Blog Posts

A beginner's guide to aquarium water chemistry, introducing key water parameters important for the health and well-being of your fish.

Did you know that keeping aquarium fish can help reduce your heart rate and blood pressure, as well as decrease anxiety and stress?

Have your aquarium fish been acting strangely? Are you suffering what seems to be unexplained fish deaths?

The Standard Fish Length is a measure from the tip of the snout of the fish to the caudal peduncle.

An introductory series of article on aquarium water chemistry. What are KH & GH hardness values and why are they important in an aquarium.

An introductory series of articles on aquarium water chemistry. What is pH and buffering capacity and why are they important in an aquarium?

The Freshwater Aquarium Guide. A visual guide to help understand the nitrogen cycle in a freshwater tropical or coldwater fish tank.

The Freshwater Aquarium Guide. The external anatomy of freshwater fish. A guide to the naming of fish fins.

A step-by-step guide to fishless tank cycling. An essential technique used in the set-up of new aquariums before the addition of fish.

What goes on in an aquarium biological filter & how to avoid new tank syndrome. We explain how the nitrogen cycle helps with water quality.