#56: 98L Biotope Aquascape SE Asian slow-flowing rivulet

Sanna Vihavainen Hameenlinna, Finland

Awards and Comments

Second Place
Beautiful Southeast Asian themed aqarium. It's definately more of a regional example than a true biotope. The choices of flora and fauna work well together even if not from the same countries. The dense plantings and darker tone to the aquascape certainly are reminiscent of a stream in an Asian jungle. Compositionally this would have been better suited to the Aquatic Garden category. The effort at using only SE Asian species is obvious and should be recognized.
— Phil Edwards
It is a nice South East Asian aquascape. The substrate should be leveled. The moss should be tied.
— Takashi Amano
While this is a very pretty tank and the aquarist has been careful to use all Asian species it is more of a "geographic theme" tank than a true biotope. I have trouble imagining these plants growing in this configuration
— Karen Randall

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 70 × 35 × 40 cm
Title SE Asian slow-flowing rivulet
Volume 98L
Background Background paper
Lighting 1 x 18 W fluorescent bulb (Sylvania Gro - lux)
Filtration Double Hamburger mattenfilter with peat granulates between filterfoam plates + Eheim Compact 600
Plants 1. Riccia fluitans
2. Rotala macrandra
3. Limnophila aquatica
5. Microsorum pteropus "Narrow"
6. Rotala rotundifolia
7. Vesicularia dubyana
8. Cryptocoryne affinis
Animals 3 x Badis badis
5 x Pangio kuhlii
5 x Puntius titteya
Planorbarius corneus
Melanoides tuberculata
Materials Microsorum pteropus is planted on a driftwood while Vesicularia dubyana is attached to rocks. Both plants seedlings are planted on the filterfoam plate (1.).
There is a coconut shell (4.) for Badises to breed in.
Substate is fine sand, diameter less than 0,6 mm.
Additional Information Fertilization: 10 ml of PMDD/week, clay balls are buried all over the bottom.
Water parameters: pH;6,5 - KH;5 - GH;8 - NO2;0 - NO3;5-15 - T;26
Water changes 50%/week

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