Inspirational biotopes and natural looking aquariums

[Stanzzzz7]

I wanted to start a thread to inspire ideas for hobbyists interested in setting up natural looking, or biotope style fish tanks.
I will start off by adding some I like, hopefully others can post some of their favourites and fill the thread with inspiration for those interested in keeping cichlids this way.

This first video is simply amazing,probably the best amazon isotope I have seen.

Here is a nice thorichthys meeki and pasionis biotope.I like the nice flickering effect from the Led's on the rocks.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Here is another simple but effective c/a biotope.
The hetros are just stunning.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Here is an

other nice one from Lee Nuttall.All of Lee's tanks are lovely but I really like this one featuring tetracanthus.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

South American biotope featuring geophagus altifrons and pink tailed chalceus.

 

[dan518]

One of my favourites

Both from Bruce Vandeweghe

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Another amazon tank.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

The title was supposed to read biotopes not isotopes.bloody spell checker.

 

[robham777]

Great thread. Here is a pretty nice resource for biotype information by region and habitat if anyone cares to check it out.http://fish.mongabay.com/biotope.htm

 

[ehh]

 

[Stanzzzz7]

The title was supposed to read biotopes not isotopes.bloody spell checker.

Thank you jk47