Lessons Learned as the waters recede...

The inundation cycle in the flooded forests of the Amazon is marked by an ebb and flow of life. Fishes enter formerly terrestrial habitats to feed, shelter, and spawn. And the trees, grasses, and plants of the forest floor adapt, survive, and thrive during both the inundation period and the dry season which follows. How do they do this, and what implications do their survival techniques have for us as hobbyists? What kinds of cool aquarium experiments can we do to replicate this cycle of life?