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My biotope aquarium
Arranging aquariums
The aquarium successfully passed the test, the water holds ..... juhuuu.
It was necessary to get the base, stones, roots and much more.
The sand has a granulation of 0.2-3 light brown shades, non-carbonate sand without sharp edges, 80 kilograms.
The
The first two roots were found in the water of a mountain stream near our place.
When processing the roots, a beautiful reddish color was shown.
The roots are huge, the length of the larger one is 160 cm, the smaller one is 100 cm. Cleaning was done with a high pressure cleaner.
The stones are accumulated in nature, namely brown and green andesitic tuff, formed from volcanic ash (plagioclase, quartz, zeolite and mica).
The
While the aquarium got a wooden frame, the roots sank.
The first lighting was LED which later turned out not to be the best solution. The first home-made LED console did not have sufficient cooling ...
Gray slate panels glued to the side windows
The space between the boards is ideal for planting some plants.
The
Such was the first basic placement of roots, stones, and the first plants I had available.
In the central part of Nymphaea lotus and Bolbitis heudelotii , the larger plant on the left is Crinum natans , and on the right Crinum calamistratum (June 2, 2018)
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