Bonita springs Brazil, a Video worth watching

[Tom Barr]

http://en.aquanet.tv/Video/219-plan...n-hummel-en-route-in-brazil-south-of-pantanal

 

[Tom Barr]

The fish and plant species are different, but Ichnetucknee Springs and severla springs in FL, USA, are very similar to these and about the same temp, rich in CO2 etc.

 

[jerrybforl]

Thats a very nice place Tom. Where is this place in Fl? I live in Miami.

 

[Biollante]

Worlds Largest Aqua-Scape...

Hi,

Great video!:gw

I think Ichetucknee Springs is a bit north of Gainesville, nice place, crowded, though.

Biollante

 

[dutchy]

Nice. Some scenes would make a nice scape.

 

[nazrm]

Woah pretty amazing, and the water clarity is just.. wow.

 

[Tom Barr]

Thats a very nice place Tom. Where is this place in Fl? I live in Miami.

North of Gainesville, but there are a lot of springs in FL........Silver springs is the old tourist trap from years ago, still there I assume. That's near Orlando.
I suspect there's a few places like this in China's Krast region, but I have not yet seen or heard of such a place, but I bet they exist as luch and full of fish as these.
They all look similar no matter where they are.

It's odd the springs all have a similar appearence.
I've spent a lot of time in such springs in Florida.
Fish are different, gaint tetras vs mullet. The Locals are very different.
Both Florida and the Amazon have plenty of blood suckign insects.

We have our version here in CA:

I still do not know what this plant is.

This spring is extremely cold, 4-8C Celcius. Trout, really good trout.........
It's out in the middle of nowhere. Good thing, otherwise it'd be ruined.

Another river full of CO2:

 

[Tom Barr]

And we got pondweeds and lots of them.

I might try some scaping with this plant.

 

[globali]

Planet Earth is unique & extraordinary.

 

[jerrybforl]

Very nice. Hard to find places like that here in South Florida and not have the gators. Plants are nice but those gators aren't LoL.

 

[dutchy]

If you ever go to Bonita, be careful with these:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFLYl5JvppE

 

[demonr6]

Also Blue Springs and the surrounding areas, towards Daytona. I see a lot of that around here in Orlando actually. I would like to set up a tank similar to what you see out here in the springs, darker tannic water though.

 

[Biollante]

Know The Law

Also Blue Springs and the surrounding areas, towards Daytona. I see a lot of that around here in Orlando actually. I would like to set up a tank similar to what you see out here in the springs, darker tannic water though.

Hi,

Just be sure you know and follow the laws of your state.:gw
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herbarium/collperm/

Violating the law can cause problems and often gives those of us who collect plants and critters a bad name.

Biollante

 

[ngfrazier]

Great video.

Three questions:

1) Has anyone measured the PAR or micromols at the bottom of those streams? 75-100 µmol, maybe?

2) Where does most of the CO2 come from in those streams? Waste/decay?

3) It looks like most plants are no more than 2-3 feet from the surface? Is that typical?

Thanks!

 

[Tom Barr]

Great video.

Three questions:

1) Has anyone measured the PAR or micromols at the bottom of those streams? 75-100 µmol, maybe?

Time of day is huighly dependent and cloud cover.
We do not have such variations in aquariums.

2) Where does most of the CO2 come from in those streams? Waste/decay?

Caves, underground rivers, ground water is loaded, this is how Caves are formed(CO2 rich water dissolves the limestone).
When slow dripping water hangs, the CO2 degasses and then the stalagimites and staltites form as the water's pH causes preceptitation of the Calcium Carbonate.

3) It looks like most plants are no more than 2-3 feet from the surface? Is that typical?

Thanks!

No, plants go down to 30 ft in some spots, but 5-8ft are averages for many springs like these.