Ep. 449 - Aquascaping Revisited

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In Defense of Plants

Plants, Nature, Natural Sciences, Science, Ecology, Botany

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🗓️ 26 November 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The world of aquatic plants is incredibly diverse, yet our ties to land make it difficult to fully appreciate these organisms. Their glory and splendor is best observed in their underwater realm. This is why aquascaping is such an incredible hobby. Planted aquariums provide you with a unique view of the underwater world without ever having to get your feet wet. Whether you simply like to look at planted aquariums or get your hands wet in designing and constructing your own, there is no end to the joy you can get from bring aquatic plants into your home. My guest today was bitten by the aquarium bug and hasn't looked back since. Marvin Lo is an aquascaper extraordinaire who enjoys combining botany and artistry into amazing planted aquaria. Join us for a deep dive into the world of aquascaping and learn about some of the amazing plants that make this hobby what it is today. This episode was produced in part by Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast the official
0:03.1	podcast of Indefensive Plants.com what's up this is your host Matt welcome to the
0:07.0	show how is everyone doing this week speaking of the show do you want it to
0:10.8	continue consider supporting it today if that's the case.
0:13.3	There's a lot of great ways to do that and one of the best is to pick up some of our
0:16.8	customizable merch over at Teespring. But that's enough. In keeping with
0:21.1	last week's conversation about aquatic plants and fish, I thought why not revisit a conversation I had with Marvin Lowe back in 2019.
0:29.2	Marvin is an aquascaper extraordinary and like many of us he finds ways to incorporate his love of botany into his hobbies.
0:37.4	And aquascaping is such a cool way of doing that.
0:40.2	It's essentially gardening but in an aquarium where fish can swim around and enjoy the landscape that you've created.
0:46.5	I don't want to steal any of this thunder. This was a really fun conversation and hopefully many of you will either have already shared your love of aquascaping or get bitten by the bug yourself.
0:56.1	So let's just jump right into it.
0:57.6	Without further ado, here's my conversation with Marvin Lowe.
1:00.3	I hope you enjoy. All right, Marvin Lowe, welcome to the podcast. How about you tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do?
1:21.0	Hi, my name's Marvin and it's nice to meet everyone.
1:25.0	So what I do is I'm an aquascaper and most people,
1:28.4	you know, they ask me like what is aquascaping?
1:30.7	What do you do exactly?
1:31.8	Like I've never heard that term I like to
1:33.7	refer to it as landscaping in an aquarium so I've starting to become a
1:39.2	professional aquascaper at this point so I'm really competitive and there's a lot of kind of
1:43.8	competitive aspects to this art I would call it so you know I started out
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