DRAK-Aquaristik Blog
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Sustainable packaging: our test with wet adhesive tape
More efficient, more stable, more environmentally friendly: our test shows why wet adhesive tape is the better packaging choice! 🌱📦
Clay caves for loricariid catfish and cichlids
Clay caves, spawning tubes and shelters made of fired clay for loricariid catfish and cichlids, handmade in Germany by Aqua Keramik. They serve as hiding places, spawning grounds and nurseries.
Our filter socks for aquarium and pond filters
Our filter socks for aquarium and pond filters
Dihydrogen monoxide
Dihydrogen monoxide is a colourless, odourless and tasteless substance that is responsible for the deaths of several thousand people every year.
Mineral nutrition of aquatic plants
Mineral nutrition of aquatic plants
Mineral fertilization - Summary
Brief summary of the blog articles and an outlook for practice
Breeding live food yourself
Enchytrae, grindal worms and microworms are an easy way to add variety to the diet of fish and shrimp
Definition of nutrients / minerals
Nutrient elements are elements of the chemical periodic table that are essential for the nutrient and energy metabolism of plants.
Breeding report for Parotocinclus maculicauda
Recently published report from around 2000 on the extensive spread of Parotocinclus maculicauda
Nostalgia: Product versions from our early days
»If you're not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late« Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn
Determining the maximum fertiliser concentration in the tank
It can be shown that with regular water changes, even if none of the added nutrients were consumed, at most a certain non-harmful maximum concentration of the fertiliser components would occur.
Kill-the-snails-FAQ
THE ULTIMATE "KILL-THE-SNAILS-FAQ" FROM AQUARIUM.GER
Feeding hints: Self-made Food Sticks
For a long time, I puzzled and experimented, trying to find the simplest way (without making the water cloudy) of feeding spirulina to my prawns.
Aponogeton undulatus
Most water lilies are difficult to propagate. A. undulatus is an exception.
iks Aquastar - Data cable assignment
With all IKS measuring and control computers, the stored data can be transferred from the AquaStar to the computer via the serial interface for evaluation. The Datastar auxiliary programme can simplify the process considerably.