Author Archives: Erik Zandboer

Separating the aquatic system from the land system

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Erik Zandboer| Leave a comment

When I built Paludarium 1.0, I was positive on having solved the water poisoning by not using potting soil anywhere in the landmass. As it turns out, the plants on land rot away leaves and build their own soil inside. Very nice for the plants, not so nice for the fish inside. since the water streams through the soil, it picks up a lot of chemicals that aren’t very healthy for the fish in the aquatic part.

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Thinking up Paludarium version 2.0

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Erik Zandboer| Leave a comment

My automated paludarium has been running for some years now. After this time, some flaws have become obvious. Time for Paludarium 2.0 !

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Real-Time statistics website has moved

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Erik Zandboer| Leave a comment

Because I have launched my paluweb blog, the original page behind www.paluweb.nl had to move. You can now watch the realtime stats here: http://realtime.paluweb.nl

Have fun watching! For now the webcam is down. I might put it up again, but it is likely to return only when Pauldarium 2.0 is starting to take shape.

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