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A whole new world when aquarium meets terrarium

Creative entrepreneurship takes on new meaning as several individuals show how unconventional ideas can make solid business sense

Published Thu, Jan 9, 2014 · 10:00 PM

ataraxy.bigcartel.com

WHAT happens when you give a fish hobbyist a clear empty jar? He fills it with water and adds fish, of course. If he also loves plants, he adds flora from his garden and finishes off with a flourish of driftwood.

For most hobbyists, that would be the end of it. But for Loh Kwek Leong, the first paludarium (a cross between an aquarium and a terrarium) he created for his daughter spawned a small retirement business which he named Ataraxy.

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