PART 40: DPM NATURAL METHOD SUMMARY!

Is there really a possibility that your aquarium can take care of itself and its inhabitants without you caring about it? Necessity triggered research and experimentations have been done to find an answer to this tough question. And, the answer, in the form of the DPM Natural Method, has been found. DPM Natural Method is an all-natural, lowest-maintenance, low-cost, energy-efficient, super-silent, low-tech, low-light and sustainable freshwater fishkeeping method.  So, what is this method all about? Let’s take a look.

Well, these are the factors required for healthy survival of a fish in an aquarium:

1. Good quality water (free from toxic chemicals)

2. Adequate amount of oxygen in the water

3. Fresh and nutritious food 

OK! This is how it all happens in a DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium.

1. Colonies of beneficial bacteria, which grow automatically in an aquarium, keep the water in a good state by breaking toxic chemicals, generated by fish-waste, into non-toxic substances. That’s how the water quality is maintained continuously. So, you do not need a filter for your aquarium.

2. Green-algae, which are absolutely easy to grow in an aquarium, do photosynthesis when the aquarium gets exposed to a little direct or indirect sunlight. In that very process, the green-algae consume | use Carbon Dioxide and produce Oxygen, keeping the oxygen-level really high in the water in your aquarium. So, you do not need an air-pump to trigger gas-exchange in your aquarium. 

3. Green algae are a fresh and very nutritious food that the fish in the aquarium love to eat. This fresh and nutritious food keeps the fish healthy and active. So, you do not have to feed your fish.

4. Fish-waste helps in the growth of green algae and the colonies of helpful bacteria. And, that in turn results in a continuous supply of fresh nutritious food (Green Algae) and availability of great quality highly oxygenated water. What else do you want? What else do your fish need?

With the DPM Natural Method deployed, your aquarium | fishbowl is going to just do fine without you even touching it over a span of six-weeks! Yes, I said SIX-Weeks!  You are free to plan your vacation. You do not have to think twice about caring for your aquarium and fishes when you are away from home. Neither do you have to request someone to take care of your aquarium and fishes. The aquarium | fishbowl takes care of itself and its inhabitants. And, when you are not going on a vacation and it is just life as usual, it is really easy on you. For, on a day-to-day basis, your aquarium requires almost no maintenance.

The DPM Natural Method is a humble attempt to make life inside an aquarium, and outside the aquarium (that of the aquarist | hobbyist), better and easier while keeping the whole affair as close as possible to the nature. Is it not a beautiful thing? For more details, you may start reading here.

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PART 24: THE DPM NATURAL METHOD!

<< Previous This is about the first ever DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium created using the DPM Natural Method. This method has been derived and documented after a massive array of experimentations, extensive research and critical analysis. The Fishbowl so created, using this method, might not be the most spectacular freshwater aquarium. However, this is very close to nature. If you dive into a lake or pond, you will see something similar to the environment of this Fishbowl (videos), under the water.

This fishbowl was set up on 2 ‎October ‎2011. DPM Type Natural Fishbowl, by design, is based on the philosophy of Natural Fish Keeping. Natural Fish Keeping is about keeping fish in a nature-like environment. Sustainable Fish Keeping is an advanced method derived from Natural Fish Keeping techniques. Low Maintenance Aquariums | Fish Keeping are a direct outcome of scientific Sustainable Fish Keeping Techniques. A DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium tries to replicate the natural environment of a freshwater lake or pond. That is the very theme the design of a DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium is based on.

The level of maintenance required for a DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium is absolutely low. It is modeled on the basis of the principles of sustainability. In short, a DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium has the following attributes. It mimics the nature as closely as possible. It is self-sustained to a great extent. That is, it has the least number of external dependencies (Filter, Air Stone, Power Head, Air Pump and Heater etc.). In the natural environment of a freshwater lake or pond, there is no artificial water-filter to filter the water, air-stone to oxygenate the water, power head to create a flow, air-pump to inject or propel air and heater to control temperature.

So, in case of a DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium, you do not have to spend money, effort and time on buying, maintaining, repairing and replacing those, ever. It requires the least amount of human intervention. However, it ultimately keeps the inhabitants healthy and happy! So that, you get a lot of free time to relax and enjoy your aquarium and fishes. And, your fishes get a chance to enjoy their environment to the maximum extent without being stressed due to human and external interventions.

As per DPM Natural Method, the size of the fish relative to the size of its environment is a very important factor. The bigger the size of the environment (DPM Type Fishbowl | Fish Tank) relative to the absolute size (and not, average size) of the fishes resident in it, the better it is. In other words, the smaller the absolute size of the fishes relative to its environment, the better it is. This aspect is the key to your sustainable success in Natural Fish Keeping. This DPM Type Natural Fishbowl, mentioned above, has 12 tiny platies (born on 18 ‎August ‎2011 and 19 August ‎2011) that are ideal for a Fishbowl of this size (Gross Capacity: 15 Liters).

Besides small platies, Zebra Danios, small Mollies, Guppies, White Cloud Mountain Minnows, Salt and Pepper Cory Catfishes and small Rosy Red Fathead Minnows are other good choices for a DPM Type Fishbowl | Fish Tank. The smaller the fish, the better it is in the context of a DPM Type Natural Fishbowl. A 15 Liter DPM Type Natural Fishbowl is ideal to accommodate up to 6 fishes not larger than an inch, length wise. Many of these 12 healthy and happy tiny platies, in the Fishbowl mentioned above, are smaller than half an inch, length wise. The overall size (and thus, the weight) of the fish does matter more than just the length of the fish.

DPM Natural Method advocates keeping the whole affair as natural as possible. There is no use of medication, hormones and artificial food supplements in a DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium. There is no selective breeding and isolated spawning. The fishes are never touched and taken out of their DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium. This practice aims at protecting the slime coat on your fish. All fish have this protective layer on them and it acts as the first line defense against parasitic infections, bacteria and other diseases that a fish may contract. Constant netting of the fish or contact with the fish’s body deteriorates the fishes slime coat and makes it very susceptible to bacteria or infections. You (can) never change the whole biological and physical layout | arrangement of a freshwater lake or pond, overnight. The biological and physical layout | arrangement of a DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium, too, is never changed. The substrate and the arrangement is never disturbed and touched even during a cleaning operation. That amounts to less work and less rework. That is the beauty of a DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium. However, you may choose to clean 40% of the surface gravel, without disturbing the remaining 60% of the substrate, to enhance the appearance of your DPM Type Fishbowl | Aquarium. The remarkable advantages of DPM Natural Method and DPM Type Natural Fishbowl | Aquarium are described next. NEXT >>  << Previous

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