Nature aquariums are undoubtedly one of the best arts out there. The art is continuously growing, and more aquarium owners are going to this direction. Let me tell you how I started to fell in love with this art.
When I was still working abroad, my office mate sold me his fish bowl . It contains four platies and three guppies. It was my first aquarium so to speak and I thought it was easy to manage because of it’s small size. Unfortunately there was more work on it because I have to clean it everyday in the sense that I have to bring the whole bowl in the bathroom and change the water from there. It was a real nightmare!
I was not willing to give it up just yet so I tried putting some filter. I managed to get my hands on a small and simple filter that by the way, cannot be attached on the glass bowl because the bowl was round and the filter is a rectangle. The filter has to stand half buried in the pebbles. It did improve the situation a little bit because now I just have to clean the filter everyday instead of the whole bowl. Nonetheless I still have to clean it every single day. I have to wash the filter sponge because it gets covered with fish poops overnight. It was a very tiring job for a fish bowl.
I did more research and fortunately I came across with fish tank cycling concept. It is all about the nitrogen cycle and how can a fish tank come into a balanced state. I also came across with some aquarist saying that the “bigger is easier to maintain.” So I applied it straight away. I bought a 10 gallon fish tank for my 4 platies and 3 guppies.
It was nice to see your fish swimming around the new tank and they look very happy. However, I find the fish, the tank and the pebbles quite really boring to watch. I did some research again on how to design an aquarium. I came across with the name “Takashi Amano” the father of nature aquarium. I was really amazed on how he did his aquascapes and started thinking of making my own. Something that is all natural, green and alive.
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