blackwater aquarium

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...