “natural” part of Nature. Rebellion? Or philosophy?
Lessons Learned as the waters recede...
Tint Special Edition with Scott and Johnny: Maintenance of the botanical-style aquarium- and More!
Transitional habitats-from the underwater perspective.
Learning curve.
A brackish water trip...
Embracing the few. And the influential.
From the woods...
Shrimp and “Anecdotal Nutrition”
The start of the journey...
When you’re stuck...
Real “natural foods”- Epiphytes, Macrophytes, and Mental Shifts
Back to the “C” word!
Mixing it up in the leaf litter...
The smallest allies...
Under Cover...
Holding the line...simple thoughts on evaporation, and strategies to counter it...
Eschewing the prep process- and the audacity of stubbornness.
Mixing it up- going against what we know: The “substrate edition...”
Doing Nature more Naturally- A "Tint" special edition with Tai Strietman
Disruption? Or simply a nature’s process for change?
Killifish and their terrestrial connections- questioning convention.
The only “hacks” worth doing!
The “players” behind the process...
Another "botanical-style aquarium cocktail" with Scott and Johnny!
Back to the mud holes!
A certain (water) quality...
The “baseline”
Roads less travelled: A different take on the “same old thing?”
The “terrestrial approach.” A different sort of start?