30gal Monocirrhus polyacanthus Amazonic Biotope

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Roberto G

Roberto G

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Hello, I opened this new post to show you a proyect I started some days ago. This is another of my biotope type proyects, and as you can read on this post's title it is a biotope created for Monocirrhus polyacantus commonly known as Amazonic Leaffish. The basic idea of this biotope is to represent an habitat where a tree had fall into the river and its branches are the place where a community of M. polyacanthus lives. I hope you like it, I'll give you some specific details about the tank.

Fish Tank Details:

-Volume: 30gal
-Size: 80x40x40
-Substrate: Medium sized riverine gravel
-Decoration: Tree branches, Round Rocks, Terminalia catappa leafs
-Filtration: Penn-Plax Cascade 600 (50gal Capacity)
-Ilumination: None yet...:)

Tank Inhabitants:
-None yet...:(:(:( I'll add the leaffish this saturday!

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thanks!! I'll post more pics as soon as I buy the leafs
 
Thanks alyssa! well it is quite easy to build up a tank with this decoration, the only hard part might be to find the T. catappa leafs for you my fellow american MFK! But anything else is very easy to find even in you own backyards, once I buy the fishes the tank will seem to be a little more filled up! I hope so! :)
 
:( im not american! haha
I was gunna ask about the leaves actually...don't they decompose? or when they do, do you just replace them?
 
Well my north american fellows then hehehe, Actually T. catappa leafs are known as a very useful natural medication for fishes. Once they "decompose" (I guess) they release certain chemicals into the water that are beneficial to fishes!
 
I can send you some, but I'll im very busy lately, if you wanna talk more about this send me a pm so we don't change this post's importance
 
Looks very cool! I like the Leaves in it. Never seen that done before!
 
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