Tunga Themed tank (not a biotope yet)

[KarthikC]

Hi Guys,
Wanted to share a tank of mine which is based on Tunga river in Karnataka, India.

The tank:


Inhabitants:
6 Arulius Barbs:

6 Rohtee Ogilbyii (which i will give away):

6 Melon Barbs:

1 Garra Bicornuta/Tunga Garra:

2 Mystus Canarensis Catfish:

3 Triangularis loach:

Tank is 3'L x 2' B x 18" H, Water Change twice a week- 30%, Feed them with Bottom feeder pellets from Aquatic remedies and Hikari ALgae Wafers. THey all fight and chase around while eating like they do in the wild (all are wild caught after all). All the pebbles, rocks and twigs are collected from nearby rivers
Will update with more bigger stones and once I give away the rohtee ogilbyi (grows too big for this tank), will add few more botia striata.

Hope you all like it.

Cheers,
Karthik

 

[GyradosOwner]

Beautiful setup. Did you buy the stones or find them?

 

[KarthikC]

Beautiful setup. Did you buy the stones or find them?

Thanks. The stones are collected from almost the same spot where the fish were collected. The stuff that i bought are only the tank, filter, Background and lights. Everything else is locally collected.

Cheers,

Karthik

 

[GyradosOwner]

What was your process for sanitizing everything?

 

[KarthikC]

What was your process for sanitizing everything?

Sanitizing? the rocks were full of algae when I collected it 4-5 months back. Directly dropped into the tank. The fish loved grazing on it and cleaned almost all algae.

 

[tlindsey]

Great looking Barbs.

 

[KarthikC]

Great looking Barbs.

Thanks Mr. Lindsey.

Cheers,

Karthik

 

[bbortko]

Looks great.

 

[KarthikC]

Thanks..

Cheers,

Karthik

 

[festaedan]

Beautiful tank man and awesome pictures!