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How to Feed Freshwater Shrimp Without Feeding the Algae Problem

How to Feed Freshwater Shrimp Without Feeding the Algae Problem

Freshwater shrimp are often added to planted aquariums with two goals: enjoy their color and reduce algae. The difficulty is that extra food can work against both goals. Shrimp graze biofilm, soft algae, plant debris, and missed fish food, but a tank...
The Planted Aquarium Reset: How to Correct Planting Errors Without Losing Your Livestock

The Planted Aquarium Reset: How to Correct Planting Errors Without Losing Your Livestock

A planted aquarium rarely fails because of one bad plant. More often, several small planting mistakes overlap: a buried rhizome, crowded stems, excessive light, unstable maintenance, or livestock added before the plants have adapted. The good news is...
What Will This Planted Aquarium Cost to Feed? A Livestock and Maintenance Planning Guide

What Will This Planted Aquarium Cost to Feed? A Livestock and Maintenance Planning Guide

A planted aquarium can reduce waste pressure, provide grazing surfaces and make a small community feel more complete, but it does not cancel the work created by livestock. Every fish, shrimp and snail adds feeding decisions, waste, oxygen demand and ...
Spain at IAPLC 2026: Roberto Buenadicha’s Forest and the Space Between Trunks

Spain at IAPLC 2026: Roberto Buenadicha’s Forest and the Space Between Trunks

Roberto Buenadicha’s aquarium is the only Spanish work in the published ranks 1–300. Its slender dark trunks, fine green planting and conspicuous pale fish make it a rewarding individual study. This instalment returns to the older Spain introduction ...
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Spain at IAPLC 2026: Roberto Buenadicha’s Forest and the Space Between Trunks

Roberto Buenadicha’s aquarium is the only Spanish work in the published ranks 1–300. Its slender dar...

France at IAPLC 2026: A Close Reading of Jean Christophe Grosset’s Woodland

Only one French work appears in the published ranks 1–300. That gives this instalment a different ta...

Singapore at IAPLC 2026: Open Stone and an Enclosed Planted Passage

Two Singaporean works appear in the published ranks 1–300, and they offer an unusually clear contras...

Hong Kong at IAPLC 2026: Three Studies in Light, Layers and Visual Impact

A low timber ceiling, blue-toned terraces and converging planted diagonals create three visibly diff...

Italy at IAPLC 2026: Calm Routes and More Dramatic Planted Frames

A clear route through planted banks can feel quiet; a coloured ridge beneath a dark frame can feel t...

United States at IAPLC 2026: Four Distinct Readings of a Wooded Aquarium

The four American photographs selected here all contain important wood structures, yet they do not p...
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