by Walter Vázquez Aquatic plants, fish, substrate, and hardscape. Technical description: A biotope aquarium thought to be maintained over time can have a constant evolution from its initial planning because the more we investigate about the chosen biotope the more we want to approach the visual aesthetics and its naturalness. …
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What does Biotope One mean? B1 A true biotope. In the hobby it’s an aquarium or display with fish and plants that occur in the same area or body of water, where they share a specific habitat. B2 A watersystem. This is a little more broad. It contains fish and …
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Badis Assamensis was originally thought to be only endemic to the river Brahmaputra in Assam, India from its 1937 discovery. Later it was found in another location in the northern region of West Bengal. This species of aquarium fish comes from slow-moving stained water with sand substrate. Water lilies and …
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Here’s some photos from an excursion by Hendri Salsa from East Kalamantan Indonesia. This general region holds some of the most amazing plant life on earth for hobbyists. Lots of suitable terrarium and aquarium plants. These kinds of photos can bring inspiration for biotope builds or general aquarium builds by looking at …
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Wabi-sabi, also coined wabi kusa, can be an easy and fun project. These small plant balls are easy to make with most any plants available. Only a couple simple tools are needed, and only a few supplies are needed as well. Netting is needed to hold the substrate in and …
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The Blind Cave Biotope Recreated The blind cave biotope is one that most people will never see. I personally have only visited one in my entire life while visiting Mammoth Caves in the state of Kentucky during my travels throughout the United States. It is most certainly a quite different …
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The Qishan river in Kaohsiung, Taiwan holds many interesting cool water loaches. Many of the hillstream loaches are not common in the aquarium trade. As with other similar loaches, Sinogastromyzon nantaiensis require faster-moving water and well-oxygenated water. S. nantaiensis inhabits the middle reaches of the stream in areas with sandy and fine …
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Water quality has a direct impact on the health of aquarium fish. One very important aspect is water hardness. Water hardness has major effects on pH and its stability and hence the survival of your aquarium fish. Water Hardness And Its Effect On Fish: Water hardness is the level of …
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First of all I just want to say is this just to my research I’ve also learned from some people and gather the knowledge. I live in Indonesia in West Borneo, the part of the world where buce just lives in our place. It is very beautiful, rare, and interesting. …
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Small fish rooms with a lot of fish to feed can get costly. With several large South and Central American cichlids to feed daily buying prepared food from the fish store can get expensive. As the fish get bigger they eat more, sometimes it’s hard to keep up with prepackaged …
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Biotope One A Study of Flora and Fauna