300gal plywood paludarium project
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thats a very cool project. the background is stunning. have you thought about trapping some flies or other bigger flying insects in the paludarium for the archers? my oscar goes nuts for flies that I trap in my riparium, so I'm sure your archers would enjoy it even more.
Thanks for sharing
Absolutely amazing looking palu. Great to see those archer fish get to work
Is there a flagtail as well?
Absolutely amazing looking palu. Great to see those archer fish get to work
Is there a flagtail as well?
that is amazing! i have had huge panes of glass laying around for ages i didn't know what to do with. now i do!!!
funksty: looks like a flooded rainforest to me
funksty: looks like a flooded rainforest to me
Thanks for the comments guys!
Very true. I feel like the biggest archer doesn't shoot as much as some of the smaller ones. He's just really bold and often manages to grab food that the others shoot down.
Yeah, my old oscar used to love flies too. Not too many bugs about right now but maybe I can find some when the weather warms up.
Thanks, yes there is.
It's not really much of a biotope - I was certainly going for a flooded rainforest forest look, but the plants and fish ended up being a mix from all over the world: Geophagus and flagtail from the Amazon, loaches and archers from Borneo/the Malay peninsula, Anubias and bolbitis from West Africa, bromeliads from South America, pitcher plant from the Philippines, plus a whole bunch of other plants from various places... it's pretty much a biotopic hodge podge.
Incidentally, I grew up in Dubai. I remember, back then, the Satwa and Sharjah pet souks used to have some pretty cool fish. I imagine the stores have changed a lot since then.
sashimimaster;4714363; said:It looks like the shooter doesn't always get the meal.
Very true. I feel like the biggest archer doesn't shoot as much as some of the smaller ones. He's just really bold and often manages to grab food that the others shoot down.
m1ste2tea;4717589; said:
Yeah, my old oscar used to love flies too. Not too many bugs about right now but maybe I can find some when the weather warms up.
douwe;4718063; said:Thanks for sharing
Absolutely amazing looking palu. Great to see those archer fish get to work
Is there a flagtail as well?
Thanks, yes there is.
FuNkSty;4718269; said:
It's not really much of a biotope - I was certainly going for a flooded rainforest forest look, but the plants and fish ended up being a mix from all over the world: Geophagus and flagtail from the Amazon, loaches and archers from Borneo/the Malay peninsula, Anubias and bolbitis from West Africa, bromeliads from South America, pitcher plant from the Philippines, plus a whole bunch of other plants from various places... it's pretty much a biotopic hodge podge.
Incidentally, I grew up in Dubai. I remember, back then, the Satwa and Sharjah pet souks used to have some pretty cool fish. I imagine the stores have changed a lot since then.
The Sharjah Animal market is best for equipment and tanks, not so much for livestock, they are poor. Satwa i haven't tried yet. There's a new shop open in Al Quoz near Burj Al Arab which is awesome. Slightly on the expensive side, but quality of livestock mathes that of UK or US stock.
I was aking about the biotope cos im planning a similar background with Angels, SD's and the like, so i was thinking South American, so im glad you said flood Rainforest!
I was aking about the biotope cos im planning a similar background with Angels, SD's and the like, so i was thinking South American, so im glad you said flood Rainforest!
