thE TINT

the art and science of botanical method aquarium keeping.

  • STREAMING ALONG…

    Okay, in order to really appreciate some aquatic environments that we like to replicate in our aquariums, we have to take a “deep dive” into them. And the insights we gain by straying outside of “conventional aquarium hobby literature” are manifold. Let’s explore a habitat where many aquarium fishes come from in Nature. A habitat…

  • OAK SPRINGS ETERNAL.

    I’m easing back into sharing my love of botanical method aquariums after a years-long detour, an abandoning of the retail sale of botanicals, and a diversion back into reef aquariums. It was fun to take a bit of a break, but the call of tinted water, decay, and fungal growths is just too hard to…