What is water?

Do you love the look of planted tanks, or know how much they can add to your tank in terms or removing nitrates, and enrichment for your fish. But the cost is just too much. Well here are some ideas on how to start keeping plants without blowing the budget. 

The much loved Siamese fighting fish, or the betta is a great fish to consider, today we dive into the species to give you some more information. 

So what is in water that will impact our fish? Let's have a look at what's in our water and how it gets there. Why is this important? How can we protect our fish?  Want to find our socials?  Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/tropicalfishkeepinguk UK Facebook Group -Tropical Fish Keeping UK  https://www.facebook.com/groups/TropicalFishKeepingUK International Facebook Group - Tropical Fish Keeping  https://www.facebook.com/groups/tropicalfishkeepingint Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/tropicalfishkeepinguk/ Website  www.tropicalfishkeeping.co.uk          

Want to save some money, and make things healthier for your fish, then have a look around your house for things you can feed to your fish. 

One of my favourite little fish, the guppy is a great addition to the right set up, but all too often they're not kept right, the adults are cheaply bought from the pet store, and no selection on the fry that are born. 

Plants can be an amazing part of any tank, and the hobby of fish keeping, but it can be expensive and intimidating to get into. Here's a way of dipping a toe in the water, and hopefully something that's nice and easy. 

Swimbladder is commonly diagnosed disease, but it doesn't exist. There's a lot more to that word than a simple disorder. 

Community fish? What does that mean, can all community fish live together, or is there more to it/

The first thing you put in, but quite possibly the last thing you think about. Substrate might be the biggest problem you have or the start of a stunning aquascape. 

Fish welfare lags far behind every other types of welfare, and today when I'm feeling rotten after taking a wolfhound to the chest, it's something I can chat about.