Category Archives: Paludarium
Vivarium 2011 – Aquascaped Qube tank
Day 1, March 24 And so it begins. Up at 0430, plants were packed the night before, and close to 15kg of hardscape such as wood and rocks. Now onto the Gatwick Express train, the 0600. ======================================================= Had to get … Continue reading
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Use of Aquarium Hanging Planters in the UK!
If you live in the UK, why buy aquarium hanging planters from the US? Get them here, from http://www.blisshome.co.uk/product.asp?product=966. Continue reading
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Aquatic plant forums
Haven’t posted updates on the blog for a while, not due to lack of interest, but because I have been busy with some forums that I have joined. As times passes I am more and more into aquatic plants, and … Continue reading
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Container Water Gardens
Some of the most amazing gardens seen are lotus gardens, which use large containers to house the lotus tubers..
Not everybody has space on the garden to have a pond, but get a large terracotta pot; some border plants, a cheap water pump and you can have a small corner of calm and tranquility on your small garden, terrace, or even inside the house. Continue reading
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Have Java Fern plantlets, pieces of wood and a empty container?
Have some Java Fern plantlets arround? Get some pieces of wood, some Java Fern plantlets, add some water and place it on the kitchen windowsill. I got one of those hermetic tubs sold at ikea, and a old bottle of … Continue reading
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Plants to use on a Paludarium or Riparium
As the use of Paludariums, Vivariums and now Ripariums is growing, the usual plants that we source do not apply anymore.
We now need to look for plants that although they like wet ground, they can actually live with the leaves outside the water. Continue reading
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Tank planter box… Have you seen one?
Have you thought about using a planter box on your fish tank? Continue reading
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Hanging planters? Would you buy or make some?
Been looking thru the web for a planter for a fish tank, something that I could hang on the glass either with suction cups or with hooks. Seen a couple of items that could work, the ones from Riparium Supply … Continue reading
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Ripariums and Paludariums – Some more news!
This week I have learnt a lot about patents, I had an idea, thought that it was amazing, and started to look on how to develop it. Then found a product on http://ripariumsupply.com/store.html, and thought that what my idea wasn’t … Continue reading
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Vivariums and Ripariums, the next step
You like fish, you love to see the water, and it is calming to look at a underwater feature. Lovely it is indeed. But isn’t that boring?
After all, unless you have a Malawi, Tanganyika or salt water tank, all others should have plants. Unbeknown to some, most the plants selling on the pet shops are not true aquatics. They will live happily underwater, however many of them actualy thrive emersed. Continue reading
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