#135: 189L Paludarium Transition Verde

Alan Smithee Stanley, United States

Awards and Comments

Third Place
The competition from other entries is tought and hence...
— Ole Pedersen
I think better maintenace is important the Java fern have too many old leaves and this make you paludarium look dirty and I am wondering if this is keept more as a planted tank than a true paludarium because of your information.
The plants are not from south america but if you replace the Microsorum pteropus for Bolbitis you have yourself an African biotope! find a new home for ocscar and the gang and add some african tetras instead.
Also after the plants get a hold of the driftwood remove the green ties.
Navarro
Navarro.
— Luis Navarro
Your bog wood wouldn't be a problem in a biotope tank but you have Asian and African plants and S. American fish. The tank might be a comfortable tank for your fish but there is not much to make it a true paludarium.. more like an aquarium that is only intermittently filled.
— Karen Randall

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 61 × 61 × 61 cm
Title Transition Verde
Volume 189L
Background none
Lighting 2x36 watt Power Compact
Filtration Fluval cannister filter
Plants Anubias spp., Microsorum spp.
Animals 30 Paracheirodon axelrodi (see photo for names), 10 Otocinclus sp. (names not given), 4 Crossocheilus siamensis (all named Fred), 2 Ancisctrus sp. (never out, so they have not been named)
Materials Bogwood, Seachem Flourite
Additional Information This paludarium utilize a clever planting where the Anubias to experience both summer dry spell and seasonal flooding by the addition or removal of water. I would have liked to enter it as South American Biotope aquarium, but heard on the Forum that the bogwood may be from the wrong area.

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