Dimensions 90 × 30 × 40 cm

Title THANDWE CREEK RAKHINE, MYANMAR

Volume 110L

Background Black

Lighting DIY lamp 50 watt

Filtration Canister Filter Fluval FX4

Plants Vallisneria, Cryptocoryne, Lemna minor, Stenochlaena palustris

Animals Channa Pulcra and Lymnaea stagnalis

Materials roots, wood, leaves, stones, twigs and sand

Additional Information The aquarium was set up based on a biotope of Thandwe creek of Rakhine in Myanmar. This is a slowly running medium size creek in the formerly Arakan State on Myanmars western coast bordered by Chin State (in the north) and in the east by the so called divisions Magway, Bago and Ayeyarwady, by the Bay of Bengal in the West and the Chittagong divison of Bangladesh in the northwest. From the north runs a very mountains region south across the State were it rains often, the valleys are filled with creeks, lakes and immense rice fields, coco and palm plantations. Very few fishes are known from this part of Myanmar. The snakeheads live not in deep habitats, the water is mostly clear, but after a heavy rain all is turbid. The ground is often leaf-litter and gravel, black and white stones in some areas.