Saturday, July 27, 2013

AquariumExpo 2013 Guests and Speakers:

Programme:

Friday 2 August 2013


10h00: Expo opens
16h00: Riaan Pretorius "Whitespot - Know your enemy"
17h00: Dallas Goldswain "How to start a marine aquarium"


Saturday 3 August 2013

10h00: Expo opens
11h00: Dallas Goldswain "How to start a marine aquarium"
12h00: Arno Naude Biodiversity act and legislation
13h00: Sean Jefferis Live aquascaping demonstration
14h00: Jake Adams "Using LEDs to light freshwater and marine aquariums"
15h00: Riaan Pretorius "Whitespot - Know your enemy"
16h00: Jake Adams "Water Flow is More Important than Light"
17h00: Dallas Goldswain "How to start a marine aquarium"

Sunday 4 August 2013

10h00: Expo opens
11h00: Dallas Goldswain "How to start a marine aquarium"
12h00: Arno Naude Biodiversity act and legislation
13h00: Jake Adams "Using LEDs to light freshwater and marine aquariums"
14h00: Riaan Pretorius "Whitespot - Know your enemy"
15h00: Jake Adams "Water Flow is More Important than Light"
16h00: Dallas Goldswain "How to start a marine aquarium"

http://www.aquariumexpo.co.za/guests.php

Monday, July 22, 2013

Ludwigia glandulosa

Ludwigia glandulosa
Ludwigia glandulosa from North America is a very beautiful water plant. It is slow growing and requires CO2 addition to grow well. Stems becomes 15-40 cm tall and 5-12 cm wide. The leaves turn greener if sufficient light is provided. Used to be sold as Ludwigia perennis.

http://www.tropica.com/en/plants/plantdescription.aspx?pid=035A

Monday, July 1, 2013

How to keep your aquarium clean:


Total number of entries for the IAPLC 2013


2,164 applications from 57 countries and areas.

Countries and Areas:Applications:
Japan
662
China
370
India
213
Taiwan
76
Brazil
73
Hong Kong
65
Thailand
64
Indonesia
57
Vietnam
47
Malaysia
45
Poland
42
Germany
35
Italy
32
Hungary
31
France
28
Russia
28
Spain
26
Ukraine
25
U.S.A.
23
U.K.
21
Philippines
18
Czech Republic
15
Singapore
14
Australia
13
Turkey
13
Canada
11
Macau
9
Serbia
9
Croatia
8
Korea
8
Bosnia-Hercegovina
7
Portugal
7
Romania
6
Belarus
5
Macedonia
5
Mauritius
5
South Africa          5

 
Iran
4
Lithuania
4
Mexico
4
Sweden
4
Reunion
3
Slovakia
3
Belgium
2
Chile
2
Denmark
2
Greece
2
Kazakhstan
2
Latvia
2
Netherlands
2
Bulgaria
1
Israel
1
Moldova
1
Morocco
1
Norway
1
Slovenia
1
Switzerland
1