Amazonian biotope

[doomiedee]

I recently traded my big blind tsn to the Lfs for a 5.5" rtc when it hit me to make my pretty much bare 75 into an Amazonian biotope. So this is what I have to start with.

I have a ton of flat and river rocks. Just curious about some other things to incorporate in this set up to make it more authentic and natural looking. There's some ideas I got from YouTube just to get the brain working lol. I do realize the frost example is too much for bigger fish but it is just an idea.


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[David R]

The "Amazon" if a fairly large and diverse area, and a biotope could be anything from completely planted, to a rocky river rapid, to the flooded forest look with sticks and leaf litter, or just a generic sandy bottomed stream with wood and maybe a few plants.

Are you talking about making the 75 grow-out for the RTC into a "biotope" for the rtc? If so, I'd just stick with the sandy substrate and a few nice pieces of open wood that leaves the majority of the floor area open for swimming. In a few months when the RTC has been moved on you can choose some fish that will be a little more permanent for a tank of that size and come up with a more authentic scape like the ones you've posted.

 

[doomiedee]

The "Amazon" if a fairly large and diverse area, and a biotope could be anything from completely planted, to a rocky river rapid, to the flooded forest look with sticks and leaf litter, or just a generic sandy bottomed stream with wood and maybe a few plants.

Are you talking about making the 75 grow-out for the RTC into a "biotope" for the rtc? If so, I'd just stick with the sandy substrate and a few nice pieces of open wood that leaves the majority of the floor area open for swimming. In a few months when the RTC has been moved on you can choose some fish that will be a little more permanent for a tank of that size and come up with a more authentic scape like the ones you've posted.

Yeah it will be a grow out biotope for the rtc once he reaches about 12-15" I will be moving it to a bigger biotope pond/bed stand similar to necrocanis'. Then I'm planning on putting a few pictus, some cardinal tetras maybe some discus or angels or goes. I thought of an Oscar but it would limit the possibilities like the rtc.


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[David R]

I think Pictus + cardinals could be a bad idea when the cats get bigger. IMO part of creating an authentic looking "biotope" is giving the fish enough room to behave naturally. While a 75g might be adequate for a pair of oscars in the general scheme of things, I would find the same sized tank far more authentic and natural looking with a mix of small fish such as tetras, apistogramma, corydoras, smaller L-numbers, etc etc, perhaps nothing bigger than a common angelfish.

 

[doomiedee]

Ok so maybe cories instead of pictus. I was thinking the same thing with smaller fish once the rtc is out of the tank. I'm going to make a list of possibles once I get alittle more research done. I'm not very good with live plants so not sure if I want to go that route. Unless I can find some hardy plants like pothos. That don't need much care.


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[TripleW]

I think Pictus + cardinals could be a bad idea

Good idea for the Pictus(full stomachs), bad idea for you and the Cardinals.



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[doomiedee]

So here's my list.

5 marbled hatchet fish
12 neon tetra
3 angel fish
5 otocinclus
3 Cory cats
2 ram cichlids


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[doomiedee]

Here's the drift wood.


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[dxdx]

A background will kick start any theme you want to get going. If you don't want the expense of say a designs-by-nature background, at least paint it black or get a black material to cover the back. Then you won't see wires & stuff behind the tank and you can do the other in tank decorations to be the main focus...


edit: and maybe some branchier wood?

 

[doomiedee]

A background will kick start any theme you want to get going. If you don't want the expense of say a designs-by-nature background, at least paint it black or get a black material to cover the back. Then you won't see wires & stuff behind the tank and you can do the other in tank decorations to be the main focus...


edit: and maybe some branchier wood?

Well once I get paid Friday I'm going to buy black paint but I haven't really decided if I wanted to buy a 3d or paint background. The main reason is the rtc will need more room then any of the fish on my list.

As for the drift wood I'm going out to look for more. The piece on the left in the pic was decaying and pretty much fell apart


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