Ripariums for Plant Filtration
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I have been experimenting with more new palnts for ripariums. I foud a nursery in Hawaii (Floribunds Palms) that carries hundreds fo species of palms. They have several that are water-associated palms. I included some of these in my recent order with them and got these three plants potted up in riparium planters. Now they are in my 50G riparium setup.
I hope they will grow. The Hydriastele is a relaly pretty plant. Just look...
Google: Hydriastele rheophytica
Google: Hydriastele rheophytica
Hey I got a new YouTube video put together here is the link...
YouTube: An Introduction to Planted Ripariums - Riparium SupplyTM
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YouTube: An Introduction to Planted Ripariums - Riparium SupplyTM
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I really want to figure out the fish stocking for the 56 Column that I'm working on. I think that I should get something weird to use as a centerpiece fish to go along with the weird plants.
What do you all think about a mormyrid? I have never kept them and the Internet says that they can be tricky. There is an LFS that have two of them. They look just like the one that shows up the most when you search, Gnathonemus petersii. The fish in the store were about 4" long, but supposedly this fish gets big (>12") so it's probably not the best choice. I was reading about other species that only grow to 6" or so. I wonder if I could track one down.
Another really cool West Africa choice would be a buffalo head cichlid, Steatocranus casuarius. This is another fish that would get too beefy for this tank with only ~20 gallons of water in it, but maybe I can find another Steatocranus sp. that woudl be smaller(??).
What do you all think about a mormyrid? I have never kept them and the Internet says that they can be tricky. There is an LFS that have two of them. They look just like the one that shows up the most when you search, Gnathonemus petersii. The fish in the store were about 4" long, but supposedly this fish gets big (>12") so it's probably not the best choice. I was reading about other species that only grow to 6" or so. I wonder if I could track one down.
Another really cool West Africa choice would be a buffalo head cichlid, Steatocranus casuarius. This is another fish that would get too beefy for this tank with only ~20 gallons of water in it, but maybe I can find another Steatocranus sp. that woudl be smaller(??).
Steatocranus really like fast flowing water. They live in river rapids.
A group of Microctenopoma ansorgii would look great. Microsynodontis for bottom feeders, maybe an African Butterflyfish (Pantodon bulcholzi)for the top?
A group of Microctenopoma ansorgii would look great. Microsynodontis for bottom feeders, maybe an African Butterflyfish (Pantodon bulcholzi)for the top?
Wow I like that Microctenopoma idea. That looks like a cool fish. Have you ever kept the Microsynodontis? DO they hide most of the time? I wonder if I could hope to find those?
I could set this tank up with a fast current for the Steatocranus. It's only ~20 gallons water so a Koralia shoudl really blow it around in there pretty good.
I could set this tank up with a fast current for the Steatocranus. It's only ~20 gallons water so a Koralia shoudl really blow it around in there pretty good.
If you go with the Steatocranus, get some Synodontis brichardi. They also come from the rapids. They are very flattenend with a sucker shaped mouth, and cool black and white stripes.
Wow that's a really cool fish. At about forty bucks a pop they are kind of expensive. Do you think a single individual would be OK by itself, or would it hide all the time?
