Aquaresources

Coscientius Aquarist Magazine

2011-07-05T13:27:00.002+02:00

Coscientius Aquarist Magazine is a free webzine in html.

articles seems to be dated and sometimes they come from other magazines or sites but the whole site has a lot of stuffs to read.
Near this a new webzine seems to be growing on: Wet Web Media Magazine seems to have more original news but the flash format has not the same feeling of the html one...

Pendio Roccioso

2011-06-22T13:14:00.000+02:00

I want to share the journal of a beautiful aquarium by Juan Antonio Clavero.

In Pendio Roccioso blog beside wonderful shots of this aquarium you'll find links to other aquarium of same blogger.

Aquatic plants

2011-06-16T13:36:00.002+02:00

Those who grows aquatic plants in their aquarium may be interested at The Aquatic Plant Management Society and particularly to Journal of aquatic plants management.

All numbers up to year 2008 are freely available on-line in pdf format...

Geo Blog

2011-05-30T13:50:00.000+02:00

This time I invite you to take a look at a blog in Spanish language.
Geo Blog near the wonderful pictures there are videos and a lot of infos on author's aquariums...

B-Style

2011-05-24T13:43:00.000+02:00

Just another Japanese blog full of wonderful pictures.
B-STYLE can really be an inspiration source...

Gastropoda

2011-05-16T13:09:00.000+02:00

I have already proposed sometimes link to sites that explain how to identify different types of snails that infest / populate the aquarium.
Mondo Gasteropodi forum is dedicated to those who want to raise them in good health.

Like any respectable forum (in addition to fans' discussions) it is filled with identification cards and articles ...

Invertebrates again

2011-05-09T13:24:00.000+02:00

An interesting page to get information on invertebrates that live in our aquarium and recognize them...

the page name is Summary of the Domain of Ampullariidae but also deals with other species with information available in English, French and Spanish.

Aristocratama

2011-05-03T13:08:00.002+02:00

I do not like to advertise commercial sites unless they have something useful / interesting to offer.

Aristocratama is a freshwater invertebrates web shop with a list of species so big to justify to be mentioned.

Aquaexperience

2011-04-25T13:18:00.000+02:00

Aquaexperience is an italian portal for aquarium hobbyists and like other portals it has it's own forum, news, articles, photo galleries and so on...

It is distinguished from other sites for the quality of the articles, which improves every day and points strongly to the top.

Aquarium and microscopy

2011-04-19T13:39:00.000+02:00

A different and perhaps unique whay to watch your aquarium: through the microscope lens.

Acquariofilia e Microscopia Ottica site (in italian only) offers a series of articles that explain how to observe your aquarium by microscope. For those not interested in using this tool, however, I recommend to read articles on algae and aquatic plants ... you will find the answers to many questions about why and how certain phenomena occour...

offre una serie nutrita di articoli che spiegano come osservare il proprio acquario al microscopio. Per chi non è interessato all'uso di questo strumento consiglio comunque la lettura degli articoli sulle alghe e sulle piante d'acquario... vi troverete la risposta a molte domande sul perchè e sul come di certi fenomeni...

C.A.U.

2011-04-11T13:42:00.000+02:00

Creative Aquascape Union site is the glass through wich You can see best planted aquariums of far asia area.

It's written in two languages chinese and english) and offer poor articles but big impact pictures.

Mini again

2011-04-05T13:47:00.000+02:00

Three other links for fans of mini-aquariums:
The first Nano-Fish is an Italian site dedicated to nano-aquarium with a multitude of infos on fish suitable for this size of tanks ...

elated to the site is a portal (Nanofish.it) and a forum that with their content, satisfy the most demanding people....

Last there is a link to a Japanese blog (mini Aqua garden blog), also dedicated to extra small size fish and aquariums, with great pictures ...

Spectrophotometer DIY

2011-03-28T13:37:00.000+02:00

This time the link is not directly related to aquarium hobby but it's still useful... in Royal Society of Chemistry site you can find istructions to build a little spectrophotometer.

Advanced aquarists and DIY fan will surely find it useful...

Crabs and shrimps

2011-03-22T13:33:00.000+01:00

Two nice sites on invertebrates that live in our aquarium:

The first www.invertebrati.info is an italian site about shrimp, crabs, snails and other invertebrates can populate our aquariums.

It contains many in-depth articles (very good that on shrimp's anatomy), cards for the recognition of animals, and some magnificent pictures galleries.

Second one Crusta 10 is a German site (also in English), mainly dedicated to crabs, shrimps and crayfish.

It has a more scientific approach and less amateur than the previous. Lists many articles and publications on these animals and even here there are cards for identification / classification and photo galleries.

The two sites are complementary with no overlap and are very definitely two links to keep handy for fans.

A magazine...

2011-03-15T13:35:00.000+01:00

This time I want to highlight a website really different from those I'm used to.

Underwater photography is a bimonthly magazine distributed for free by this site and is completely dedicated to underwater photography and tools needed to achieve it.
For fans of this art this is definitely a must.

Sekai scaping

2011-03-08T13:12:00.000+01:00

This is a website (in portoguese) mainly dedicated to aquascaping.

It highlights than other sites because its articles are quite detailed and show the sources of information (which is not to be underestimated).
I recommend everyone to read two articles in particular:
'Tetra Neon Cardinal: Equívocos e Realidade' and
'Os males da introdução de espécies exóticas em ambientes aquáticos'

Nature Aquarium blog

2011-03-02T13:16:00.000+01:00

Despite it's english title this is a blog blog written from italian aquascaper Enrico Serena.

In his blog Enrico show us both the tanks that has attended, with excellent results, at various international contests and his new current projects.
The value of this blog, in my opinion, are the pictures that Enrico is able to achieve with an unmatched balance of colors.

Cichlid

2011-03-01T13:18:00.000+01:00

Ciclid-forum, as name states, is a forum, for ciclid fans and it's a true gold mine for those involved with this family of fish.

Near forum theres is a library section that contains not only articles on cichlids but also on general aquarium management, on diy, aquarium chemistry and so on...

An 8.000 l. aquarium

2011-02-21T13:46:00.001+01:00

After an unwanted break I restart to post starting with an 8.000 l. aquarium.

At address http://www.steentank.co.uk/ You'll find the story of this tank , it's tecnical data, maintenance tecniques and, overall, it's pictures...

Aqua Agora

2010-12-20T13:42:00.002+01:00

Aqua Agorà is a french aquariums portal.

Like many others, similar sites, it's connected with a forum, it's filled with (interesting) articles, and photo galleries but, over all, it hosts an aquascaping contest very famuos in France...

ADA Italy

2010-11-03T13:50:00.002+01:00

ADA Europe web site has gone and from its ashes the ADA Italy site was reborn.

You can find it at the address http://www.adaitaly.com/.
The whole graphics has gained a lot but the pages seem displaying too slow. Some tweaking may be required...

Yuki Studio

2010-09-29T13:33:00.000+02:00

Yuki Suganuma's blogs show a very good design and are very nice to view.
the old aqua plus design blog has been on till july 2010 and show old aquascape pictures.

New one, Yukistudio at now show only a picture on new aquarium that has been showed at IAPLC but it seems a very good start...

Aquaportal

2010-09-21T13:26:00.003+02:00

Aquaportal in Italy it's know as the italian aquarium portal and this is what is it.

It's a very complete site with a lot of articles, datasheets, pictures, links and all what You need on aquarium... but it's also full of advertising and for that very huge. Banners and other forms of advertising are always in and the whole is unpleasant... it's, really, saved only from it's contents.

Water, green & fish

2010-09-02T13:39:00.003+02:00

Water, green & fish is a japanese blog with a good DIY section.

The projects are well done and should be view...

acrylic-aqua

2010-08-10T15:53:00.002+02:00

Throwing away plants cuttings can lead to phenomena of invasion and pollution of ecosystems... from the Japanese blog acrylic-aqua a suggestion (not too successfully) on what to do after pruning ...

Day's of Nature

2010-08-03T13:32:00.000+02:00

Japanese blog's are always impressive for pictures quality; Day's of Nature is not an exception and go over others for some tecnichal soluctions showed on (eg. pumps' metal hard pipes - an aestetich must)...

Shrimps

2010-07-27T13:14:00.000+02:00

Shrimps presence in our aquariums is growing day by day so that some devote them entirely dedicated aquariums.
To knowing more on these pets I suggest three sites all in english:

The first is Shrimpfanatics.com, a blog with a lot of data sheets on various species...

The second is The shrimp farm. A commercial site with less data sheets than previous but with some articles on breding.

If You need more in ShrimpNow forum You can share everithing on shrimps with other fans of these pets.

Acquariofili

2010-07-13T13:27:00.000+02:00

Nowaday there are many aquarium portals and it's hard for anyone of them to be on the top.That mainly because informations are always the same...

Acquariofili is one italian portal, witha huge graphic, but with some good articles... they're not always new but sometimes go into content not found elsewhere...
...to read.

Ole Pedersen

2010-07-01T13:08:00.000+02:00

the danish professor Ole Pedersen, teaches Plant Biology and is Ph.D. in Water and Gas Transport in Aquatic Plants. He has a never ending curriculum and has published some of his works on Tropica aquarium plants site.

His personal site Bio-web collect many of his articles (mostly in PDF format). They are serious scientific studies that should be the basis for everyone involved in aquatic plants hobby.

Rare Aquatic Plants

2010-06-22T13:37:00.002+02:00

Sometimes, surfing the web, You can meet web sites that are really like jewels. One of these is Rare Aquatic Plants. Despite of his title the whole site is in italian so You may need a web translator to go on.
First thing You meet is something like a blog with two specific arguments: rare aquarium plants and caridina species shrimps.
The whole is professional and positively impressive.

Looking around You can discover that, to read the articles a registration is needed (don't worry, it's free). From here You will soon discover the related forum.
It contains only few recent posts but I think it's due to the very specific arguments related to site. Despite that the posts are good should be read...

Acquariofilia Consapevole

2010-06-11T14:29:00.001+02:00

Acquariofilia Consapevole is an italian site devoted to explayn the correct way in aquarium hobby.
At the first time it seems poor and messy: articles sometimes seem to be scattered over pages and difficult to reach...

For those who has patience enaugh to stop for a while the site shows its best side: the information are reliable and informations sources well reported. Each topic has one or more specific link to other web pages and there are a lot of interesting pictures ....
so take Your time and a good translator...

Aqualiving

2010-06-09T13:02:00.002+02:00

Aqualiving blog has always excited me for its pictures but did not offer much more.
Now, the blog show a link to Aqualiving.net site that, beside pictures contains articles and plants data-sheets.

Articles are basic but You can keep some good trick here and there. Plants sheets are quite detailed.
Unfortunately, those unfamiliar with the Japanese must necessarily pass through a good translation program or simply be happy with the pictures ...

Another magazine

2010-05-31T13:18:00.000+02:00

Pratical fishkeeping is a british (paper) aquarium magazine.
It's site is, at least, full of articles, and news on fishes and aquarium world.

Connected to site are also a blog and a forum...

Caudata Culture

2010-05-25T13:32:00.000+02:00

Caudata Culture site is not about aquariums but about salamanders...

... inside it there is a page that may be very useful because it shows, with goot photos, some aquariums critters. It's a good tool to have by hand...

The AquaTools

2010-05-18T13:33:00.000+02:00

The AquaTools web site is a collection of useful web applications that are all related to aquarium but are in no way connected to each other.

The more complex one is aquasketcher, a useful tool for creating drafts aquascapes.
The (probably) most useful is The Aquarium Diagnoser: an interactive guide to diagnose your aquarium plants problems.

It's really a link to keep highlighted.

i3 [AQUA]

2010-05-12T13:05:00.000+02:00

Minimalism, design, professional approach, advanced concepts are the basis of aquascaping site i3 [AQUA].

Unfortunately, despite the excellent approach, updates are not frequent so we should wait before deciding how to evaluate it.
I find amazing the pdf booklet about iwagumi ...

ukaps

2010-05-05T13:19:00.000+02:00

UK aquatic plants society promotes plantaquariums' hobby in UK through a website and a forum and between the promoters there is the famous aquascaper George Farmer.
The site contains some good articles but, unfortunately, since some time no one has been added ....

Aqua Botanic

2010-04-27T14:03:00.002+02:00

Aqua Botanic is an online aquarium plants retailer.
This site has always had a section of articles, though not up to date, it is very rich and detailed.

I recommend everyone to read at least the article on Control of Algae Using Straw contained in the Science section...

Nyagua

2010-04-21T13:49:00.002+02:00

Nyagua is a little piece of software that may help you to manage your home aquarium.
It runs on every O.S. that can run Java applications but some features may be used only on GNU/Linux O.S.

Interface is translated in English and Italian but it is not complete for dates and numbers formats...

You can manage more than one aquarium data
It's possible to store test kits measures and to get medium values, or to plot them, in graphs, for analisis.
It's possible to store informations about maintenance activity.
You can store expenses data and to get the relative report.
It's possible to store devices informations and to get a statistic on power consume.
You can store fishes common data near Your fishes data and compare them in a compatibility report.
You can store plants common data near Your plants data and compare them in a compatibility report.
Pictures of fishes or plants can be uploaded and stored in db.

More help at home page.

Hagen

2010-04-14T13:04:00.000+02:00

Hagen is a company that produces products for animals, which some time ago, was well known among aquarists for its aquariums lamps.

Their site is probably one of the least updated in the web and is very basic.
Between its pages, however, is a small jewel: four PDF numbers of the webzine "Nutrafin Aquatic News" .

After the 4 th issue, apparently, anything was published but you really has to take a chance to read both these works and the the basic guides available elsewhere in the site ...

Top Acquascapers

2010-04-07T13:20:00.000+02:00

Here are two blogs created and maintained by two acknowledged world aquascaping masters:

Ushi-Kouge Aquascaping by italian aquascaper Pasquale Buonpane that last year won an AGA honorable mention, a second place at AAC and a wonderful 22° place at IAPC.

The blog contains few articles but still very thorough. Very beautiful pictures.

FAAO Aquascaping blog is by portoguese Felipe Alves de Oliveira another true master...
just to mention some of his work: Aquarium of the month of April 2007 on APC, Best in show AGA 2006, a 10th at IAPC 2007. not to mention his famous Pinheiro Manso which laid the foundations for a new way of aquascaping .

The blog contains some great pictures (go to the tag macrofotografia) and good descriptions of its tanks.

CAE

2010-03-22T13:44:00.000+01:00

Colectivo Acuadiseño Español is an aquascapers Spanish group who counts many famous names among its members.

This blog contains really interesting articles as well as dozens of photos of members' aquariums. All photos are technically well taken and certainly worthy of being seen at least once ....

Mini aquarium

2010-03-16T13:51:00.000+01:00

Mini aquarium is another Japanese blog dedicated to aquariums.

In this blog I was struck by the quality of the photos, especially close-ups of fish, both for their clarity and for the colors used.
They're very pleasant to watch ...

Mini aquarium

2010-03-08T13:58:00.002+01:00

Fot those involved in aquascaping and mini-aquariums (but really mini) I want to higlight two links:
First is AquaminiaturA a spanish blog that show a lot of these art pieces:

The other is Slobodan Lazarevic's (alias Octopus) gallery . See at Nano Tanks section...

E.C. meters

2010-03-01T13:43:00.000+01:00

The measurement of conductivity is often overlooked in aquariums, despite its undoubted utility. For lovers of DIY here are two articles that explain how to achieve a conductivity meter.
The first is at it.hobby.acquari. The circuit , though very simple to implement, has the disadvantage of requiring a PC for the measure.

The other circuit is on octiva net: it's a school project and is relatively simple and very well explained ...

Aquamusing

2010-02-23T13:05:00.000+01:00

Aquamusing is an U.S.A. blog that, near other things, contains pictures and informations on aquating plants in their natural enviroment.

A big problem I found with this site is that tag are not very useful to find things so You can often find yourself browsing trough pages one by one.

Oliver Knott

2010-02-09T13:18:00.000+01:00

Oliver Knott is a world wide famous aquarium designer/ acquascaper that for years maintained a photographic archive of his aquascapes:

A site that surely can be an excellent source of inspiration for any aquascaper.

Last year, thanks to his experience, has launched a website in English, French and German, for its business through which proposes a range of soils, plants for aquariums, he selected.

Italian Live-food

2010-02-02T13:02:00.000+01:00

Every now and then our aquariums guest must eat ... and, without detracting the excellent feed that are in the market, nothing is better than a little 'of live food.
Italian speaking people can find at Italian Live-food instructions on how to raise/find this kind of live-food and how to fed their fishes ...

HPA

2010-01-27T13:50:00.000+01:00

HPA or High Place of Acqua is simply another japanese aquarium blog...

It contains a series of photos, to say, at least relaxing of blogger's aquarium and comments on various aquarium accessories available on the Japanese market.
Simple in the layout but have to be seen.

GAEM

2010-01-20T13:33:00.000+01:00

GAEM web site is one of first italian sites that I met on the web when I started looking for news on aquariums.

I think everibody in Italy knows it but You must have in in your bookmarks.
It contains articles that I consider fundamental. Some have a some years of life but are like if they were written yesterday.

Overall I would like to highlight "Come far crescere bene le piante d'acquario" ("How to grow good plants aquarium") by Dr. Walter Peris and "Le piante e la luce" ("Plants and the light") by Maurizio Vendramini ...

Little signs of life

2010-01-14T13:19:00.000+01:00

I think that every aquarium keeper has happened, sooner or later, to see, at least once, small signs of life moving in water without being able to identify him. I have found at least 3 web sites that can help you find out what you face ...

The first iis a section of Microscopy UK. Here we can find a section named "Pond Life Identification Kit" . From a drawings menu you are driven link by link to specific articles on the identified specie .

The second is a personal site of an Italian hobbyist named Luciana Bartolini. The section "Insetti e larve d'acqua" ("Water Insects and larvae ") contains some detailed pictures of various kinds of these animals.

The third site is a small collection of pictures at http://pot.potorti.it/acquari/animaletti/.
Only few photos, but very useful ...

Discus and Angelfish

2010-01-07T13:04:00.000+01:00

This time the links for two Italian sites dedicated to most remarkable freshwater aquarium fishes: Discus and Angelfish.

On Italian Angelfish web site you can find everything you might need to identify and breed your Angelfish. The site is monothematic and fairly complete.

Mondo Discus is a wider site translated into several languages and with sections on other species in addition to the discus. There are also some articles more general, but still valid, on aquariums, and aquatic plants.

Aquascaping basics

2009-12-22T13:06:00.000+01:00

Acquascaping, as a form of expression, is based on some formal rules typical in the visual arts. AquaBrasilis site collect some articles, in Portuguese, on the subject:

Excellent, in particular, the one entitled "AQUARISMO COMO ARTE". Thanks to the illustrations it becomes understandable even to those who do not fully undestand this language.

Aquamind laboratory

2009-12-17T13:19:00.000+01:00

ADA is the most popular Japanese brand of aquariums and aquarium accessories. But beyond this reality exists in Japan, other small brands that produce real jewels; aquamind laboratory is one of these and like ADA sells its products through a website.

In addition to the shop on site there is the owner blog, that has evolved through three successive versions: the first was AM1, from the second (AM2) an image below, the third and last closed definitively on 10/16/2009.

Discussions on products and tanks of the owner is continuing on Twitter as shown on the home page of the site.

Aquarium Algae

2009-12-14T13:01:00.000+01:00

Aquarium and algae... these words often walk togheter hand by hand. If you have algae in the aquarium and you want to clean them, or better if you do not have and you want to prevent them, Aquarioum Algae ID is the right blog.

Besides the description of some basic on most common causes of algae there are many photos that help to identify them

for each type of algae most common cause and proper treatment to eliminate them are explained .
Informations are nothing new but are certainly well organized and periodically updated.

Nature Aquarium

2009-12-09T13:16:00.000+01:00

Biotope is an area of uniform environmental conditions providing a living place for a specific assemblage of plants and animals.
Nature Aquarium site describes the natural habitats which our aquarium fishes come from and explain how to recreate them at home.

The descriptions are exhaustive and competent. Definitely a site to visit for those who want to try the challenge.
In italian only...

APC (Aquatic Plant Central)

2009-12-01T13:26:00.001+01:00

This week a link to forum: APC

I think it is one of the largest, English language, forums dedicated to aquarium plants. It is certainly one of the best known.

I want to highlight two sections: "Lybrary", with the aquariums of the month, and DIY section where you can find beautiful articles on all aquarium ware. Sticky, here, a discussion on yeast CO2, that is nothing off exhaustive, and a long discussion on Drop Checkers.

Aquarticles

2009-11-27T13:07:00.000+01:00

A name states it all... Aquarticles.com , as in it's author words is "An international collection of articles about fish and aquariums..."

The site aesthetics is minimalist but the contents are ecellent. Is not updated often but is open to contributions.

AquaScaping World

2009-11-23T13:21:00.001+01:00

For those who still didn't know. AquaScaping World is the most beautiful aquascaping webzine.

The magazine, contains wonderful photos and interesting articles in an elegant layout.
A single note: the magazine stopped at number 7, which dates back to September 2008.

In related forum there is the continuos promise of new numbers, but after a year nothing new.
Going over, the forum should be seen. Here you can see a lot of beautiful pictures posted from the best world wide aquascapers...

Aqua 3 (aquacube)

2009-11-17T13:14:00.000+01:00

What about ... Fabio Ghidini website has always left me speechless ...

to make you understand I invite you to see the portfolio and let yourself be enchanted by the images.

A link, that alone is worth the visit to the website, is "Aquarium Photography" in which Fabio explains a 'bit' of his technique.

Caridina Japonica

2009-11-12T13:04:00.000+01:00

Since Takashi Amano has, for first time, used Yamato numa-ebi (大和沼海老),alias Caridina multidentata, form. Caridina japonica, has become a popular guest of our aquariums.

caridina.japonica.online.fr is a French site completely dedicated to this specie. It is not very wide but is completed with an excellent links page.
Pages are also translated in English.

Aquarium mosses

2009-11-09T13:00:00.000+01:00

Today not one link but three, for those who cultivate mosses in the aquarium.

The first site is Aquamoss

an English-language website, maintained by a tru mosses fan, with several articles on the subject.
A true gold mine for those who cultivate bryophytes in the aquarium.

The second site Bryophyte Ecology is the digital version of the homonymous book written by Dr. Janice Glim PhD at M.S. University.
Does not explicitly deal to aquarium mosses still contains a wealth of great value informations. In English.

The third site aquamoss.ch is maintained by Sebastian Prati a mossess and shrimps fan.

Despite the name of the site I found only some cards about mosses, however, I suggest a visit to the site for articles on shrimps where stand out the one on anatomy of Caridina sp..

Tropica Aquarium Plants

2009-11-05T13:25:00.000+01:00

Tropica is a major European grower and seller of aquatic plants, it' site is in my opinion one of the most useful for those involved in aquaplanting.

This website provides consultation for plants data, those informations are a landmark in this field.
Recently has become available an on-line electronic version of their catalog which alone is worth the time to visit the site.
Very interesting and in-depth articles also present.

DIY PH Meter

2009-11-02T13:03:00.002+01:00

For those who want to buid their own PH Meter at 66pacific.com there is "The PH pages" section.
Here You can find a complete measurement and control circuit diagram

and, near it, the diagram of simplest PH Meter possible.

Information about PH meters calibration are also avalaible.

Fishbase

2009-10-29T01:28:00.000+01:00

As from its name Fishbase is a database containing the data of over 31,000 species of fish accompanied, in most cases, the relevant photos.
The home page interface is, at least, essential:not more than a form to enter search parameters:

simple and effective.

It 'available in all major languages of the world and is definitely an essential tool for anyone breeding fishes.
Unfortunately, the main server is often unavaillable for network overload and I suggest to bookmark all mirrors addresses to find most available one.

Aquatic Eden

2009-10-26T13:34:00.000+01:00

Aquatic Eden is a blog in English dedicated to aquascaping.
This blog is particularly worthy of note for a series of posts titled Aquascape Analisis

in which some famous tanks are shown, and their layout is analyzed, highlighting what are the elements that mainly contribute to shape it.
Other interesting articles discusses aquascaping basics and related tools .

Chuck's Planted Aquaria Pages

2009-10-22T13:38:00.000+02:00

Chuck Gadd site is one of the most popular planted acquarium sites.
It 'a personal website in English that contains some wonderful articles including some about aquarium startup and others about fertilization.

One of the reasons why it is very well known is that it allow to download a program to calculate the dosages of fertilizer elements to make DIY fertilizers.
Hidden in the articles there is a web version of this program which can be used on-line.

Another tool available allows the calculation of CO2 starting from pH and KH values.

another ..... GRASS GLASS STYLE

2009-10-15T14:03:00.005+02:00

This blog title says it all: another ..... GRASS GLASS STYLE is a Japanese language blog
dedicated to an aquarium with a beautiful lawn.

It has little to offer but the beautiful photos that You has to find in older posts. The blogger seems not to update the site nowaday and the latest photos show a different aquarium.
Searching in the old posts You can find some good ideas on the use of an external filter for weekly water change . Other suggestions are in the use of buckets ... search for it ;-)

ADA

2009-10-14T15:46:00.003+02:00

ADA is mythical trademark in aquarium. Its founder Takashi Amano, the guru of nature aquarium philosophy, has its own personal website where you can admire his beautiful nature pictures.
Much more interesting (and inspiring) are pictures published in the galleries of both the European site ADA Europe

and in Japanese main site

where You can, also, find links to other ADA sites scattered throughout the various countries; lot of material including downloadable manuals about creation and maintenace of Nature Aquarium.

Aquagarden

2009-10-14T13:59:00.004+02:00

The main resource for Italian aquascapers is the site of Aquagarden: an aquarium plants webzine with high level articles.

The webzine is joined to Aquagarden forum:

the sticky discussion would be enough to justify the existence of the forum but You cand find more in many other discussions that contributed to the development dell'aquascaping in Italy.

Unfortunately, for the people around the world, the content is in Italian only.