South American Biotope

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SePPii

SePPii

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Ok basically I'm wanting to know how My Severums and my Oscar would live in the wild. I want to set up the the tank this way. If anyone has any pics or tips on how to do this it would be greatly appreciated


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Are they wild caught fish or F1/2 from a known area, or just generic tank-bred fish? If you know where they're from you could probably research the specific area (try looking on fishbase.org if you don't know where they're from) and set up a more authentic biotope, otherwise IMO a sandy substrate + driftwood and maybe some leaf litter would be a good enough approximation of "the amazon".
 
I'm unsure of where they all came from honestly. My guess is just store bought. A couple of the Sevs may be F1/F2 or w.e, but I would say the test are not. I'm really just wanting the look. I have 6 Severums of different varieties, 1 13" Albino tiger Oscar, and some 2-5" geos. That's my S. American I also have a Fla Gar. But, yeah just didn't know what a true " Amazon" Biotope would be


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My tank is just bare ATM and I thought it would be a cool look since the majority of my Fish are S. American.


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That would be nice, just afraid my Oscar would rip up the plants


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Large, tangled driftwood, leaves and sandy, muddy substrate is what I think of, although of course, the Amazon is huge and has many different areas. Iirc, There are at least 3: black water biotope, a brown muddy biotope, a white-water biotope. Not sure if the area near the ocean is designated as something else. Also, changes a lot depending on if its flooded or not.
 
SePPii said:
But, yeah just didn't know what a true " Amazon" Biotope would be
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There isn't one, there is everything from densly planted bits to baron rocky environments to blackwater rivers full of tangled driftwood to the flooded forest.

IMO the wood + sand + rocks type "amazon" look would go well fir the kind of fish you have.
 
Well I just rearranged it and I think it looks good. I'll post a pic in just a few


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Here's a pic but with the black background and the weak light I have right now you can barely see it. Looks like my background is crinkled up :/ better fish that too lol


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