Dustin's Blog — fish tank

Read Time: 5 minutes Advice for Keeping Small/Nano Aquariums Nano tank in the cover photo scaped by Christian E. Velez.  What is a nano tank/How big is a nano tank?  Nano aquariums are exactly what they sound like: a growing field of near-atomic-sized fish robots that could be used to advance human evolution via shape-shifting and reinforced suits of flying armor. ...nah. It's just a small aquarium. That's basically it. As for how many gallons they have to have to qualify as a nano tank, depends who you're talking to. Some hobbyists say anything less than 20 gallons counts, though I've...

Read Time: 5 minutes Driftwood is a staple in the fish tank hobby for a reason. It's gorgeous, it's natural, you never see the same branch twice...you can't go wrong with it. Here are answers to the top questions about adding driftwood to your setup. You know you want to. Here's a cool use of driftwood in a Dustin's Fishtanks customer tank!  Number 1 Series of Questions: Will Aquarium Driftwood Float? How Do I Get Driftwood to Sink in My Fish Tank? How Long Does Driftwood Take to Sink? How Do I Get It to Sink Faster?  We get it....

Read Time: 4 minutes Okay, sure, the title sounds kinda clickbait-ish. Most people hear "fungus" and think either "athlete's foot" or "mushroom," but what if we told you fungi might help you grow aquarium plants?  Mycorrhizae: Pretty Fly for Fungi Land plants have a well-documented symbiotic (mutually helpful) relationship between their roots and a huge range of fungal species naturally found in soil called mycorrhizae. Mycorrhizae actually translates from Greek to "fungal root." The fungi infects the plant's roots, obtains "food" (carbohydrates) from the plant and, in return,  increases the plant's root absorption and nutrient uptake by increasing root surface...

Read Time: 6.5 minutes It's funny Anubias (an amazingly easy aquarium plant genus) is named for the Egyptian god of funerals, graves, and the afterlife, Anubis - because these things are borderline unkillable. I like to think, somewhere, there's a jackal-headed death god trying to preserve dead plants named after him and getting annoyed he has to wait because they just won't die.  However, if our friend Anubis wanted to hurry them along to the underworld, there are a few ways he could do it. Here's your guide on how to grow (and how to kill) Anubias aquarium plants.  Anubias Species and Varieites...

Read Time: 9 minutes Freshwater aquatic plant anatomy and physiology, and how you can make easy botany work for your planted tank Welcome back to another installment of the Aquarium Science Series! Got some epic aquarium plants growing, but wondering how they work and why that matters? This post will give you an overview of some botany basics, with more specific posts on roots, plant genetics, leaf physiology and photosynthesis/respiration, etc. to follow later when we really dig into it. Aquarium Plant Classifications Scientific Names/Taxonomy Want to get to know someone? Start with a name. Aquarium plants are no different....