Predstavljamo vam kratak intervju sa gospodinom Tom Barr-om. Ukoliko ste malo slabiji sa engleskim jezikom samo scrol-ujte dole za prevedenu verziju...
Moj Biljni Akvarijum: Hello Tom. For the beginning could you please tell us something about your beginning in aquaristics and aquascaping? Tom Barr: I caught fish and crayfish at a local stream when I was 4, got my first aquarium when I was 8. Scaping was mostly with rocks and Rift cichlids.
MBA: What did it look like back then? TB: Pretty bad, but I liked lots of hiding spots and rock slate hotels for the fish. I did not do a real scape till about 1991 with plants.
MBA: In your opinion, how much did aquascaping prosper since those days? TB: Not much.
MBA: All over the world people discuss which substrate is the best? Is it DIY? Any recipe? TB: Well, this depends on the person and their goals, not the sediment itself. It's a human social question, not a plant question really. Wetland soils seems to work well.
MBA: Barr report plant fest? TB: We will go this year, last year I took a break.
MBA: Are you aware that we have gatherings and field trips? So far we have managed to find the following plants in their natural habitat: utricularia, valisneria, eleocharis and hotonia. TB: This is good, you should go and explore the natural systems you have locally and preserve them for the future.
MBA: How many species have you encountered in their natural habitat, and which of those would you single out as the most interesting? TB: Hard to say how many, I find it amazing that they live in such varied locations, mosses at 200-300 meters deep, 3000 meters high for other species, many very seasonal like wildflowers.
MBA: In your opinion, in the future of aquascaping to what should we pay attention? TB: Moving away plant focused scenes and more focus back to the fish and their needs for a nice habitat. I hope for this, I'm not sure this will occur however. I think aquarist can mix a nice scape with a nice habitat for fish. Many plant species available today offers the aquarist many different scapes and layouts. Nice to have more options and more ideas.
MBA: Underwater landscape is more and more encountered. What is your opinion towards it? TB: It's not that far removed from terrestrial landscaping and Japanese gardens, Chinese gardens and Dutch/European gardens really.If you look at those and scale those down to the aquarium size, then you can see much of this has already been done 100 or more years ago and extensive volumes have already been written about the topics.
MBA:For your aquariums you must have a favorite plant, what is it? TB: It changes. Some are nice because of little care, others are nice because they are new to me. I suppose the Starogyne from Tropica is one of my favorites right now.
MBA: Aquaristics as business, how much does it distance a person from truly enjoying it as a hobby? TB: It would depend on the person, most that do it as a business, like the hobby.
MBA: Is there a message for the end? TB: Focus on light more, use that to limit and manage growth rates, be very careful and methodical with adding CO2, use both sediments and water column for locations for nutrients, try a non CO2 method. Buy and share a light meter among members, it will help. Focus on fish health and care, feeding, good current in the aquarium.
MBA: Thank you very much, and hopefully we will see you soon on one of our gatherings in Serbia. TB: That would be very nice! Been a very long time!
Thank you.
Prevod na srpski:
Moj Biljni Akvarijum: Zdravo Tome. Da li bi za početak mogli da nam kaete neto o Vaim počecima u akvaristici i aquascaping-u? Tom Barr: Kada sam imao 4 godine hvatao sam ribice i račiće u lokalnom potoku. Sa 8 godina sam dobio svoj prvi akvarijum i postavke su uglavnom bile sa kamenjem i Rift ciklidima.
MBA: Kako je to tada izgledalo? TB: Poprilično loe, ali mi se svidelo da ima puno mesta za skrivanje u kamenim hotelima za ribe. Pravu biljnu postavku nisam napravio do 1991.
MBA: Koliko je aquascaping od tada napredovao? TB: Ne ba puno.
MBA: U svetu se vode rasprave koja je podloga najbolja. Da li je to neka iz domaće radinosti? Neki recept? TB: Ovo zavisi od osobe i njenih ciljeva, a ne zemlje same po sebi. Ovo je zapravo ljudsko socijalno pitanje, a ne pitanje vezano za biljke. Uopteno, čini se da zemljita iz močvarnih oblasti dobro rade.
MBA: Barr report plant fest? TB: Ićićemo ove godine, prole sam se odmarao.
MBA: Da li Vam je poznato da odravamo okupljanja i obilaske terena? Do sada smo u prirodnom okruenju pronali sledeće biljke: utriculariu, valisneriu, eleocharis i hotoniu. TB: Ovo je odlično, treba istraivati lokalne prirodne sisteme i čuvati ih za budućnost. MBA: Sa koliko ste se biljnih vrsta susreli u njihovom prirodnom okruenju, i koju bi izdvojili kao najinteresantniju? TB: Teko je reći koliko. Ono to mi je veoma zanimljivo je da ive na veoma različitim mestima, mahovine na dubinama od 200-300 metara, 3000 metara visine za neke druge vrste, od kojih su brojne veoma sezonskog karaktera, poput cveća.
MBA: Na ta, po Vaem miljenju, treba obratiti panju kada je budućnost aquascaping-a u pitanju? TB: Prelaz sa scena u kojima su biljke centar panje na ribe i njihove potrebe za lepim stanitem. Ovome se nadam, ali nisam siguran da če se dogoditi. Mslim da akvaristi mogu sastaviti lepu postavku sa prijatnim stanitem za ribe. Kako su brojne biljne vrste danas dostupne akvaristi pruaju mogućnost različitih postavki. Dobro je imati vie mogućnosti i vee ideja.
MBA: Sve čeće se susrećemo sa podvodnim pejzaima. Koje je Vae miljenje o ovome? TB: Ovo zapravo uopte nije tako daleko od stvarnog pejzanog uređenja i japanskih, kineskih i holandsko/evropskih bati. Ukoliko ih pogledate i umanjite na veličinu akvarijuma, tada moete videti da je to već viđeno pre 100 ili vie godina i o tome postoji obimna literatura.
MBA: Za Vae akvarijume sigurno imate neku omiljenu biljku, koja je to? TB: Ovo se menja. Neke su dobre zbog malo odravanja, dok su druge meni nove. Rekao bih da je Tropica-in Starogyne trenutno jedna od mojih omiljenih.
MBA: Akvaristika kao biznis, koliko to moe udaljiti čoveka od itinskog uivanja u hobiju? TB: Ovo zavisi od osobe, većina koja se akvaristikom bavi kao biznisom uiva i u hobiju.
MBA: Imate li neku poruku za kraj? TB: Obratite vie panje na svetlo, koristite ga za upravljanje brzinom rasta, budite paljivi i metodični kod dodavanja CO2, koristite i hranljive podloge i đubrenje vodenog stuba za prihranu biljaka, pokuajte postavke bez CO2. Kupite i delite svetlometar među članovima, pomoćiće vam. Obratite panji i brinite se o zdravlju riba u akvarijumu, njihovom hranjenju, kvalitetnom strujanju vode u akvarijumu.
MBA: Hvala Vam mnogo i nadamo se da ćemo se videti na nekom od okupljanja u Srbiji.. TB: To bi bilo lepo! Puno je vremena prolo!
Hvala i vama.
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