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10 Best Background Plants for Beginner Aquariums - Aquarium Co-Op
10 Best Background Plants for Beginner Aquariums
One of the easiest ways to make your fish tank look less like a glass box and more like a slice of nature is to cover the back wall with...
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Top 10 Betta Fish Plants for Your Aquarium - Aquarium Co-Op
Top 10 Betta Fish Plants for Your Aquarium
Looking for a way to take your betta fish tank to the next level? Add live aquarium plants. They help purify the water, offer lots of enrichment, and simulate their...
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When Should I Dose Iron in My Planted Aquarium? - Aquarium Co-Op
When Should I Dose Iron in My Planted Aquarium?
Iron is an important micronutrient used by plants to produce chlorophyll, a green pigment that helps absorb light to make energy. Find out when and how much iron is needed...
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How to Set Up a Beginner Planted Aquarium - Aquarium Co-Op
How to Set Up a Beginner Planted Aquarium
Looking to add live aquatic plants to your fish tank? Follow our beginner’s guide as we walk you step by step through the process of setting up your first low...
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How to Use Root Tabs to Fertilize Aquarium Plants - Aquarium Co-Op
How to Use Root Tabs to Fertilize Aquarium Plants
Most aquatic plants can absorb nutrients from both the water and the ground, but some species prefer one method over the other. If your plant is a “root feeder” that...
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5 Easy Plants for Goldfish Aquariums - Aquarium Co-Op
5 Easy Plants for Goldfish Aquariums
Goldfish are notorious for munching on or digging up aquatic plants, which is a shame because live plants are both beautiful and beneficial. Thankfully, we’ve found several plant species that...
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Why is My Cryptocoryne Plant Melting? - Aquarium Co-Op
Why is My Cryptocoryne Plant Melting?
You just planted your new cryptocoryne plant in the aquarium, and it looks perfect for the first few days. Then you notice that one by one, all the leaves are...
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What is Mulm or Detritus in Aquariums? - Aquarium Co-Op
What is Mulm or Detritus in Aquariums?
Is there a brown or black substance that seems to collect like dust bunnies all over the floor of your fish tank? This dirt-like material goes by many names –...
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How to Care for Hornwort in Aquariums and Ponds - Aquarium Co-Op
How to Care for Hornwort in Aquariums and Ponds
Hornwort is a popular aquatic plant for both fish tanks and outdoor ponds because of its fluffy-looking stems, extremely fast growth, and ability to consume excess nutrients from the water....
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How to Care for a Dwarf Aquarium Lily - Aquarium Co-Op
How to Care for a Dwarf Aquarium Lily
Wish you could put lily pads in your aquarium? Check out the dwarf aquarium lily or Nymphaea stellata. Compared to your typical green aquarium plant, the dwarf lily has unique,...
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Anubias Rot: Symptoms, Causes, and Solutions - Aquarium Co-Op
Anubias Rot: Symptoms, Causes, and Solutions
Anubias rot is an uncommon disease that can affect anubias plants in the aquarium hobby. Unfortunately, there is very little information about how it starts and how to stop its...
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10 Best Algae Eaters for Freshwater Aquariums - Aquarium Co-Op
10 Best Algae Eaters for Freshwater Aquariums
If your aquarium is covered with unsightly algae, you need some hungry helpers to get the outbreak under control. In this top 10 list of amazing algae eaters, we’ve gathered...
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