My natural style tanks and biotopes thread

[mrrobxc]

Thank you Sir, appreciate the comment.
Happy new year to you.

Happy new year to you as well!

 

[cjdesmit]

Coming along nicely Stan, it's certainly looking pretty "wild" in there! One of these days I'll get around to having a SA biotope...

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Coming along nicely Stan, it's certainly looking pretty "wild" in there! One of these days I'll get around to having a SA biotope...

Thanks Chris.
You will find it a lot easier to keep the smaller shoaling fish with the s/a set up.
I love c/a tanks but they are a little more restrictive as you have recently experienced.

 

[cjdesmit]

Thanks Chris.
You will find it a lot easier to keep the smaller shoaling fish with the s/a set up.
I love c/a tanks but they are a little more restrictive as you have recently experienced.

Yes, I definitely see the draw to SA fish as there are so many options when aiming for a biotope, from the seemingly endless tetra and catfish species available. If I was able to have two large aquariums setup, one would certainly be a SA biotope with hoards of schooling fish.

 

[JAYBIRD1011]

Thought I would start a thread here of some of my tanks.
If your a regular on the cichlid forums, I apologise as you will have seen these pictures before.
I'm in the process of moving fish on to start new projects. I will show the progress of those on this thread as they occur.
Here are some old ones.

Eaquedens rivulatus

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South American Community tank

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Mexico

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Melanura tank

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South America


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That will do for now. More to come.

Those melanuras are stunning! They almost look like marine fish with so much color.

 

[mrrobxc]

Rio guapore loose biotope



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This is a gorgeous tank! I love every aspect of it!

 

[Stanzzzz7]

This is a gorgeous tank! I love every aspect of it!

Thank you Rob, appreciate the comment.

 

[dan518]

Thank you Rob, appreciate the comment.

Any updates

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Any updates

Very little has changed mate. I will try and get some updated photos later.

 

[twentyleagues]

Very little has changed mate. I will try and get some updated photos later.

That's not the point!