Natural Aquarium Secrets - Nature's Pathways to Success
By Bob Goemans
Paperback - 32 pages
Are today's aquarists repeating the errors of those before them? Are some of
today's methods simply re-hashed old, tried and failed methods with a slightly
newer look or are they leading edge art and science tuned towards the closed
system's environmental needs? Whatever your opinion, could be you'll see things
somewhat differently after reading this booklet. And if you do I'm sure the
animals in your aquarium will benefit because research has shown that with
efficient usage of energy, whether that is light or chemical energy, system
environments are much improved. And, that all depends upon the supply of that
energy and the pathways it must travel.
Think of these pathways as the streets and roads that transport the 'energy'
that link the entire maze of metabolic and chemical functions which are
occurring in the aquarium. Keep in mind all aspects of the journey are important
and interconnected because fundamentally they finally affect the microbe's
health and ability to function/reproduce. It's they who actually control the
wellbeing of the system. If this is to be accomplished we first need to look at
light, water, and substrate pathways, as they are the main highways that lead to
Camelot. Then look at those important microbial processes and how and why their
functions are more preferred than those performed by infauna. The microbial
processes are basically the same in freshwater and seawater. The only difference
is the names of the players.
