Above: a tank at peak. When tanks reach their ‘instagram moment’, it unfortunately also signals that (a) trimming and/or (b) replanting is soon due. In reality, planted tanks are crop-fields, not perennial forests. They look best when they fill the tank. But this peak also marks the ‘point of harvest’. If we do not remove […]
Biofiltration 101 The decomposition of waste products in a tank happen in many stages. Fish & plants (yes, plants too, in the form of old leaves and old plant parts) excrete organic waste in the form of waste proteins, amino acids, cellular lining, dead cells, fiber, urea and other organic by products. Snails, shrimps and other detritus […]
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Seeding an aquarium is an age old method for jump starting the biological colonies in a new aquarium. A cup of gravel from a stable, established tank is placed in a bag and put into the filter. Another option is to take the foam insert from an established filter and place in the new filter Seeding an Aquarium Seeding an aquarium is an age old method […]
When using a single type of filter media such as Lava Chips or Ceramic Rings or Bio Rio, the only way to obtain a larger surface area for bacterial colonization is to increase the quantity of filter media. The external canister filter, which is the main type of filtration system used for Nature Aquarium, consists […]
It is generally considered that the water in larger tanks does not get very dirty and the water quality is more stable compared to smaller tanks. However, there is a requirement to achieve this. In Nature Aquarium, the water becomes dirty mainly due to the feces of fish and shrimp as well as the leftover […]
The algae that are generally called “brown algae” are diatoms. This type of algae grows only during a limited period of time and for the Nature Aquarium, it is usually about two weeks after the aquarium was set up. After diatoms are observed in the aquarium, green algae will grow on the diatoms using them […]
For Nature Aquarium, the Lily pipe with its unique shape is used as the outflow pipe to achieve a sufficiently moderate flow of the water from the external filter. The Lily Pipe eases strong water flow with its trumpet-like outflow port. If exposed to excessively strong water flow, aquatic plants planted in aquarium can fall out […]
Good branded Canister which is equipped with a pump of high pumping capacity, which has an excellent feature in that a high water flow rate can be maintained even when it is subjected to water resistance caused by the filter media. This feature allows the use of fine grains of biological media as a filter […]
The External Canister delivers an adequate filtration capacity just with the filter media provided. However, it takes some time to experience a sufficient filtration effect when a new tank and new filter are installed at the same time. Filter Media Like Bio Rio or Lava Chips provided with the filtration system is a set of […]
The basic concept of Nature Aquarium, that is, making use of diverse living organisms including aquatic plants, mud snail and Cardina japonica for water purification. Although it is impossible to reproduce the natural ecosystem exactly as it within the limited space of a tank, the essence of the ecosystem can be extracted and rebuilt in […]
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