Mexican biotope tank

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Knowdafish;3233429; said:
Cool! Very natural looking. How did you make the background/back rock wall? Now all you need is the fish!
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Thankyou, the background was brought from the lfs, i couldn't tell you who they were made by. Sorry.:)
Modest_Man;3233939; said:
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the wood layout. I'd try to make it more visually appealing composition wise and try to work in the rule of threes to help move the eye.
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Thanks for the advice Takashi, i'll remember that rule of thumb if i have a dabble at a planted tank.

Its a biotope, not a Takashi Amano planted nature aquarium. The wood is arranged hopefully for the benifit of the fish, not for me mate.:)

Thanks for the comments guys. The fish i'm hopefully going to stock are either Thorichthys sp or Herichthys, ideally i would just like to keep a breeding pair rather than a community in this tank.
 
mr.reef24;3234770; said:
tank look's fantastic very natural which I really can appreciate.

mr.reef24
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Thanks mate, i appreciate it.
callmesethro;3234788; said:
try some anubis plants in there for some big ole leaves :D
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Thanks, but anubis are african plants, so it wouldn't fit in with the biotope theme.:)

I have found some of the most common plants in CA streams and lakes are lillies ludwiga and mexican oak. But i didn't really want to add any plants if i'm being honest. Cheers.
 
Looks much bigger becuase of the aquascaping. I think one pair of most of the herichthys would work well. Might need to some distraction fish to keep the male off the female a little. There seems to be a lot of different herichthys available right now. Do you have any certain ones in mind?

I really like and have
Escondido pair
Bartoni
Blue labridens

Don't have but really like
Yellow labridens
sp turquoise

Lots of colors to choose from with these guys.
 
jgentry;3235082; said:
Looks much bigger becuase of the aquascaping. I think one pair of most of the herichthys would work well. Might need to some distraction fish to keep the male off the female a little. There seems to be a lot of different herichthys available right now. Do you have any certain ones in mind?

I really like and have
Escondido pair
Bartoni
Blue labridens

Don't have but really like
Yellow labridens
sp turquoise

Lots of colors to choose from with these guys.
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The Hericththys i love atm, is H. deppi. Not a particularly colourful fish, but i love the shape and orange facial markings on them. We have quite a few available over in the UK and a few of our members have spawned them. So plenty supply.

Nice collection you have. We have both Yellow labridens and turquoise available here, turquoise has been spawned too.;)

I was going to add a shoal of swordtails as dithers, they work very well in my other tanks.
LBathory;3235091; said:
nice natural looking tank. very well done.
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Thanks appreciate it.:)
 
very well done, get some fish in there and throw some pics up.

You really should throw up a DIY of how you put this thing together, deffinetly would be a sticky.
 
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