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The Tint

"The Tint" is a podcast dedicated to lovers of natural aquariums. A place to discuss unusual aquarium concepts and ideas; a jumping-off point at the aquarium hobby's "bleeding edge." Join us for inspiration, ideas, and a sometimes provocative point of view!

The outer limits…

16 mins; March 16, 2023

An easy partnership

14 mins; March 14, 2023

The mood and the mindset…

9 mins; March 09, 2023

Beyond the Superficial

19 mins; March 09, 2023

Brown Crush

10 mins; January 19, 2023

Hahnel knew it…

9 mins; December 13, 2022

Oak:The “one stop shop” for botanical method aquarium enthusiasts!

20 mins; November 29, 2022

The "Detritus Dilemma"- again!

14 mins; November 02, 2022

Waiting for "the quiet storm" of life...

11 mins; November 02, 2022

Life is too short to compromise.

11 mins; October 18, 2022

As the seasons pass…

17 mins; September 30, 2022

“Geographic transgressions” and other Forgivable Sins…

16 mins; September 26, 2022

“Blackwater Livebearers”: My obsessive search continues…

12 mins; September 21, 2022

Relationships

11 mins; September 20, 2022

Inception.

20 mins; September 14, 2022

Back…From Nowhere…

26 mins; September 13, 2022

Starting at...The beginning?

9 mins; August 19, 2022

The ones which take you back…

13 mins; August 17, 2022

All of that “stuff…”

14 mins; August 11, 2022

Letting go…For a while, anyways!

8 mins; August 10, 2022

Thwarting a chilling hobby trend..

20 mins; August 03, 2022

Nature takes Her course…

6 mins; July 28, 2022

The “Through Line”

8 mins; July 28, 2022

At the bottom of tropical waters…

21 mins; July 27, 2022

What's it mean to "fail" in the hobby, always?

12 mins; July 25, 2022

“The evolution will be…managed.”

23 mins; July 15, 2022

Compensating Factors

8 mins; July 13, 2022

The gooey, slimy, and sometimes wowed-looking cycle of life in our aquariums…

10 mins; July 04, 2022

Inspiration.

9 mins; July 01, 2022

Staying the course…

9 mins; June 28, 2022

We DO “dream in water…”

17 mins; June 25, 2022

“Weird” done well…

17 mins; June 17, 2022

How Soon is "NOW?"

11 mins; June 15, 2022

Before you hit “return”: The importance of being thoughtful in online discourse!

8 mins; June 13, 2022

Living color…

10 mins; June 12, 2022

Why you should be playing with “alternative substrates” in your aquariums…

16 mins; June 09, 2022

“The Light Stuff…”

16 mins; June 08, 2022

Leaves..Again!

25 mins; June 07, 2022

“Operating” your botanical method aquarium….

9 mins; June 03, 2022

The “art part” of the equation…

15 mins; June 02, 2022

Addition by subtraction…

7 mins; June 01, 2022

“The operating system…”

25 mins; May 31, 2022

Into the niches and backwaters

11 mins; May 27, 2022

At the bottom of tropical streams…

17 mins; May 26, 2022

The worlds we create.

11 mins; May 25, 2022

The Power of “aquatic Cross-Training”, and a call to be Better…

14 mins; May 24, 2022

The whole picture…

13 mins; May 23, 2022

Your fishes call it…food.

14 mins; May 23, 2022

Thinking like a fish!

13 mins; May 19, 2022

The really long game…

23 mins; May 16, 2022

Welcoming the unexpected…and Resisting the urge to Overthink!

19 mins; May 11, 2022

“Perpetual Darkness?”

27 mins; May 07, 2022

Fresh and New…And YOU.

15 mins; May 02, 2022

The “Crowd?” or, just the Community?

29 mins; April 25, 2022

Finding your own lane: The real “mental shift…”

14 mins; April 21, 2022

The filter you use…The filter you have.

21 mins; April 20, 2022

A fine “mess.”

10 mins; April 19, 2022

Is it “good enough?”

9 mins; April 14, 2022

Quick Hit: The “School of rock?”

8 mins; April 14, 2022

Working with “The Establishment”

17 mins; April 12, 2022

Walking Away- a Study in Mental Toughness

9 mins; April 08, 2022

Heading to the bottom.. again!

18 mins; April 07, 2022

How it all works.

18 mins; April 05, 2022

A “Clean Start?”

9 mins; March 29, 2022

More “early days” musings…

11 mins; March 29, 2022

Your first look at the botanical method…

13 mins; March 28, 2022

Evolution. Patience. Time. The first Mental Shift.

4 mins; March 28, 2022

Growing, maturing…Evolving!

14 mins; March 24, 2022

“The ephemeral pace…”

10 mins; March 21, 2022

“Field Work”

10 mins; March 21, 2022

Because you asked…Stuff I despise in the hobby…

14 mins; March 18, 2022

How Scott got his groove back…

11 mins; March 17, 2022

Tips and tricks? Sure, why not!

19 mins; March 17, 2022

Bending the rules?

15 mins; March 15, 2022

Hahnel knew it.

8 mins; March 14, 2022

Tangible benefits?

8 mins; March 08, 2022

Everything you need for your reef tank?

10 mins; March 08, 2022

What causes that “haze” in botanical method aquariums?

8 mins; March 03, 2022

“Permission” to evolve?

12 mins; February 28, 2022

The color of water…

17 mins; February 23, 2022

Tradecraft.

11 mins; February 18, 2022

Changing it up…

7 mins; February 18, 2022

The function. The form. The contest?

19 mins; February 16, 2022

Any way you want it…

11 mins; February 15, 2022

The craziness of planning?

8 mins; February 15, 2022

Who is the best “aquarium designer?”

8 mins; February 12, 2022

Subtle “suggestions” and “rhetorical questions” from non hobbyists!

11 mins; February 11, 2022

What’s so “radical” about patience?

11 mins; February 10, 2022

Random- or not?

11 mins; February 10, 2022

What’s going on? Some of the “expectations” to have when starting a botanical method aquarium

12 mins; February 09, 2022

Quick tint tips!

11 mins; February 09, 2022

Just…maintain!

13 mins; February 08, 2022

10 common traits among successful hobbyists- and their aquariums!

12 mins; February 07, 2022

“Transitioning” a botanical method aquarium: A case study

19 mins; February 04, 2022

The Process: The “how? and why?” Of Botanical Preparation..Again!

16 mins; February 03, 2022

When I’m asked to just talk about fish stuff…

26 mins; February 02, 2022

A beautiful Mess: Detritus and its role in aquariums…AGAIN!

19 mins; February 01, 2022

The common thread of my “fishy obsessions!”

19 mins; January 31, 2022

Along the way…

18 mins; January 27, 2022

For the love of weird substrates…

32 mins; January 26, 2022

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