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This beautiful reef aquarium belongs to Logan T Stark who owned his first goldfish at the age of ten.
Thanks for your video and article Logan.
Thanks for your video and article Logan.
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Iwagumi Aquarium
Iwagumi Aquarium
The above picture is sourced from Wikipedia and created by peter from Ireland. It is a beautiful example of an Iwagumi style aquarium.The Iwagumi Aquarium is a Japanese term for 'stone formation' , and as the name suggests focuses around the concept of stone in the home aquarium. It was a man named Takashi Amano who came up with this principle and it is becoming more and more popular across the world.
The original principle is based around three rocks but as you can see from the picture above, the concept has been used
with multiple rocks. The first rock to be placed in the aquarium is called the oyaishi and this is where the main focus will be in the fish tank. It is often placed at an angle to give it more of a natural appearance The second largest rock is then placed inside the fish tank and is known as the Fukuishi and this is placed beside the main stone. The Fukuishi is placed to create a contrast to the first rock. Then the third largest rock known as the Soeishi is placed to strengthen the appearance of the Oyaishi. Some people believe that this process is simply placing rocks into a fish tank and nothing more. But in Japan Takashi studied the art for many years and just like a Japanese garden a lot of thought is put into everything and where every individual detail will go. A fourth stone is often placed to balance the rest of the three rocks and is often placed on its side and this is known a the Suteishi or the sacrificial stone.
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The original principle is based around three rocks but as you can see from the picture above, the concept has been used
with multiple rocks. The first rock to be placed in the aquarium is called the oyaishi and this is where the main focus will be in the fish tank. It is often placed at an angle to give it more of a natural appearance The second largest rock is then placed inside the fish tank and is known as the Fukuishi and this is placed beside the main stone. The Fukuishi is placed to create a contrast to the first rock. Then the third largest rock known as the Soeishi is placed to strengthen the appearance of the Oyaishi. Some people believe that this process is simply placing rocks into a fish tank and nothing more. But in Japan Takashi studied the art for many years and just like a Japanese garden a lot of thought is put into everything and where every individual detail will go. A fourth stone is often placed to balance the rest of the three rocks and is often placed on its side and this is known a the Suteishi or the sacrificial stone.
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