Bluesandtwo
I have it in with gar and bichirs 
otos would probably be snacks. I'm thinking about moving it to my 55 to give it a chance to take offAfrican River Biotope Log
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Bluesandtwo
I have it in with gar and bichirs otos would probably be snacks. I'm thinking about moving it to my 55 to give it a chance to take off
Another monthly update, everything continues to thrive. The pothos is just amazing stuff, I trimmed back the single vine and its now developed a second vine. The long term aim is to now get the pothos to eventually cover the whole top of the tree strump so that it actually looked like a live tree! Anubias also continues to look healthy (alas very slow growth).
Overall very happy with it still.
Overall very happy with it still.
This has been very useful for deciding the plants i will use in my African biotope - thank you!
That's wicked, thanks for commenting. I'll give the tank a clean tomorrow and post an update for you to see!
I had tried a few. Spider plants (Chlorophytum comosum) is easily come by and true to Africa. Although grown in soil, I had success for many months growing well in aquaponics - however it did eventually rot.
However my greatest success is lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana). Not actually a bamboo but a grass from Africa that is used to flood seasons. This has grown very well rooted into my inert substrate but with the tops and leaves above the water. I will photograph soon and put in my update.
As promised.. a few more photos.
The tank itself is still true to the theme of the African riverine/flooded bank biotope... and I added african dwarf frogs to compliment. However the tank is also currently temporarily home to 3 dwarf puffers and 13 zebra/leopard danios who have made a trip ftom India to Africa lol
The tank itself is still true to the theme of the African riverine/flooded bank biotope... and I added african dwarf frogs to compliment. However the tank is also currently temporarily home to 3 dwarf puffers and 13 zebra/leopard danios who have made a trip ftom India to Africa lol
So a little update for anyone interested, the anubias and lucky bamboo continue to prosper and keep my water prestine (with help of the oversized cannister filter and skimmer)...
Sadly I lost the previous inhabitants, one by one over the past 5 months. The frogs jumped out and I suspect the guesting puffers and danios just went of old age / end of life, being small fish.
No real plans for the future - just going to let the plants spread and establish more in their own time.
Sadly I lost the previous inhabitants, one by one over the past 5 months. The frogs jumped out and I suspect the guesting puffers and danios just went of old age / end of life, being small fish.
No real plans for the future - just going to let the plants spread and establish more in their own time.
Would be a nice tank for a breeding pair of plecs or maybe even a pair of albino paradise fish.
