Baby Panda Bamboo as Perfect Nano Riparium Foliage
With a cuddly-cute common name probably dreamed up by a marketing whiz, not a botanist, Pogonatherum Baby Panda Bamboo is neither bamboo nor food for pandas. With its tidy, feathery foliage, it is an excellent choice for planting the background of a nano riparium layout.
Easy-to-Find Houseplants as Riparium Foliage
With careful selection, some familiar houseplants can provide quick, affordable, gratifying results in a riparium aquascape.
Fix Hazy Aquarium Glass with Cerium Oxide
With a few easy steps, glass polishing with cerium oxide powder restores the transparency of a glass aquarium damaged by etched haze.
"The Celestial Swamp" - A Riparium Aquascape by Nigel Tobey
Not to be missed, Nigel Tobey’s beautiful riparium presents planted tank keeping and aquascaping prowess both below and above the water’s surface.
An Elegant Lighting Solution for Nano Tanks, Vases, Terrariums & Wabi Kusa
Nano planted tanks, Wabi Kusa bowls and smaller vivarium ecosystems will enliven your home or office with radiant living foliage, the shimmer of clean water and enchanting tiny animals. A pendant LED lamp connected with a durable, attractive cloth-covered wire cord fixture can be the perfect lighting solution for this kind of intimate living display, illuminating the enclosure from within and providing spillover light to harmonize elegantly with the interior space.
Frank says:
Hey Matt, Is it advisable to keep Lemon and Sapphire Damselfish together in a 100 Gal reef, or do I need to choose? Thank you.Matt Pedersen says:
Trey, I believe you're making a false equivalency between the "Parrot Cichlid" and this fish. The Parrot Cichlid is a hybrid between at least two rather disparate cichlid species, which features numerous physical deformations, although nothing nearly as severe as something like a Bubble Eye or Celestial Eye Goldfish. Meanwhile, this "Zombie" Black Albino started as pure Darwin Black Ocellaris; the original foundation stock simply had a hidden recessive gene. This is a single gene mutation, which can easily be understood and controlled by any breeder who understands high-school level genetics. Nevermind that forms of albinism are rather routine mutation found in the wild on occasion, and even in our human species.Jeff W. says:
I don’t have a problem with the production of new color strains through selective breeding. I prefer to own the wild types, but that’s just me. But I agree that the propagation of fish with known health concerns is irresponsible and casts a shadow over the hobby. We already don’t know what other health problems some of these mutants may have involving systems that are not externally evident (e.g., immunological issues, skeletal malformations), or if their life spans might be adversely affected. This is similar to knowingly breeding deaf Dalmatians for profit.Trey Tabb says:
I suppose it's a nifty experiment to make fish like these, but to mass produce half-blind fish is just cruel & stupid beyond measure. Congratulations; you've created the Red Parrot Cichlid of the Clownfish world.Matt Pedersen says:
Bob, those sentiments are very appreciated, thank you my friend!Corals says:
My apologies...I should have read all the messages in entirety before leaving my comment. I didn't realize Orlando voluntarily chose not to renew his membership and wrote about it. I assumed Jeff shared Orlando's personal info to the readers..Sorry, Jeff!