Build a Lightweight, Waterproof Concrete Basin for Ponds and Plants
Step-by-step instructions to create a lightweight, waterproof concrete planter basin suitable for indoor ponds, carnivorous plant bogs, and open terrarium plantings. This simple design uses a foam insulation core covered with surface bonding cement and masonry waterproofer.
Baby Panda Bamboo is Perfect Nano Riparium Foliage
With a cuddly-cute common name probably dreamed up by a marketing whiz, not a botanist, Baby Panda Bamboo (Pogonatherum sp.) 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.
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Just south of big pine key.Bob says:
I think that this is the right time to invest in more and better ways to breed marine fish. Would be great to someday have captive bred marine fish available for all of the popular species of fish currently being collected. I for one would love to see the day when no marine fish are caught in the wild and only captive bred fish are available and necessary for the aquarium hobby. Our oceans are already suffering in a huge way and many coral reefs are already at the brink of devastation. We need to find ways to repair our oceans and increase the types and availability of captive bred marine fish.Emmeline Marie Suzanne Burritt says:
When you use soil in those mini pots for submersion, is it only ''aquasoil'' which safe for fish? This soil is very expensive, or is gravel alone and sufficient to support the plants? The idea is to have the roots absorb nutrients from the water to purify, I understand.Emmeline Marie Suzanne Burritt says:
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