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RE: killie biotope
Hi Paul,
I have seen lots of brooks in the forest and all have small pebbles, rocks
or silt at the bottom. This is true even of pools in a stream. Water does
not generally run over dirt very long. A brook may be an easier look than a
swamp which would need to have muck on the bottom to be even reasonably
correct. Add a few rocks and drift wood for effect and your done. By the
way I did a stream once for a friend. We went out and got actual silt. You
would be amazed how many things live in it as well as how much decaying
matter washes out. It is much finer than sand and makes for an awesome
effect but be prepared to work for it if you want it. A current from end to
end might even be a nice touch. If you plant against the backdrop you would
not be too incorrect as aquatic and marginal plants often grow at the edge
of streams or brooks.
I believe that the object of the exercise is to give the allusion of the
wild, not to actually re-create it. I mean if you think about it you are
keeping the whole thing in a glass box which is not exactly "natural".
Peace,
~RJ~
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
Behalf Of Paul Cezanne
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 6:33 PM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: killie biotope
thanks for all your suggestions on fish. It appears that I can get most of
them locally which has me pleased. I don't know what I'll get yet, it
depends a lot on availability.
I've decided NOT to use a peat substrate, thanks for all the advice against
that. I'll just put it in the filter.
I think I've got a good handle on the plants, tropica.com's advanced search
comes through again, but I'm still not too sure about the substrate.
I already have purchased the flourite for the tank, but that is easy to
cover up. I had been planning, once I gave up on the peat idea, to put sand
down on top of the flourite. But then I got thinking, a flooded plain in
Cameroon or Ghana doesn't have sand on top.
What can I put there? I know Diana Walstaad's books talk about soil and I
have hundreds of pounds of that in bags in the backyard. What kinds of
problems will I have if I lay soil down on top of flourite?
Oh, and to make life interesting the tank is full of water already, but I
guess I can drain it. I'll need to move the plants right now which are
either floating or in pots filled with sand.
(Oh, and I'm sorry I've taken so long to get back to the thread, I've spent
the last week in the hosptial, not fun at all! I'm much better now. I even
worked on some tanks today.)
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