blackwater aquarium

Sunken ship aquarium. Blackwater. 7 cardinals, 3 Anubias, 4 java ferns, several seed root floaters. Custom Vietnam driftwood for shipwreck. Several other driftwood pieces. Lots of skulls Work in progress

Ignoring the bad puns up above, what are some suggestions for relatively dark patterned Neocardina or Cardina shrimp? I'm looking at a heavily planted setup (6.6g/25l) to house a pair of licorice gourami, and was curious if anyone had some suggestions! While I know Neo. shrimp prefer cooler...

I think these blackwater aquariums I've been seeing online look awesome and I have some fish from those areas that I would want to put in my 40 but I have a couple questions. My uncle said the tannins will make algae grow like crazy in my tank so I was wondering if that is true and what are some...

Hey everyone! I have a betta named Spike and he's my first and only fish which I've had for almost 3 years now. A true pandemic fish lol. I've learned so much during my fish-keeping journey and I can't wait to learn more. Here's a picture of the old man:

Some photos of what I have in my 10gal tank.

I was wondering if any twigs and leaves safe to use in blackwater aquarium? We have mango and jackfruit trees in the backyard, maybe I can use their leaves? I am asking a lot of questions regarding if anything safe to use or not, because I’m going to enter biotope aquarium contest in January...

Not sure if there's a post out there floating around in this forum from ten years ago, but I was hoping to start up a conversation about blackwater tanks. Opinions, tips, photos, journals, studies, maintenance, e.c.t. Anything is welcome. My first tank was, unwillingly, a sort of...

This is an image of one of my octocinclus catfish that I have in my 145 liter blackwater biotope setup and currently I have 3 of these cuties along with my 4 corydoras duplicareus catfish. This one is eating what I assume is infusoria or plant matter on the leaves of one of my sword plants. I...