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Sept 20, 2009: Aquascaping
Zillions of people have aquariums... a few fish, a couple of real or fake plants, maybe an arch or sunken treasure chest. This ain't that.
This is about people that aquascape their aquariums. They create beautiful, ecologically balanced scenes, with water plants, rocks, sticks and fish.
Like this;
| On the still-transitioning part of Fillmore Street, a few blocks away from the boutique wood-oven pizza parlor and the Marc Jacobs store, Aqua Forest Aquarium is the first shop in the United States to specialize in the style known as "nature aquarium" -- the idea that rather than simply housing a colorful collection of fish, an aquarium should reflect the beauty, visual harmony and even tension of a wild landscape. Plants are the main element, but driftwood and stones are used as well to create a more natural feel. |
Hey, sometimes the hippies and yuppies get it right.
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ZenGum Sunday Sep 20 02:13 AM
So, if you cross a hippie with a yuppie, do you get a guppy?
DucksNuts Sunday Sep 20 02:57 AM
guppie...wanka
capnhowdy Sunday Sep 20 08:09 AM
Beautiful. Cool screensavers, too.
newtimer Sunday Sep 20 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by capnhowdy
Cool screensavers, too.
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Cloud Sunday Sep 20 10:20 AM
big hobby in Europe I understand. It seems a little pointless to me without the fish, but whateva.
mizzie Sunday Sep 20 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Cloud
big hobby in Europe I understand. It seems a little pointless to me without the fish, but whateva.
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xoxoxoBruce Sunday Sep 20 11:55 AM
Yes, fish are necessary to feed the plants, making it a balanced, self-sustaining, ecosystem. I think Cloud needs a bigger monitor. 
jinx Sunday Sep 20 12:19 PM
My mom bought a self-sustaining ecosystem consisting of a plant, 2 frogs, a snail, and some special gravel for the boy (despite my long-standing 'no animals in cages' position). Well the freakin snail just freakin died. Nice, really nice.
I'm gonna buy her a dog. A big smelly one.
Gravdigr Sunday Sep 20 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Cloud
It seems a little pointless to me without the fish, but whateva.
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Originally Posted by mizzie
Actually, I see fish in every one of those pictures.
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Originally Posted by jinx
Well the freakin snail just freakin died.
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newtimer Sunday Sep 20 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jinx
... the freakin snail just freakin died.
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I recommend with butter and garlic.
capnhowdy Sunday Sep 20 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by newtimer
As a member of the ecosystem, it is now your natural duty to dispose of the ex-snail.
I recommend with butter and garlic. |
SPUCK Monday Sep 21 07:12 AM
I really like fresh water aquascapes. They are so rich and eye pleasing. I have salt water tanks and while the fish knock the socks off of freshwater fish for pizazz the freshwater plants are in a completely different league over anything in salt water.
Here's a shot of an aquascape, I thought was especially nice, that I took at Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Kasszia Monday Sep 21 11:04 AM
Amazing. I'd love to do something similar with my fishtanks...
Sheldonrs Monday Sep 21 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Kasszia
Amazing. I'd love to do something similar with my fishtanks...
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Gravdigr Monday Sep 21 03:52 PM
Look at the fishtanks on that gal!!
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