Hi everybody, :-)
Recently one of my colleagues brought an aquarium to the office. "Rather than got wasted in his house" so he said.
Then he introduced me to aquascaping. At first thought it was about "water" and "scenery" coming from "aqua" and "scape". I was wrong it is much more than that. Let's take a look at wikipedia :-)
"Aquascaping is the craft of arranging aquatic plants, as well as rocks, stones, cavework, or driftwood, in an aesthetically pleasing manner within an aquarium—in effect, gardening under water. Aquascape designs include a number of distinct styles, including the garden-like Dutch style and the Japanese-inspired nature style. Typically, an aquascape houses fish as well as plants, although it is possible to create an aquascape with plants only, or with rockwork or other hardscape and no plants.
Although the primary aim of aquascaping is to create an artful underwater landscape, the technical aspects of aquatic plant maintenance must also be taken into consideration. Many factors must be balanced in the closed system of an aquarium tank to ensure the success of an aquascape. These factors include filtration, maintaining carbon dioxide at levels sufficient to support photosynthesis underwater, substrate and fertilization, lighting, and algae control."
I don't know how he worked it out, but the next day i show up at the office the aquarium already filled with some plants and algaes but no fishes. He said in order to steady the closed system and prepared the environtment, the fishes must not put in for the next few days.
Finally when the few days already passed, my friend added some fishes in to the aquarium. He said it was Rasbora, small fishes with yellow or redish body and a Lithogenes (ikan sapu-sapu).
Rasbora has a beautiful colors and they live in group, while Lithogenes is a friendly omnivorae fish.
At least our office has something green to refresh our eyes from a tiring activity such as looking at the computer or laptop for a long time. I just don't know why, but this aquascape capable of making me to spend some times just by looking at it and i just feels calm and refreshed.
When i moved to my new house, i'll like to try aquascaping :-)
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