The origin of fish tank landscape
Developed on the basis of tropical fish culture and aquatic plants cultivation. In the early days of tropical fish farming, people only kept some ornamental fish in fish tanks. With the improvement of ornamental requirements, some aquatic plants are put into fish tanks as decoration. With the maturity of lighting equipment and constant temperature equipment, aquatic plants have entered the protagonist from the status of foil, making the cultivation of aquatic plants as a special technology developed.
The increase of aquatic plant species also laid the foundation for the arrangement of aquatic plants in the aquarium. People have created their own natural world by carefully designing the layout of aquatic plants with different varieties, colors and shapes, adding stones and heavy wood.
Nowadays, expert gardeners specializing in aquarium landscaping are constantly emerging, and aquarium landscaping has developed into an art project in the world from the past, known as "the art behind the glass", and aquarium landscaping competitions are held every year around the world.
Common beautification methods of fish tank
1, stepped landscaping method: suitable for wall-mounted landscaping aquariums,
The basic modeling is a step-by-step scenery technique from the background aquatic plants to the foreground, and the famous Dutch landscaping belongs to this method. It is necessary to place matching materials, such as stones or flowing wood, pay attention to the texture of the materials when placing them, and show regular rhythm on irregular materials. The same wood and stone can have different effects at different arrangement angles, and the matching materials and aquatic plants should be continuously connected together, so as to have a continuous sense of integrity. At the beginning, some fast-growing aquatic plants can be planted in the background, and some slow-growing aquatic plants can be planted in the front and middle scenes. In addition to foreground grass, all kinds of aquatic plants should be clustered as much as possible. An aquarium should have only one cluster of aquatic plants of the same species, and the size and arrangement of each cluster of aquatic plants should be as irregular as possible to avoid making the landscape too rigid. In principle, the step landscape method is that the foreground gradually increases with the background,
However, several tall but not too dense aquatic plants can also be used as foreground decoration, which can better show the three-dimensional sense of landscaping. 2. Double-sided framing method: it is mostly a framing method that can be viewed on both sides in an aquarium with zoning landscaping.
In principle, the main point is the same as the walking scene method, only because it is ornamental and both sides should be beautiful. The middle line of the aquarium can be used as the position of planting grass in the background, and then planting grass in the middle and foreground on both sides can better highlight the layering and three-dimensional sense of the landscape, especially the aquarium with smaller width can better reflect the interest of both sides of the landscape.
3. Three-dimensional aquatic plants and aquarium landscaping: In addition to enjoying the landscaping in the water, there should also be landscaping on the water surface.
The main point is usually to use an open aquarium, plus a dome light.
In order to better show the growing aesthetic feeling of three-dimensional aquatic plant landscaping, we can use more aquatic plants and floating plants in the landscape, so that we can enjoy the fun of water and water landscaping changes. Three-dimensional water grass landscape tank is a difficult landscaping method, because it needs more advanced equipment and more problems to be considered in landscaping, and it is a very challenging landscaping method. Other preventive measures
In the landscape design of aquatic fish tanks, heavy wood or stones are often used as accompaniment. If there are no sinking trees or stones in the small landscape of aquatic plants, the scenery of aquatic plants will appear stiff and inflexible; With it, the aquatic plant landscape is more natural and attractive. Therefore, heavy wood and heavy stone have become indispensable landscape materials in aquatic plant landscaping.
Dead wood and forests, stubble and broken wood in Shan Ye or swamps are slowly weathered after long-term exposure to the hot sun and wind and rain. Ordinary heavy wood produced in Brazil is collected from wet areas or swamps. The surface of the material is beautiful, but the texture is soft. Hardwood produced in the Philippines is very hard. Because its specific gravity is greater than that of water, it will sink to the bottom of the water quickly and the interior of the material will not rot. This is one of the most ideal foil materials.
Sink wood plays a great role in setting off the scenery of aquatic plants, but it also has some shortcomings. The reason is that putting it into water changes the pH of water, which is not conducive to the growth of aquatic plants.
Stone is also an ideal landscape material, which is much more convenient than bulky wood collection, but it also has shortcomings. Put it into water, release alkaline substances continuously, and change the pH value of water. But it is very suitable for making Ficus microcarpa landscape materials, because Ficus microcarpa adapts to life in calcareous water.
Although it has played a great role, there are still some shortcomings. The reason is that putting it into water changes the pH of water, which is not conducive to the growth of aquatic plants. Stone is also an ideal landscape material, which is much more convenient than bulky wood collection, but it also has shortcomings. Put it into water, release alkaline substances continuously, and change the pH value of water. But it is very suitable for making Ficus microcarpa landscape materials, because Ficus microcarpa adapts to life in calcareous water.