My return to aquarium keeping has brought back an old nightmare: trying to test the water quality parameters while colorblind. Over the last few years probes with digital readouts have appeared but pH seems to be the only parameter worthy of the equipment cost for freshwater tanks. Has anyone seen ...

I just read that Java Fern rhizomes can't be buried in the substrate for fear of rot and that they really need to be on bogwood. OK, I'm a newbie and now I've got some work to do. This is probably a dumb question but how safe is it to pull water logged wood out of local streams for aquarium use ...

Bingo. Actually, I did both tonight with great success. The wafers lasted plenty long to the the Syno on the prowl. After that, some pellets in the corners was all that it took.

My ferns and I thank you!

Jon

My Polka-dot Syno (Syno. angelicus) is ravaging the new shoots of my Java fern. It's no surprise. The Syno is adamantly nocturnal and not even very active during the evening. I tend to feed at twilight since I can involve more of my charges and monitor portions. By the time the catfish is on the ...