Aquatic plants, fish, substrate, and hardscape. Technical description: Blackwater Rio Negro shallow water aquarium biotope. Tank Dimensions: 24″ * 12″ * 12″ (l*d*h) Lighting: Finnex FugeRay Planted+ Aquarium LED Light Plus Moonlights Tannin stained dark water is not easy for light to penetrate the water column. To get enough light to grow …
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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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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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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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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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Lake Rukwa Valley lies at an elevation of 2,600 feet between Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika. Its low southeastern edge includes the shallow, alkaline Lake Rukwa, which is fringed by the North and Central Rukwa plains. The lake is home to around 60 fish species with nearly one-third endemic. Lake …
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Everyone knows about Betta splendens but what about the wild types? Most people usually have seen the Bettas in different forms in pet stores. They see them and are in mind that these breeds are in this form only. The part they are not familiar with is that it takes so …
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Hobbies can mold a person’s life in a way that can be unimaginable. Not only can they help you to be productive, but also provide you with immense knowledge. In this world, anything and everything can be a hobby, be it creating art or helping people. One such interesting hobby …
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I started the aquarium hobby when I was just 6 years old and 10 years later I had a whole room with tanks. I bred nearly everything that I could get. From that time on I loved cichlids and killifish. Believe it or not, I was so crazy with fish that …
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Biotope One A Study of Flora and Fauna