Sunday, 25 October 2020
āļ¸ුāˇුāļ¯ු āļāļģාāļේ āļāļŗුāļŊු āļāļාāˇ
Monday, 19 October 2020
Dear Coral Don't Cry..
Sunday, 11 October 2020
First step to Hardscape
Substrate
- Base later fertilizing substrate
- General plant substrate (soil)
- Inert substrate (sand, gravel or pebbles)
Main roles of substrate in a planted aquarium;
- Filtration
- Providing nutrients to the plants.
- Providing chemical balance by maintaining/reducing pH and GH (general hardness)
Role of each layer of the substrate system
1. The base later fertilizing substrate
This is a high nutrient contain substrate and available in different sizes. Normally use as a layer about 1 cm thick. This should not use directly as a substrate and always this later must be covered with general plant substrate soil.- Provide high nutrient content
- Porous nature helps aeration.
- Hold millions of bacteria that helps for the nitrogen cycle.
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Figure 2: Base layer substrate. |
2. General plant substrate (soil, clay based)
- Provide base substrate for plants.
- Minimize the diffusion of nutrients from base later fertilizing substrate.
- Create porous nature that increase aeration in between soil grains.
- Provide some fertilizer for plant growth.
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Figure 3: A hardscape with seiryu stones and general planting soil. |
3. Inert substrate (sand/gravel)
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Figure 4: Sandy substrate in a planted tank. |
Rocks
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Figure 05: Seiryu stones |
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Figure 06: Small size black lava rocks (They have a low density due to their porous nature) |
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Figure 7: A dragon stone |
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Figure 8: Dark pagoda stones |
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Figure 9: Hakkai stones |
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Figure 10: Manten stones |
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Figure 11: A hardscape made up of Petrified wood |
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Figure 12: Samurai stonesDriftwoodDriftwood also use to create a natural looking environment and this gives a additional beauty as well as provide substrate for plants like mosses, ferns, Anubias spp., Bucepalendra spp. |
“This article is mainly to send the massage of creating a more natural aquariums using all-natural materials like sand (planting soil is a man-made material, but it contains a natural soil and a rubber coat around it.), rocks, driftwoods and aquatic plants, rather than ordinary aquariums that we can see mostly in the country, because although the art of nature aquarium is famous in Europe, North and South America and Eastern Asia, this is new to our country. The information in this article is mainly based on the Green aqua videos and my personal experiences.”
References
· https://buceplant.com/collections/aquascaping-rocks
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yg090qE_W8
Monday, 5 October 2020
Bio luminescence - āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē
āļ¸ොāļāļ්āļ¯ āļ¸ේ āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āļිāļēāļą්āļąේ?
āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āļēāļąුāˇෙāļą් āˇāļģāļŊ⎠āˇāļŗුāļą්āˇāļą්āļąේ, āļිāˇිāļēāļ¸් āļĸීāˇිāļēෙāļු āļුāļŊ āˇිāļ¯ුāˇāļą āļģāˇාāļēāļąිāļ āļ´්āļģāļිāļ්āļģිāļēාāˇāļą් āļ¸āļිāļą්
āļāļŊෝāļāļē āļąිāļ´āļ¯āˇීāļ¸āļēි.āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļēෙāļą් āļąිāļ´āļ¯āˇāļą āļāļŊෝāļāļēෙāļą් 20% āļ´āļ¸āļĢ āļ´්āļģāļ¸ාāļĢāļēāļ් āļාāļ´āļē āļļāˇāļ§ āļ´āļ්
āˇෙāļąāˇා.
āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āļ¸āļිāļą් āˇිāļ ිāļ්āļģāˇāļ් āļāļŊෝāļ āļģāļ§ාāˇāļą් āˇිāˇිāļ¯ුāˇāļą āļĸීāˇීāļą් āļļොāˇෝāļ¸āļēāļ් āˇාāļāļģāļē āļුāļŊිāļą් āˇāļŗුāļąාāļāļą්āļą āļ´ු⎠ුāˇāļą්.
āļĸීāˇීāļą් āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āļ´ෙāļą්āˇāļą්āļąේ āļāļēි?
āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āļ¸āļිāļą් āļāļŊෝāļāļē āļąිāļ´āļ¯āˇීāļ¸ෙāļą් āˇිāļŊෝāļ´ිāļāļēāļą්āļෙāļą් āļ´āļŊාāļēාāļ¸ āˇා āļāļģāļ්āˇාāˇීāļ¸ , āļොāļ¯ුāļģු āļāļ¸āļą් āˇෙāļ āļāļāļģ්āˇāļąāļē āļāļģāļැāļąීāļ¸ āˇා āļොāļ¯ුāļģු āˇāļŗුāļąාāļැāļąීāļ¸ ,āļāļැāļ¸්āˇිāļ§ āļāļāļ¸ āˇāļģ්āļāļēේ āļĸීāˇීāļą් āļ āļāļģ āˇāļą්āļąිāˇේāļ¯āļąāļē āˇāˇ āˇāˇāļāļģුāˇāļą් āˇොāļēාāļැāļąීāļ¸ āˇāļŗāˇාāļ් āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āļāļ´āļාāļģී āˇෙāļąāˇා.
āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āļ¸āļිāļą් āˇිāˇිāļ° āˇāļģ්āļĢ āļāļිāˇෙāļą්āļąේ āļොāˇොāļ¸āļ¯?
āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āļ¸āļිāļą් āļāļŊෝāļāļē āļąිāļ´āļ¯āˇීāļ¸āļ§ Luciferin , Luciferase āˇෝ Photoprotein āļēāļą āļģāˇාāļēāļąිāļ āˇංāļēෝāļ āˇāˇāļˇාāļි āˇෙāļąāˇා. āļĸීāˇීāļą් āļąිāļ´āļ¯āˇāļą āļāļŊෝāļāļēāļą් āˇිāˇිāļ° āˇāļģ්āļĢ āˇāļŊිāļą් āļēුāļ්āļ āˇāļą්āļąේ āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āˇāļŗāˇා āˇāˇāļˇාāļි āˇāļą Luciferin āļ āļĢු āˇāļŊ āļ´ි⎠ිāˇෙāļŊ āļ āļąුāˇāļēි.
āļāļැāļ¸් āļĸීāˇීāļą් āļāļ¸āļą් āļුāļŊ Luciferin āˇංāļēෝāļāļē āˇංāˇ්āļŊේāˇāļĢāļē āļāļģ āļāļą්āļąා āļ āļāļģ āļāļැāļ¸් āļĸීāˇීāļą් āļāˇාāļģ āļ¸āļිāļą් āˇෝ āˇāˇāļĸීāˇී āˇāļ¸්āļļāļą්āļ°āļා āļ¸āļිāļą් Luciferin āļŊāļļාāļāļą්āļąāˇා.
āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āļ´ෙāļą්āˇāļą āļĸීāˇීāļą්
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Firefly Squid Source: https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/photos |
Firefly Squid āļŊෙāˇිāļą් āˇāļŗුāļą්āˇāļą āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļ¯ැāļŊ්āļŊāļą් āˇිāˇේāˇāļē āļĸāļ´ාāļąāļēāļ§ āļ āˇේāļąිāļ āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āļ´ෙāļą්āˇāļą āļ āļ´ූāļģු āļĸීāˇිāļēෙāļි.
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Comb Jelly Source: https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/photos |
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Ton Sai, Krabi, Thailand Source: https://img.traveltriangle.com |
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Manasquan Beach, New Jersey Source: https://img.traveltriangle.com |
āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļĸෛ⎠āˇāļą්āļ¯ීāļ´්āļිāļē āļ´ාāļ¯āļ āļāļģāļෙāļą āˇිāˇිāļ° āˇිāļąāļ¸ා āļෘāļි āļ´āˇා āļąිāļģ්āļ¸ාāļĢāļē āˇී āļිāļļෙāļąāˇා .
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Source:http://atlanteangardens.blogspot.com |