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FRESHWATER

AQUARIUM

MODELS

Recipes for Creating Beautiful Aquariums That Thrive

JOHN TULLOCK

Photography © Aaron Norman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Tullock, John H., 1951–

Freshwater aquarium models: recipes for creating beautiful aquariums that thrive / John Tullock; [photography:

Aaron Norman]

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-470-04425-4 (pbk.: alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-470-04425-X (alk. paper)

1. Aquariums. 2. Aquarium fishes. 3. Aquarium plants. I. Title.

SF457.3.T86 2007

639.34—dc22

2006025098

CIP

Printed in the United States of America

0987654321

Book design by Elizabeth Brooks

Cover design by José Almaguer

Book production by Wiley Publishing, Inc. Composition Services

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I:

Aquarium Basics

PART II:

Aquarium Mechanics

INTRODUCTION

T HE A LLURE OF A QUARIUMS

CHAPTER 3

M AKING Y OUR H ABITAT L OOK R EAL

CHAPTER 1

C ARING F OR AN A QUARIUM

Taking the Tank into Consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Backgrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Including Terrestrial Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Aquascaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Borrowing from Japanese Gardeners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Physical and Chemical Cycles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

The Needs of Aquarium Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Foods and Feeding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Routine Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Maintenance Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

CHAPTER 4

N UTS AND B OLTS

Built-in Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Free-Standing Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

CHAPTER 2

B RINGING O UT THE B EST IN F ISH AND A QUARIUMS 27

CHAPTER 5

T ROUBLESHOOTING

Guidelines for Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Finding the Right Fit with Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Finding a Good Dealer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Choosing Healthy Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Acclimating New Arrivals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Disease Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Plant Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Algae Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

PART III:

Freshwater Aquarium

Model Designs

Model Design 14: Sulawesi (Celebes Islands) . . 94

Model Design 15: Sumatra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Model Design 16: Australian Rainbowfish

Community Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

CHAPTER 6

S OUTHEAST A SIA

CHAPTER 8

A FRICA

Ponds, Ditches, and Rice Paddies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Model Design 1: Shallow Pool in Southern

India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Model Design 2: Large Pond in Thailand . . . . . . 77

Model Design 3: Community Featuring

Gouramis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Streams and Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Model Design 4: Sri Lankan Stream . . . . . . . . . . 80

Model Design 5: Asian Big River . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Model Design 6: White Cloud Mountain . . . . . 83

Model Design 7: Community Tank Featuring

Barbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Model Design 8: Glass Catfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Estuarine Habitats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Model Design 9: Estuary I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Model Design 10: Estuary II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Hard-to-Find Africans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Model Design 17: All-Purpose African Barb

Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Model Design 18: Congo Tetra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Model Design 19: African Lungfish . . . . . . . . . . 102

Model Design 20: Distichodus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Model Design 21: Elephantnose . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

The Zaire and Other West African Rivers . . . . . . . . 110

Model Design 22: Jewel Cichlid

Paludarium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Model Design 23: Soft Water African Tank. . . . 111

Model Design 24: The African Butterflyfish. . . 113

Model Design 25: A Crib for Kribs. . . . . . . . . . . . 115

African Killifish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Model Design 26: Aphyosemion. . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Model Design 27: Epiplatys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Model Design 28: Nothobranchius. . . . . . . . . . . 119

Rift Lake Cichlids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Model Design 29: Mbuna Community

Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Model Design 30: Mbuna Single-Species

Tank I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

CHAPTER 7

A USTRALASIA

Oceanic Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Model Design 11: Borneo, Sumatra . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Model Design 12: Irian Jaya, Ajamaru Lakes . . 92

Model Design 13: Irian Jaya, Fly River . . . . . . . . 93

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