#212: 225L Biotope Aquascape Habitat of the Sava River flooding area

Boško Jovanović Belgrade, Serbia

Comments

This is a nice representation of a body of water in a local area. It would eb unusual though not entirely impossible to find so many species in the same small area. I would have liked to see a more natural looking substrate. Still it is a very attractive tank that. Gives a nice idea of the flora and fauna in the area.
— Karen Randall

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 121 × 41 × 45 cm
Title Habitat of the Sava River flooding area
Volume 225L
Background Backlighting
Lighting 2x54w T5 High light (Juwel day + nature)+reflector 14 hours/day
Filtration inner integrated Juwel Bioflow + Atman EF3 canister filter
Plants Ceratophyllum demersum, Menta aquatica, Alisma spp plantago-aquatica, Egeria densa, Teucrium scordium, Hottonia palustris, Lysimachia nummularia, Cardamine hirsuta, Eleocharis acicularis, Sagitaria sagitifolia, Carex pseudocyperus, Carex vulpina, Scripus lacustris, Myosotis palustris, Fontinalis antipiretica
Animals Rhodeus amarus x 8,
Lepomis gibbosus x 2,
Neogobius Melanostomus x 2,
Neogobius Fluvialis x 1,---,

Theodoxus danubialis x 15
Materials lokal wood, stones and gravel
Additional Information This cold water tank shows the current reality of local habitats in Southeastern Europe: migration and dominance of invasive and introduced species (such as: Lepomis gibbosus, Neogobius sp, Egeria densa, etc.) in relation to native species (some of them have ended up on the red list - such as Hottonia palustris). All plants and fishes were sampled at same place from local ponds and the Sava River (coordinates: +44° 46' 35.60", +20° 21' 23.34" - see Google map). Only local plants from the red list were obtained from aquatic cultivation and were not sampled in the nature.

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