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Even videos that I post! When I click on a link, the area becomes black. Does this have something to do with me being in Europe? It used to work just fine.

A pleasant and relaxing video of creating a tiny container pond for Medaka fish.

Forgot to mention: in addition to the eggs arriving in a little Methylene blue-tinged water (only for travel purposes), in your aquarium set - up for hatching eggs, it is important to have gentle water movement. This also helps prevent fungus. A simple airstone, set to minimum bubbles, is...

Frogbit as a floating plant and Water sprite either floating or planted. (It grows and spreads super-fast!)

I've been told that hobby breeders usually send the eggs with a bit of Methylene blue with them. That works against fungus. You can culture your own brine shrimp for food. You can buy packaged infusoria (or make your own with eggs -- google). JBL Novo Baby and Hikari First Bites were recommended...

I'm so excited about my Medaka eggs (package just arrived) and my Endlers (arriving either tomorrow or Tuesday). I am planning to prepare a number of outdoor container gardens (they are all starting off indoors). Rather than MTS, I have PPS (porch pond syndrome)!

The package with my Medaka eggs just arrived! I am so excited!

Sorry. I read that yesterday, but my brain is Euro-set today, lol.

The Paradise fish, (the kind I had was Macropodus opercularis) needs a lot more space than 20 liter. It is, imo, too territorial and aggressive to keep with tankmates. It is a stunning fish, with interesting behavior (like all Anabantidae). I'm too lazy to google, but if I remember correctly...

Welcome, Ben. You've come to the right place to learn. Don't be surprised if your wife and also your daughter also get interested in the hobby! A bigger aquarium is easier to maintain than a small one. So if you haven't bought one yet...

Are you saying you are not interested in Paradise fish? If I misunderstood, you could keep a pair. They can be kept in blackwater and like cooler temps. I knew an aquarist here in the Netherlands who keeps them in an outdoor pond all year-round. That didn't work for me. I bought some from him...

Thank you for expanding my language skills.

Backstory: The year was 1965 and I was already a somewhat experienced aquarist who'd kept rare (at the time) fish. I had subscribed to the TFH fish magazine for years and always got excited when reading about newly available/or discovered species in the aquarium trade. For many years, I...

Haha! I finally found out that Croeso means "welcome" in Welsh. (Had to google to learn that.) Is it pronounced "crusoe', like Robinson Crusoe?

If they are mosquito larvae and not detritus worms, can you span a fine mosquito net over the tank to prevent more mosquitos laying eggs?

"almost" doesn't count, lol.

That's fairly average for the sort we have in abundance here. I can't stand them and call them "living turds", lol. There is one large type that has a bright orange/red underside and stripes. I suspect it may be toxic to birds, etc. That kind is attractive. But slugs... no! And when I say "in...

Whenever I can, I try to include Latin names for fish or plants, as the common names can differ and cause confusion.

And midges are like mosquitoes! Ha! Ask anyone in Scotland about their native, almost microscopic, evil midges. I had the misfortune of being attacked by a swarm once when I was over there. How something that miniscule can cause so much irritation is remarkable! People like to say that midges...

I kept a pair in a 15 gallon tank years ago, with no tankmates. Unfortunately, they never bred, but they seemed happy.