#520: 365L Biotope Aquascape Oxbow meander of Rio Parnaíba

Pavol Mužík Detva, Slovakia

Comments

Nicely done in general; but would love to see some smaller rocks added to make a more natural transition between rocks and sand.
— Marco Aukes
Nice little biotope tank. The biotope is for the most part accurate but the rounded rocks are unlikely found in this type of habitat.
— Bailin Shaw

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 90 × 90 × 45 cm
Title Oxbow meander of Rio Parnaíba
Volume 365L
Background Foil with imitation of sandblasted glass
Lighting Giesemann NOVA II 70W
Filtration Eheim professionel 3 / 2173, ADA Lily Pipe P-6 ( Outflow ), ADA New Lily Pipe V-7 ( Inflow ), ADA VUPPA-I
Plants Echinodorus scaber
Animals Geophagus parnaibae 8 pc, Brachychalcinus orbicularis 6 pc, Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae 8 pc, Ancistrus sp. 1 pc
Materials Substrate ADA Forest Sand ORINOCO sifted to smallest fraction. Mangrove wood and branches of willow Salix x erythoflexuosa, siliceous rocks. Leaves of palm, beech, Terminalia catappa, alder cones
Additional Information The aquarium should show an ox-bow meander of the river Rio Parnaíba with sand substrate, driftwood, the fallen branches and leaves from trees that create the typical natural environment for Geophagus parnaibae.

Informations that helped me in creating underwater river system of Rio Parnaíbe :
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1676-06032014000100204&script=sci_arttext
http://www.checklist.org.br/getpdf?SL033-12
http://www.feow.org/ecoregions/details/parnaiba
http://www.fishbase.org
http://www.seriouslyfish.com

Note : Characidae Brachychalcinus parnaibae are unavaiable so they were replaced with Brachychalcinus orbicularis.

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