Tannin Aquatics
CCA Members
Have you thought much about how "clogged" with materials some of the natural habitats we intend to imitate in our tanks are?
It's kind of interesting...I've don a littele "field work" over the years, as well as some "internet safaris", exploring some of the interesting blackwater biotope where our fishes come from, and I've frequently been surprised just how much "stuff" is in the water.
And it made me think about our aquaecapes, and how we are always concerned (and I should say, rightfully so) about having the "appropriate" amount of "negative space"- at least from an artistic perspective.
However, when you take into account the materials that accumulate in smaller streams, igarapes, and swamps, a surprisingly large amount of botanical materials, ranging from tree branches/trunks to leaves and such, accumulates and takes up space. (click to read more)
It's kind of interesting...I've don a littele "field work" over the years, as well as some "internet safaris", exploring some of the interesting blackwater biotope where our fishes come from, and I've frequently been surprised just how much "stuff" is in the water.
And it made me think about our aquaecapes, and how we are always concerned (and I should say, rightfully so) about having the "appropriate" amount of "negative space"- at least from an artistic perspective.
However, when you take into account the materials that accumulate in smaller streams, igarapes, and swamps, a surprisingly large amount of botanical materials, ranging from tree branches/trunks to leaves and such, accumulates and takes up space. (click to read more)