Embracing the evolution of a "New Botanical Style" aquarium...

Tannin Aquatics

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Did you ever think about how an aquarium "evolves" over time?

I mean, when you first set up a tank, it starts out as this semi-sterile acrylic or glass box, and slowly but surely evolves into a living, functioning ecosystem...if, of course, we let it!

Like many of you, I've set up hundreds and hundreds of aquarium in my lifetime, each one was somehow different; an independent, unique little system with its own quirks, norms, and surprises. However, my last several freshwater aquarium have embraced what I've half-jokingly referred to as the "New Botanical Style"- systems which utilize multiple forms of aquatic botanicals and wood as the basis of the aquascape- and the aquatic environment. (click to read more)



 
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