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Visual Treat of ADA Showroom

Edmund L. — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:00:28 +0000

For those who are deciding whether to keep a freshwater planted or marine reef aquarium, maybe this incredible video courtesy of Aqua Design Amano showroom in Japan may aid in your decision making.

There is reef aquarium and some nano aquariums featured in the video. Enjoy the water greenery!

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TFH’s Oct ‘09: Maintaining Beautiful Foreground in Nature Aquarium

Edmund L. — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:00:57 +0000

For all those aquascaping fans out there check out the latest Nature Aquarium article by Takashi Amano in the October 2009 issue of Tropical Fish Hobbyist. The photos alone will make it worth your time! Click HERE for a preview is available here if you have not subscribed it.

A quick excerpt:
Different aquatic plants in an aquarium are typically divided into 3 sections: foreground, midground and background, to give a natural look and smooth transition over the entire layout. There are different short growing plants with different growth rates can be used for planting the foreground. Plants such as Glossostigma, cobra grass, European clover, Cuba pearl grass, short hair grass and Echninodorus tenellus short leaf, can be used.

Pogostemon Stellatus – plant fact

Edmund L. — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:06:18 +0000

Also erroneously known as Eusteralis stellata. This beautiful stem plant is distributed in South East Asia and Australia.

This plant has high CO2 requirements and is suitable for background focal point in larger aquariums. Its strong coloration and large foilage provides a stunning contrast to green stem plants in large aquariums of 55 gallons. In medium to large aquariums, it can be used as background plants.

Propagation is easy by trimming the top to promote side shoots growth.

Full coverage is in “Aquatic Plant of the Month” by Efren Leonida in TFH September 2009 Issue.