Its Slowly Coming Together

[Amaroq]

My African Biotope is coming together

Ive picked up most of my fish i still need a African Brown Knife and two African Butterfly fish but other then those ive got them all, today i picked up my Leopard Bush fish

I actually wasnt expecting it to be this easy to find the Bush fish. My 55 gallon has become victim of the driftwood stain

but it actually made the tank look better then before, Im thinking of making the whole back of my tank a moss wall (I had either Christmas or Peacock moss in mind.) or should i do a bunch of long leafy plants at the back like a kelp forest or something? So many ideas so little room!

Ive got the Bush fish in the 10 for a quartine with the danois and also because there only a little bit bigger then the danois and the Delhezi bichir ate 2 other them LOL the Kribs have settles down already it seems there quite active and no bickering really other then at first where the big one kept nipping at the smaller one, no damage that i can see though which is always nice.

I was thinking of putting in some Anubias (spelling?) the plant with meduim-long stems and a nice green leaf at the end of the stem in a small gap between the driftwood and the sand so the stems can just grow out over the driftwood and i have a rock pile partly behind the driftwood that have planned Bolbitis Heudelotti (sorry for the latin names, i dont no the common) some more of the BH growing out from my rock cave for the Delhezi Bichir but it has since become mostly Krib "territory" but the Del pushes his way in when he wants to there, the Kribs are scared of him

just they wait till he gets to around 14 inchs long then they'll have reason to free although thats not for another little bit...he's about to start his growth spirt until he reaches about 7 inches then he'll slow down alot.

Sorry if it seems like im rambing on about nothing, its important to me so i thought i might share.

Spencer

 

[Onion01]

Awesome, simply awesome. And I like how enthusiastic you are. Just watch that none of your fish are big enough for the delhezi to eat. And add lots of rockwork. Although it shouldn't be a problem that you have driftwood, remember that africa has very few aquatic plants compared to south america. Reading your description, it is a perfect south american biotope, but like I said, it shouldn't be a problem. Good luck.

 

[Amaroq]

So then pass on the live plants? because i was wanting to put in a snail for help with algea contol but with live plants i cant really or ill lose some of them also is there any snails that wont breed if i just buy 1?

I kinda like the rock work but i was hoping for something to cover the back up my tank so i dont get nearly as much algea, my tank is right infront of a window. I dont like the look of just a plain black backround but i guess i could live with it if the need be. I think i may just by some bigger fake plants that look somewhat like the live plants i was gonna do and just put them in so i can have a snail for algea control or maybe theres a small-ish AFRICAN fish that will eat algea? I cant have a pleco because of the Bichir.

Thanks,
Spencer

 

[Onion01]

you cant have the pleco because he eats plants. I would still keep the plants because they are excellent at maintaining water quality and oxygenation. And if you buy live plants, you WILL have some snails. It is impossible not to have some passengers.