Rostlinná akvária

She sat at the dining table late into the evening, contemplating what to do. She desperately wanted to improve her connection with nature. Most of her time is spent in the city, and she works nearby, so she hardly notices how nature changes throughout the four seasons. This troubles her, as she feels increasingly disconnected from nature and perhaps from reality itself as the months go by. She hasn't even been on vacation in recent years due to work and overall feels unsettled. She thinks about how nice it would be to have a piece of nature at home and to take care of it. She would also like to have a hobby related to nature.

Recently, she saw a beautifully made aquarium on Facebook that looked like a mysterious landscape or painting, with colorful fish swimming in it. Maybe she could try something similar. But where to start? She asked colleagues, but without success, so she began thoroughly reading discussions, forums, and sales pages with recommendations or even instructions on how to set up an aquarium. Then she remembered an old book from her grandfather, who, like any proper Czech, kept fish. It took a while to find it, but eventually, she discovered it, "222x How and Why". It's history and most likely much of it is no longer valid, but why not use it if nothing better is at hand. After all, she was glad to have something tangible. After about a week of reading sources mainly on the web and looking into the history of aquaristics in her grandfather's book, she decided to simplify things somehow. There are a plethora of options and aquaristic recommendations. For now, she will try to orient herself in some freshwater directions she found:

Biotope aquariums. According to the aquarium inhabitants, we try to simulate the environment in which they live as best as possible. Although it's true that no matter how hard you try, it will always be different from the natural original environment. In the natural environment, the water changes in accordance with the seasons. Tropical rainstorms often significantly affect the water values. The same applies to sudden heat. The food also changes greatly throughout the year. Sometimes there is an abundance of larvae, sometimes none.