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In vitro aquarium plants can already be purchased in many pet stores. They are a great alternative to plants in baskets with mineral wool. As you might expect, they are gaining more and more followers, both among sellers and customers.

In the slightest chance that you haven’t heard of a planted tank yet, picture this; sitting on top of your office desk is a small 12-inch cube aquarium neatly scaped to look like a scene from a tropical jungle or an elegant medium size fish tank mounted on a wooden cabinet in a corner of your office space with a view that reminds you always of that time when you went fishing with your family when you were a little kid. So, you’re starting to think that having a small tank in your workplace or your home office is a good idea.

Snails are undoubtedly one of the most useful creatures in domestic tanks because they are part of the cleaning crew. They perform a very useful function in the aquarium: they eat dead plant remains and the remains of uneaten food. Nevertheless, their plague can be a potentially difficult nut to crack because, like all living creatures, they produce faeces, which has an impact on maintaining the cleanliness of the aquarium and, consequently, the water parameters. What's more, so many snails make the aquarium look simply unaesthetic and the snails often go outside. That's a real snail problem.

Have any of you seen the movie "Piranhas" from the seventies? This old American movie inspired me to write the following article as many aquarists keep this species in their home tanks.

Activated carbon in the aquarium is an affective method of purifying your water. Read this article and discover how, why and when you should employ this time tested process in your aquarium.

In the home aquarium, less is more.

People new to the fish-keeping, hobby often make a common mistake. Unsure of how many fish to add to their new aquarium, they keep too many fish in their tanks. This has the knock-on effect of reduced water quality due to an unstable nitrogen cycle and fish deaths.