Glass Garden Fins journal Field notes and practical guides from a 70L planted freshwater aquarium. https://glassgardenfins.com/feed.xml 2026-09-17T12:00:00Z Glass Garden Fins https://glassgardenfins.com/ https://glassgardenfins.com/favicon.ico https://glassgardenfins.com/assets/social-card.png A Full House: New Fish, Shrimp, Crabs, and Snails https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/september-15-stocking-update/ 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z 2026-09-17T12:00:00Z A September stocking update with gold laser Corydoras, a red bristlenose pleco, rainbow emperor tetras, koi swordtails, shrimp, crabs, and snails. How Much Fish Food Is the Right Amount? https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/how-much-fish-food/ 2026-08-21T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z A practical guide to aquarium feeding portions, schedules, body condition, and food for bottom-feeding fish. How Much Sun Do Fish Need? https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/how-much-sun-do-fish-need/ 2026-08-20T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z Why aquarium fish need a consistent day-night rhythm rather than direct sunlight, plus a practical lighting schedule. What Happened to My Shrimp’s Skin? https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/what-happened-to-my-shrimps-skin/ 2026-08-19T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z How to recognize a normal shrimp molt, understand the vulnerable period afterward, and investigate repeated molt trouble. Why Is My Fish Staying at the Bottom of the Tank? https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/why-is-my-fish-staying-at-the-bottom/ 2026-08-18T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z A step-by-step way to tell normal bottom-dwelling behavior from water-quality, temperature, oxygen, or health trouble. Why Is My Fish Swimming at the Top of the Tank? https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/why-is-my-fish-swimming-at-the-top/ 2026-08-17T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z How to distinguish normal surface behavior from gasping and respond to oxygen, temperature, water-quality, or equipment problems. How Often Should You Change Aquarium Water? https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/how-often-should-you-change-aquarium-water/ 2026-08-16T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z How to set a water-change schedule from nitrate trends, stocking, feeding, plants, and the sensitivity of aquarium inhabitants. Why Is My Aquarium Water Cloudy? https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/why-is-my-aquarium-water-cloudy/ 2026-08-15T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z How to distinguish bacterial blooms, green water, tannins, and suspended substrate before choosing a response. How Do I Know If My Aquarium Filter Is Big Enough? https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/is-my-aquarium-filter-big-enough/ 2026-08-14T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z How to judge aquarium filtration by biological capacity, real-world flow, debris, stocking, and the needs of fish and shrimp. How Many Fish Can I Put in My Aquarium? https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/how-many-fish-can-i-put-in-my-aquarium/ 2026-08-13T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z A better aquarium stocking method based on adult size, social groups, territory, swimming space, waste, and filtration. Why Are My Aquarium Plants Turning Brown? https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/why-are-my-aquarium-plants-turning-brown/ 2026-08-12T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z How to separate normal plant transition from algae, nutrient, light, substrate, or carbon problems in a planted aquarium. First Residents: Amano Shrimp Are In https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/first-residents-amano-shrimp/ 2026-08-09T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z The Amano shrimp arrive first as cleanup crew and a cautious test before the next stocking steps. Detritus Worms, and What They Were Actually Telling Me https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/detritus-worms/ 2026-07-14T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z A detritus worm bloom reveals overfeeding, mulm buildup, and low-flow pockets in the aquarium substrate. Dialing In Before Anything Goes In https://glassgardenfins.com/journal/dialing-in-before-stocking/ 2026-06-06T12:00:00Z 2026-09-15T12:00:00Z Baseline water parameters and flow adjustments before the aquarium's first livestock arrives.