How To Make Simple Aquascape For Beginners

Maybe not everyone knows, about aquascape. However, for aquascape ornamental fish enthusiasts is one part of their hobby.
Aquascape itself is the art of arranging plants in the water so as to form a water park equipped with ornamental fish. In the making it takes patience, knowledge, and have a high artistic spirit.

The History and Development of Aquascape
The origin of aquascape comes from Japan, which is around the year 1990. Aquascape introduced by Takashi Amano who is aquarium lover, aquascape style introduced Takashi Amano is Nature Style Aquascape.
This style is very interesting, especially in the Japanese aesthetic concept of Wabi-sabi, which focuses on the fineness and minimalism of an aquascape.
In its development, Takashi Amano established a company named Aqua Design Amano. Among the aquascape hobbyists, the company is known by the acronym ADA (Aqua Design Amano). The company has until now become one of the main references of aquascape hobbyists worldwide.
In addition to Takashi Amano, a quaascaper that is not less famous is Iwagumi. It has a distinctive feature in the placement of stone and the concept of a very neat layout on aquascape. The concept that he produced mostly reflects the traditions and culture of the Japanese state that is poured in the art of aquascape.
Aquascape,how to make
In making aquascape, the most important thing is water plants, stones or fossils, and also wood as a growth medium. For ornamental fish use a small fish or can also with ornamental prawns.
there are generally aquascape ecosystems begin to be created after the age of 2 months. Other factors that support aquascape are lighting as a substitute for the sun, co2 for plants, plant fertilizers, and filtering to maintain water quality to stay awake.
To make the aquascape there are some equipment, materials, and support that must be provided. Among them:
Use the 55x35x35 Aquarium (67L).
Lights, for 50W lighting
Hanging filter and water temperature are 28 degrees
Original sand.
Basic fertilizer / liquid fertilizer.
Plants such as Eleocharis acicular, Lilaeopsis mauritiana, Eleocharis geniculata, reps Juncus, and Spiky moss
Shrimp or Fish (for moss eaters) such as Iriatherina werneri, Boruras maculatus Otocinclus affinis and Red Cherry
CO2 reactor, use tube with 1.5bps for plant photosynthesis.
Fan / chiller (if needed)
Wood and Stone (hardscape).

Materials or materials for aquascape manufacture you can buy at aquascape equipment store, with varying prices. Next to create aquascape can follow step by step below.
The first step is to create aquaspace base by sprinkling sand, as a beginner you can use silica sand or with poor sand.
Next, sprinkle the basic fertilizer and also add the activated carbon. Activated carbon is useful to absorb harmful substances contained in water and also overcome excessive nutrients. (for basic fertilizer only for plants that have roots only)
In this step you re-add sand slica or poor sand. The addition of this sand to stockpile the basic fertilizer earlier.
Next create a hardscape decoration, using wood and stone materials. Make a combination of stone and wood, do not spread haphazardly. (keep the back sand higher than the sand front).
When finished decorating, fill the aquarium with water that has been prepared. In order not to break the decor, do it slowly.
Furthermore, once filled with water you can plant the plants that have been determined. With the placement of other equipment such as hanging filters, lamps, Co2 and others.
Wait 2 to 3 months of biota body in aquaspace, but at this time is expected to routine take care of aquaspace as do dewatering 3 days.
How to Take Care of Aquascape
Finished making aquasape, what we should do next is take care of him. This treatment process is very important, so that our aquascape is always maintained cleanliness and sustainability of living creatures in it. Like fish, ornamental shrimp and green plants.
In the first week, the treatment that needs to be done is to change the water every day. No need to replace all the water in the aquarium, just replace about 30 percent only.
This water replacement aims to remove various harmful substances derived from the aquascape component. In addition, replacing water can nourish the growth of good bacteria.
In the second week, the intensity of replacement water can be reduced, ie every 3 days. For the third week and so on, we simply change the water every once.

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