Re: Newbee Question

• To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
• Subject: Re: Newbee Question
• From: Nick LaRocca <nickl at css_sed.monmouth.army.mil>
• Date: Tue, 28 Nov 95 12:01:25 EST
• In-Reply-To: <199511280839.DAA19147 at looney_actwin.com>; from "Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com" at Nov 28, 95 3:39 am
• Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]

>      I dont know what the tecnical term is, but I have a question
> about the tank setup style where you have a tank half water and half
> land.  

Hello Justin:

What you are talking about is called a paluderium or an aquaterrarium
(I've seen both names used).  Done right, they are spectacular! You
can have aquatic and terrestrial plants, fish, amphibians; a whole
micro-world.

Some people on this list, notably Karen Randall, have done outstanding
jobs on these and have published articles and pictures in magazines,
so you will get some excellent advice here.

> I think that thats great and all, but it seems like a glass
> cleaning nightmare!  How do you keep a white evapooration line off of
> the front of the glass?  Do you have to scrub it off every day or so?

My setup is a very modest one, but I never noted that problem.  In fact, 
my main cleaning problem is the small amount of soil that gets into
the water.  Since I use regular potting soil, it floats and looks annoying.
Though I must say the fish, etc, don't seem to care!

I do clean the inside glass about once a week using a spongie with a soft 
side and a hard side.

Nick

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