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Pole
Star
When
you work in this field it seems that, after a while, everything is
already done... Every time I think about a new tank and I draw some
interior designs, I ask to myself : how far our artistic inspiration
can go to materialize something peculiar that can be the expression
of mind and heart while, at the same time, totally respects the
guest of the aquarium, the fish?
"Pole Star" comes out as something completely different
compared to my previous work. I didn't want to create only a good
habitat for animals, I wanted to express a "mood".
When I started thinking of this tank, I was in a "blue"
period of time, because nothing was actually happening in my life! I
always need some "sparks", some "activity" to
feel good, and I was almost depressed.
So, in search of some good news -as a kind of therapy - I
started drawing a very strange sketch: a total ice-white aquarium!
Data:
Tank
: 50 X 30 X 30 cm
Temperature : 24° C.
Lights : 2 X 10.000° Kelvin 14 watt fluorescent tubes (but,
until now, used only for a few minutes daily).
Mechanical parts: 1 compact filter 100 lt/h
Plants: None
Animals : 4 Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum juveniles var. white
Chemistry : KH=2, pH=6.8- 7.0, GH=4, NO2=0,
NO3=0
Water change: every 2 weeks, 1/3 of the total with
only RO water.
Notes:
To be honest, this
tank is so fascinating that it is almost impossible to materialize,
because, since I pushed the rules of nature very far, it is only
natural that I was to have some problems.
Let me reassure all animals lovers that, even in this totally white
enviroment, fish are acting normally and so far they don't show any
stress symptoms!
The troubles, actually, concern the algae!
With all this white surfaces, in the absence of plants and using two
10.000° Kelvin tubes (14 watt each) needed to obtain this
"freezing" look, green algae is always ready for an
ambush!
I'm still looking for a totally white ancistrus or Hypostomus to
keep the tank clean... As long I'll keep only Cichlasoma
nigrofasciatum var. White, I'll be forced to turn the lights of the
tank off ! |
