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Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #1615
Paul,
>> Actually, I think I got the terms vivarium and Paludarium mixed up...
>> someone explain the difference to me please!
A TERRARIUM is for land animals and plants.
An AQUARIUM is for aquatic animals and plants.
A PALUDARIUM has both water and land, and is for both aquatic and
terrestrial species. The word interprets to "swamp" or "marsh" tank.
A VIVARIUM is a container for live organisms. So all of the above are
vivariums. There seems to be a mistaken connotation, however, where people
use this term to refer only to terrariums and paludariums, but not aquariums.
Mike Wickham (mewickham at compuserve_com)
Pleco Press, publisher of aquarium books
Coming soon: www.plecopress.com!
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