Creating natural, functional cichlid display tanks

[Stanzzzz7]

Stanzzzz7 I am not sure/can't remember if this has been suggested. I personally would love to learn more about your approach through specific examples.
By this I mean, a walk through of your thoughts and how you would/have construct/ed a tank for a certain species. Why you chose the plants, the sand, the decor, the numbers you chose and dithers.
I would love to see:
green terror tanks
Firemouths
Geo's
How you shape tanks for SA vs CA cichlids

Just a thought as your unique and well planned set ups could teach members a lot.

I would not mind doing that but I’m not sure there is enough interest on this forum in that area of the hobby ( I could be wrong)
I remember when the biotope section of the forum opened, it was quite quickly shut down again.
I think the bulk of members here are after all” monster fish keepers”
If I thought enough people were interested then yes, I would be happy to share.

 

[cockroach]

I WANT!

 

[Ogertron3000]

I would not mind doing that but I’m not sure there is enough interest on this forum in that area of the hobby ( I could be wrong)
I remember when the biotope section of the forum opened, it was quite quickly shut down again.
I think the bulk of members here are after all” monster fish keepers”
If I thought enough people were interested then yes, I would be happy to share.

I dont think this forum has as many monster fishkeepers as it used to, it seems more a general fishkeeping site these days.
I would be interested to read the "biotope guides" if you feel like posting any.

 

[Finksburg]

I've been following this thread for a few years. What an awesome catalogue of information here. Thanks for doing this. I'm excited to implement these ideas in the future.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

I've been following this thread for a few years. What an awesome catalogue of information here. Thanks for doing this. I'm excited to implement these ideas in the future.

I’m pleased to read you enjoy the thread.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

I dont think this forum has as many monster fishkeepers as it used to, it seems more a general fishkeeping site these days.
I would be interested to read the "biotope guides" if you feel like posting any.

I will post in this thread future set ups as the are made.

 

[RD.]

Well you know which biotope I’m still waiting to see.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Well you know which biotope I’m still waiting to see.

I do. That will be the Malawi hap tank we spoke about? Maybe I’ll do that next . So many temptations not enough tanks.

 

[tiger15]

I would not mind doing that but I’m not sure there is enough interest on this forum in that area of the hobby ( I could be wrong)
I remember when the biotope section of the forum opened, it was quite quickly shut down again.
I think the bulk of members here are after all” monster fish keepers”
If I thought enough people were interested then yes, I would be happy to share.

Biotope is the norm of public aquariums, but not of much interest in this forum and in the hobby in general. I visited many public aquariums and would rate Chicago Shred Aquarium having the best freshwater biotope representation in the planet. Monster fish keeping is more Asian than American or European. Lately, large cichlid keeping is in a decline and replaced with smaller fish in my region as I saw less big cichlid sale in local club auctions. Not sure if it is a nation wide trend or just regional

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Biotope is the norm of public aquariums, but not of much interest in this forum and in the hobby in general. I visited many public aquariums and would rate Chicago Shred Aquarium having the best freshwater biotope representation in the planet. Monster fish keeping is more Asian than American or European. Lately, large cichlid keeping is in a decline and replaced with smaller fish in my region as I saw less big cichlid sale in local club auctions. Not sure if it is a nation wide trend or just regional

I’m not sure about the rest of the world but here in the UK and most of Europe I would say there is quite a lot of interest in biotope aquariums.
I also believe lots of dwarf cichlid enthusiasts are also very biotope minded, of recreating black water biotopes for there apistogramma for example.
There is also the international biotope design contest that attracts aquarists from all over the world each year to compete in creating some stunning biotopes.
While I do believe it’s not the main attraction on this site, I do believe it is still a very popular style of fish keeping for many hobbyists world wide.
I also believe judging by the number of members on here that have visited and commented on this thread and are still doing so 6 years on ,it is a more popular concept than you are suggesting.