The Gardener Magazine

Time for livestock

If you have a planted tank and it’s looking great you might leave it at that: an underwater garden filled with beautiful plants that gently waft in the water current. Or, more likely, you might be tempted to add more life and movement to your underwater landscape – in which case you’re probably thinking of fish and/or shrimps.

Don’t rush!

It’s important to remember that fish and crustaceans are living creatures – pets – so you need to treat them as such. Make absolutely sure that

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