Naturebase - Varzea (Approx 2lb) Bag

  As enthusiasts of the fascinating forest floors of Amazonia, known as igapo- we've spent many years trying to replicate this habitat in our aquariums. It dawned on us some time back that it would be cool to be able to replicate this habitat even more realistically- on a small scale, by creating a "seasonal dynamic", encompassing both "wet" and "dry" seasons. Igapo are famous for the hardy terrestrial grasses which endure the inundation caused by seasonal rains and river flooding. With the other materials that accumulate on the forest floor, such as leaves, seed pods, and branches, when flooded, this formerly terrestrial locale becomes a rich, productive aquatic habitat- home to numerous fishes and other organisms. It's a tinted, silty, somewhat turbid world- an underwater habitat unlike anything we've traditionally attempted in aquariums before. There are two types of flooded forests that we are interested in- the igapo (forests flooded by blackwater rivers) and varzea (forests flood