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Eden below the waves - planting your aquarium
Excerpt : Just as trees, flowers and plants help our environment, add a food source and make our landscapes beautiful so too do aquatic plants provide the same for your aquarium. Just like us fish like to
Just as trees, flowers and plants help our environment, add a
food source and make our landscapes beautiful so too do aquatic
plants provide the same for your aquarium.
Just like us fish like to have areas where they can swim around
and nibble at, but plant life in the aquarium plays a much
greater part in the aquatic environment.
Toxins in the water created by rotting food and fish excrement
pollute and starve the water of vital oxygen. Remembering that
the fish breathe water through their gills we know that it is
vital to
keep oxygen levels up in the tank. Aquatic plants will
help the process and uses the phosphate created in the nitrogen
cycle to help them grow.
So what is the nitrogen cycle? Just like on land the leaves,
plant life and animal droppings rot and mulch down into a
fertiliser. Plant roots take the fertiliser and use it as a
feed. In the aquarium rotting foods, and fish waste falls to the
bottom of the tank and turns into a fertiliser for the aquatic
plants. In turn they produce oxygen through photosynthesis just
as the trees and flowers do
The Optimum Cichlid Aquarium Part 1
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above water. More oxygen means that
the fish can breathe healthy clean and safe water.
Aquatic plants also play an important part in the breeding
process of fish. Some species lay their eggs beneath the leaves
away from other predatory fish swimming around the plants to
ward off fish from nearing them until the eggs hatch, the leafy
plants then offer a good food source for the young fry and
indeed many adult fish enjoy nibbling on the fresh leaves as
much as we enjoy our garden vegetables..
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to the tank environment
but offer an exciting landscape for you and your fish. Imagine
walking through the countryside and seeing no trees, no flowers
and plant life, pretty grim thought yes? In the same respect the
underwater garden offers you the chance to create dramatic and
stunning plant effects that will give you hours of watching
pleasure as you see your fish happily swimming and enjoying the
garden you have given them.
Different plants have different visual effects, look around your
aquatic centre and ask for advice as some plants
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are hardier
than others and therefore easier to look after. You will also
need to ensure you have a good substrate for the roots to grow
and a plant food, this usually comes in liquid form and can be
added at intervals to ensure your plants get what they need to
survive life in the tank.
The plants come in all shapes and sizes, various colours can
brighten a drab looking aquarium, this not only creates great
effect for you and any visitors to your home, but also gives the
fish a greater enjoyment. When you plant your garden, use
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your
imagination, create an effect you will truly be happy with, and
if you need an extra hand there are hundreds of ideas to choose
from in websites and books readily available on the net,
library's and in your local aquatic centre.
About the author:
Cerianwen is a keen aquarist with many years personal experience
in tropical and cold water fish keeping. This article has been
submitted in affiliation with http://www.PetLovers.Com/ which is
a site for Pet Forums.
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