September 2010 Aquascape of the Month: \u0026quot;Sky Cliff\u0026quot; AquaScaping World Forum

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Aquascaping is the craft of arranging aquatic plants, as well as rocks, stones, cavework, or driftwood, in an aesthetically pleasing manner inside an aquarium in effect, gardening below water. Aquascape designs include a number of distinct types, including the garden-like Dutch style and the Japanese-inspired nature style. Generally, an aquascape houses fish as well as plants, despite the fact that it is attainable to produce an aquascape with plants only, or with rockwork or other hardscape and no plants.



Although the primary aim of aquascaping is to develop an artful underwater landscape, the technical elements of tank upkeep and the growth needs of aquatic plants are also taken into consideration. Many variables have to be balanced in the closed technique of an aquarium tank to make certain the success of an aquascape. These elements include filtration, maintaining carbon dioxide at levels sufficient to support photosynthesis underwater, substrate and fertilization, lighting, and algae handle.

There are numerous varieties of aquascaping styles, and these who engage in this art form, take it quite seriously and compete (mainly in the USA, Japan and Canada) in competitions to be hailed as king or queen of the indoor, underwater garden landscapers. Aquascaped tanks are a lot more than just a talking piece to show off beautiful plants and unusual fish – the masters of this art are able to develop an nearly dreamlike, ethereal top quality inside the scene, that when you look into these tanks, you feel like you have been transported underwater into a dreamy, underwater garden vista with ‘trees’, hills and fields, all to scale and with depth and intricate detail.

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