Paludariums, et al?

["James Purchase" <jpurch@interlog.com>]

The issue of paludariums has come up - I'd love to see some good ones. But
for our first attempt, again I suggest that we stick with tanks which are
full of water - I'm not interested in turning this into a Herp Show.

But while on the subject.... it might be an idea for next year....

What about a brackish tank which is aquascaped with at least some  live
plants?

I don't like the idea of any tank containing plastic plants as being
acceptable in a contest/showcase approved by the AGA. Get real folks. This
just does not fly with me. Fantasy tanks would be fine - not every garden
has to have a white picket fence and if some aquascaper wants to put in a
plastic mermaid, who am I to tell him its tacky? (I'll leave that to the
judges...). but the plants have to be real plants. (I'm not suggesting that
we give a list of approves/prohibited plants - just state that the aquascape
should consist of living plants.)

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