Dimensions 80 × 45 × 40 cm

Title Igarapé Puxurituba, Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil.

Volume 144L

Background Black paper

Lighting 70W LED

Filtration Eheim Ecco Pro 550 L/H

Plants No plants

Animals Paracheirodon axelrodi and Hemigrammus rhodostomus

Materials Trunks, driftwoods, sticks and dry leaves

Additional Information This biotope was inspired by Igarapé Puxurituba, located in the vicinity of the city of Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil. It is located at the coordinates S 0 ° 54'2.0016 "W62 ° 42'6.9984", water temperature around 28 ° C, p 5.4, Conductivity 18us / cm and 2 mg / l dissolved oxygen.
As it is in the vicinity of the city of Barcelos, and therefore within the Rio Negro, its water has acidic characteristics (see pH low), the water is yellowish by the decomposition of its leaves and trunks deposited in its bottom, mainly when the water descends forming the igarapes and leaving these characteristics even more visible.

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