#63: 2600L Biotope Aquascape Orinoco river

Jesper Taustrup Ryomgård, Denmark

Comments

Oh what a shame! Your hardscape is GORGEOUS though there would be more leaf litter around the tree roots not the exposed sand pebbles and Echinodorus. But the biggest problem is the fish -- Rams do not come from this area. :-(
— Karen Randall
The design is very natural looking. Worth keeping for design effort but note if plants and fish aren't from the same habitat.
— Phil Edwards
No the rams & heckelii would never cross paths. Rams are from north of the Orinoco.
— Scott Dowd
Fish not correct.
— Mike Senske

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 200 × 180 × 70 cm
Title Orinoco river
Volume 2600L
Background Two custom made trees from Back to Nature. These are built into a mudbank made ​​in styrofoam and coated with a rubber cement concrete which is colored with yellow color Oxide. The small roots that are embedded in the mudbank is from pine trees which I think is very suitable for this purpose.
Lighting 3 x T5 80 Watts JBL Daylight tubes
2 x Power halogen spots
Filtration Biological filtration truth a sump under the aquarium powered by a 3000 lph which pumps the water back in the aquarium and a 2000 lph which pumps the water back into the first chamber.
Plants Small plants of Echinodorus bleheri
Animals 5 Acarichthys heckelii WF
2,2 Mikrogeophagus altispinosus WF
50 Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
10 Metynnis hypsauchen
6 Pterophyllum scalare
4 Hemiancistrus sp. L128
15 Corydoras panda
Materials Large river stones and cobbles, sand with fine gravel mix in red and brown color nuances.
Bottom layer also consists of dried beech leaves.
Besides that there is used many Oak Tree branches in various sizes that create many hunting preserves limits in the different water layers.
Additional Information After watching Ivan Mikolji lectures and seen his wonderful film "Freshwater Natural Aquarium" Documentary it became obvious to me that I was forced to try to create a biotope aquascape from this part of the world.
During the construction of the aquarium, I have also been using Oliver Lucanus book "The Amazon below water" which also has given me inspiration for creating this tank.
I have tried to create a small river system in the Orinoco Delta. That should illustrate the habitat close to the riverbank with a lot of shade because of the large trees hanging over the Water.

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