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This Artist Creates Beautiful Landscapes Within Aquariums

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The art of building gorgeous landscapes inside of an aquarium is called aquascaping, and James Findley, founder of The Green Machine, is a master at it. Bored Panda recently featured a video of Findley at work. “An artist has to understand what happens when he puts his paint onto a canvas, that’s what I would equate [aquascaping] to. If you understand what’s gonna happen when you put plants into substrates and add CO2 & light (that comes with a little bit of experience), no more or less, we’re just artists with plants,” he says.

According to The Green Machine website, Findley started out as a fine art photographer and eventually discovered the concept of a Nature Aquarium. This art form involves building a beautiful ecosystem that thrives for years for fish and plants to live peacefully within. It takes many months for Findley’s work to reach its true potential. He sets the stage for the life that will blossom around swim around the tank.

See some of Findley’s work in YouTube videos, on his website, and Instagram page. If you become interested in trying to build your own piece, you can begin to learn the eccentricities behind aquascaping through his blog and YouTube page.

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