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Aqua
Creature Companion, The Leading Indian Pet Care magazine
started Aquagic concurrent to the India International Pet Trade
Fair (IIPTF) to promote the hobby and pet industry in India. The
platform of IIPTF is open for pet care accessories manufacturers,
sellers and hobbyists. The participants from abroad and India
make it a mega show. The Aquarium display is curated by
Rajiv Sharma, an aquarium hobbyist and the Founder of online
acquarium forum www.acquapetz.com.
D
uring the IIPTF 2016, a new
segment
'AQUAGIC'
was
introduced. Aquagic is dedicated
to aquarium keepers and aquarium
industry. Th e main aim behind Aquagic
is to popularise aquarium keeping in the
country, especially in Northern India. In
fi rst edition of Aquagic around 30 setups of
diff erent fi shes were displayed. Th ousands
of visitors praised the initiative of starting
this new segment of IIPTF.
Th is year we are again planning to show
some lovely aquascapes including planted
and biotope aquariums. Th e initial planning
is to setup forest style and mountain style
planted aquariums. Th ere will also be a Black
Water Biotope aquarium. Shrimp keeping
is also popularising in Northern India, so
there will also be a shrimp aquarium.
Th e main attraction of this year's
'AQUAGIC' will be Paludariums and
In fi rst edition of 'AQUAGIC', most of the
aquariums are just to show diff erent kind of
fi shes. But in second edition, we also setup
some beautiful planted aquariums and
biotope aquariums. Th is was a grand show
and praised by the visitors. Some quizzes
and workshops were also organised.
Adip Sajjan Raj from ADA India will also
present a workshop on 'Nature Aquariums'.
Th is will be a great learning experience for
aquarists and shopkeepers.
Rajiv Sharma
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Terrariums. We will setup a paludarium
using the natural mosses, Bromeliads,
Cryptanthus, Anubias and ferns etc.
Paludarium is a combination of land and
water area. We can grow both terrestrial and
aquatic plants in paludariums. A terrarium
will be setup using the “Air Plants”. Th ey are
the easiest plants and need minimal care.
Keeping “Air Plants” in terrariums is a new
trend. Th ey can be hanged any where in the
home, can be put over table. Need only to
spray aft er 2-3 days.
Creature Companion | August 2019 • Vol. XII • Issue 8 • Noida
Th ere will be lots more to watch and
experience in 3rd AQUAGIC 2019.