Some riverine biotopes where I collect my cichlids
Adjusted substrate for the heterospila
- Thread starter Sinister-Kisses
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If you have a large tank and can duplicate the natural habit that is awesome, i just think for the regular hobbyist doing WC and vacuuming the gravel/sand it is just to time consuming you have to get down in between all those crevices
I think it looks great. I did a similar thing in my 75, mixing different colored gravels and dispersing it across the surface of sand. Brought out the best colors in my male convict. It’s really not all that difficult to siphon up debris either.
if there is one very small negative it’s that over time, with digging and everything, the gravel tends to get covered up with sand. That’s just my experience though and nothing another bag of gravel can’t fix.
if there is one very small negative it’s that over time, with digging and everything, the gravel tends to get covered up with sand. That’s just my experience though and nothing another bag of gravel can’t fix.
What's that fish with the red tail? Just before the pleco picture.
Looks great. That's the approach I used with the 125. Mixing substrates adds texture and depth!
In very large tanks all sand looks really flat. But it does give the illusion of a bigger floor.
Congrats ! The tank looks great very appealing. I almost want to do the same and add some pebbles for character to my tank over the sand
Not sure about red?
It's either Darienheros calobrensis
Or Andinoacara coerleopunctatus
The other more Vieja looking one is'
Isthmoherhos tuyrense
