I was just reading a couple magazines, as well as some books, which covered the area of river aquatic life. I haven't seriously been into the aquarium hobby for a very long time, but I've yet to see a tank try to replicate a river system. I was curious as to why? Is the current too hard to reproduce, are the inhabitants to hard to find, or what? I imagine a couple of powerheads in a longer tank (55 long, maybe?) could come fairly close (as close as possible in aquaria, anyways) to reproducing a natural river habitat. If anyone has any input, or resources that are around, please let me know. I'm pretty interested.
Recreating a River?
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I'd imagine that a good way to do it would be instead of having overflows in the back you'd put them on the side. On the other side opposite of the overflows you'd have your powerheads. You would do this so the current stays steady and doesn't disperse throughout the tank. You would probably need a fairly long and short tank...custom made
Most river tanks... are like really long regular aquariums with powerheads on both ends. So to most people, it wouldn't look like a river tank.
IMO, I could only do a river tank if I had a large warehouse (seriously).
Because I would want sand beaches on the sides of the river, just like a real river (where we have glass walls). Rivers have small pools where the inhabitants and climate will differ to the deeper body of the river. there is more but im tired and not educated enough to explain further.
Because I would want sand beaches on the sides of the river, just like a real river (where we have glass walls). Rivers have small pools where the inhabitants and climate will differ to the deeper body of the river. there is more but im tired and not educated enough to explain further.
i have seen some done. what you probably dont realise is that when peopledo do them they go for a specific river biotope. so a nile river biotope or a lower nile river biotope. so for it to be a true lower river nile biotope they need fish from that area only. another thing is some people go as far as doing areas of the river like the banks or the bttom. etc. i have basically one i dont think of it as that but that was what i was attemting to achieve at the time and it worked. mines a general community tank. its got a few fish from africa asia and south america.
And rivers can be stagnant.i realize that but when you take the time to say 'river biotope' i kinda think youmean like moutain streams and stuff cause the amazon barely moves but the volume take it away, so in a tank it's pretty still water.one or two smaller powerheads or even just the filter return will suffice for that.