Honest question, odd story

[Nighttouch]

So, I occasionally have a dream where I got to an LFS to which I've never been. Everything is normal at first, but then I get to tanks of murky colored water with strange, unnatural creatures in them. This dream fascinates me every time it occurs.

My questions is, what oddball fish could I keep in water tinted with almond leaves/peat water? I'd like to have driftwood and plants (fake) so that the fish would kind of fade into view from the dark water from between the wood & plants. The fish in question would be homed in a 47g bow front tank.

Are there any active eels or the like I could use for this application?

 

[Warrensmentor]

How about a bichir of some sort

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[wantokeeptrout]

chocolate goruami would love you but disappear completely in that colour water

 

[snowhnter]

I don't know but sounds great. I know there is a blackwater extract used on some amazonian biotype tanks. If you get it set up, you gotta post lots of pics.

 

[Nighttouch]

I already have 2 bichirs, a retropinnus and senegal, so I don't really want more of them. As for gouramis, I have a 55g full of 'em.

I'll have to do a bit of research. If I get it rolling, I'll make sure to get some pics.

 

[nikond70s]

pretty much any fish from south america would love that blackwater environment especially if its wild caught. so your options is huge.

 

[Zfishies]

Wait so how do I get that kind of colored water?


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[nikond70s]

Wait so how do I get that kind of colored water?


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driftwoods, indian almond leaves...or other oragnic dead leaves, peat moss, alder cones...etc..

 

[Nighttouch]

I used to do this with a tank:

Fill a pillow case halfway with peat moss and fill it with water.Shake and knead then squeeze. I did this until I had a 5 gallon bucketful. I then let it set overnight for fine particulates to settle out and pour the water off. I added the water to the tank when doing water changes. The water would be cloudy for a couple of hours, but would clear up to a brownish orange color.

Shy fish seem to love it because it keeps them from feeling so exposed.

 

[Mount_Prion]

Lungfish would be creepy in it. There are a lot of fish that enjoy darkness in general, like maybe some kind of knife fish?

ed--didn't realize 47g was the size...that's a bit small for my suggestions, hehe.