Tannin Aquatics
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So, we've talked about the long-term maintenance and expectations surrounding the "New Botanical"-style aquarium...When you embark on this new and earthy-looking path of adding leaves, seed pods, and other botanicals into your aquarium, you're probably curious as to what to expect as your aquarium progresses from it's startup phase, through its maturity, and ultimately into a stable, established system.
Interestingly, after setting up quite a few tanks in this fashion, I've found that they appear to follow an almost predictable progression as they evolve. I've noticed some definite "phases" that they go through, which provides us a "measuring stick" with which to track the progress and condition of the aquarium. (click to read more)
(A Pencilfish "photo-bombing" what should have been a perfect shot of my L134 Pleco!)
Interestingly, after setting up quite a few tanks in this fashion, I've found that they appear to follow an almost predictable progression as they evolve. I've noticed some definite "phases" that they go through, which provides us a "measuring stick" with which to track the progress and condition of the aquarium. (click to read more)
(A Pencilfish "photo-bombing" what should have been a perfect shot of my L134 Pleco!)
