Tannin Aquatics
CCA Members
Do you ever look at your aquariums over time and sort of evaluate how they've evolved?
With a botanical-style aquarium, this is not only interesting, but it's a useful practice as well, as we develop the body of knowledge, experience, and technique associated with the long-term maintenance of these systems. And by doing this sort of periodic evaluation, you'll also be able to develop a "feel" for how your particular aquarium performs over the long haul.
For example, in our office 50 gallon leaf litter system, which has been up and running just about one year now, we've noticed some interesting trends. The first thing we noticed when we started adding leaves is that, as we built up the "litter bed", what we excepted was an explosion of nasty biofilms and algae all over. Interestingly enough, the biofilm phase" only took place after a couple of weeks, and was remarkably limited and short-lived. (click to read more)
With a botanical-style aquarium, this is not only interesting, but it's a useful practice as well, as we develop the body of knowledge, experience, and technique associated with the long-term maintenance of these systems. And by doing this sort of periodic evaluation, you'll also be able to develop a "feel" for how your particular aquarium performs over the long haul.
For example, in our office 50 gallon leaf litter system, which has been up and running just about one year now, we've noticed some interesting trends. The first thing we noticed when we started adding leaves is that, as we built up the "litter bed", what we excepted was an explosion of nasty biofilms and algae all over. Interestingly enough, the biofilm phase" only took place after a couple of weeks, and was remarkably limited and short-lived. (click to read more)
