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Your guide to keeping a healthy freshwater aquarium, from setting up your first tank through to water testing, quarantine, and choosing the right fish.
Fish Glossary
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Plant Glossary
12 plant families covered
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Identify & treat
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Dosing, cycling & stocking
Quarantine Guide
Protocols & timelines
Disease Guide
Identification & treatment
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Getting Started
Setting Up Your First Freshwater Aquarium: A Complete Beginner's GuideBest Beginner Freshwater Fish: Hardy Species, Stocking & FeedingThe Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle – FreshwaterFreshwater Water Parameters & Testing: What Every Number MeansAxolotl Care Guide: Tank, Cool Water & Feeding
Fish Care Guides
In-depth care guides for the freshwater fish we stock, each covering housing, water parameters, diet, tank mates and health. Every guide covers all the species we stock within that group, since closely related fish generally share very similar care needs.
Fish Health & Quarantine
Freshwater Fish Quarantining at HomeFreshwater Fish Diseases – Identification & TreatmentAcclimation Guide
Live Plant Care Guides
In-depth care guides for the freshwater plants we stock, each covering water parameters, lighting, CO₂ and fertilisation, planting and placement, propagation and troubleshooting. Choose your plant below.
Stem Plants
Alternanthera Reineckii (Alternanthera reineckii)Alternanthera Sessilis (Violet) (Alternanthera sessilis)Ambulia (Limnophila sessiliflora)Ammannia Senegalensis (Ammannia senegalensis)Baby Tears (Micranthemum umbrosum)Bacopa Caroliniana (Bacopa caroliniana)Bacopa Monnieri (Bacopa monnieri)Brazilian Pennywort (Hydrocotyle leucocephala)Cardamine Lyrata (Cardamine lyrata)Elodea (Egeria densa)Filigree Milfoil (Myriophyllum simulans)Floscopa (Mini Bamboo) (Floscopa cf. scandens)Giant Ambulia (Limnophila aquatica)Guppy Grass (Najas guadalupensis)Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)Hygrophila Corymbosa (Giant Hygro) (Hygrophila corymbosa)Hygrophila Lancea Araguaia (Hygrophila lancea 'Araguaia')Hygrophila Polysperma (Hygrophila polysperma)Ludwigia Glandulosa (Ludwigia glandulosa)Ludwigia Repens (Ludwigia repens)Lysimachia (Creeping Jenny) (Lysimachia nummularia)Mayaca (Mayaca fluviatilis)Mermaid Weed (Proserpinaca palustris)Narrow Leaf Ludwigia (Ludwigia arcuata)Pogostemon Stellatus (Pogostemon stellatus)Rotala Rotundifolia (Rotala rotundifolia)Rotala Wallichii (Rotala wallichii)Scarlet Ludwigia (Ludwigia sp. 'Scarlet')Water Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis)
Sword Plants (Echinodorus & Helanthium)
Amazon Sword (Echinodorus grisebachii 'Bleherae')Bolivian Chain Sword (Helanthium bolivianum)Dwarf Chain Sword (Helanthium bolivianum 'Latifolius')Echinodorus Fancy Twist (Echinodorus 'Fancy Twist')Echinodorus Fire Feather (Echinodorus 'Tanzende Feuerfeder')Echinodorus Frilly (Echinodorus 'Frilly')Echinodorus Green Flame (Echinodorus 'Green Flame')Echinodorus Kleiner Bär (Echinodorus 'Kleiner Bär')Echinodorus Lothario (Echinodorus 'Lothario')Echinodorus Marble Queen (Echinodorus cordifolius 'Marble Queen')Echinodorus Oriental (Echinodorus 'Oriental')Echinodorus Ozelot (Echinodorus 'Ozelot')Echinodorus Red Devil (Echinodorus 'Red Devil')Echinodorus Tropica (Echinodorus parviflorus 'Tropica')Echinodorus Vesuvius (Helanthium bolivianum 'Vesuvius')
Cryptocoryne (Crypts)
Cryptocoryne Balansae (Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae)Cryptocoryne Beckettii (Cryptocoryne beckettii)Cryptocoryne Lutea (Cryptocoryne walkeri)Cryptocoryne Pygmaea (Cryptocoryne pygmaea)Cryptocoryne Undulata (Cryptocoryne undulata)Cryptocoryne Wendtii (Cryptocoryne wendtii)Cryptocoryne Willisii (Cryptocoryne × willisii)
Vallisneria
Anubias
Anubias Afzelii (Anubias afzelii)Anubias Barteri (Anubias barteri)Anubias Coffeefolia (Anubias barteri var. coffeefolia)Anubias Nana (Anubias barteri var. nana)Anubias Nana Petite (Anubias barteri var. nana 'Petite')Anubias Nangi (Anubias 'Nangi')
Ferns
Bucephalandra
Mosses & Liverworts
Christmas Moss (Vesicularia montagnei)Fissidens Moss (Fissidens sp.)Flame Moss (Taxiphyllum sp. 'Flame')Fontinalis (Willow Moss) (Fontinalis sp.)Java Moss (Taxiphyllum barbieri)Riccia (Riccia fluitans)
Carpeting & Foreground Plants
Glossostigma (Glossostigma elatinoides)HC Cuba (Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba')Hydrocotyle Tripartita Japan (Hydrocotyle tripartita 'Japan')Lilaeopsis (Lilaeopsis brasiliensis)Monte Carlo (Micranthemum tweediei 'Monte Carlo')Pogostemon Helferi (Downoi) (Pogostemon helferi)Staurogyne Repens (Staurogyne repens)
Grasses & Hairgrass
Cyperus Helferi (Cyperus helferi)Dwarf Hairgrass (Eleocharis acicularis)Eleocharis Vivipara (Eleocharis vivipara)Hairgrass (Eleocharis parvula)
Floating Plants
Amazon Frogbit (Hydrocharis laevigata)Duckweed (Lemna minor)Red Root Floater (Phyllanthus fluitans)Salvinia (Salvinia sp.)Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
Specialty, Bulb & Paludarium Plants
Aponogeton Crispus Red (Aponogeton crispus 'Red')Banana Lily (Nymphoides aquatica)Betel Leaf (Piper betle)Chlorophytum (Chlorophytum bichetii)Dwarf Green Rush (Juncus ensifolius)
Pests, Parasites & Algae
Freshwater Pest & Parasite ID Guidehitchhikers, snails and fish parasitesFreshwater Algae – Types, Causes & What Eats Themidentification, management and algae eaters
Buying Freshwater Livestock
Buying Livestock Online – Start HereBefore You Buy Livestock: A Pre-Purchase ChecklistHow We Pack Your Fish, Corals & PlantsLive Fish Arrival GuaranteeImporting Live Fish into Western AustraliaImporting Live Fish into TasmaniaAirport Pickup Locations – Live Animal Freight
Shop Freshwater Essentials
Aquariums, Tanks & StandsTest Kits & MonitoringFiltrationHeating & CoolingFish Medication & SupplementsWater Treatments & Additives
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