Dimensions 91 × 46 × 22 cm

Title Flooded Forest Tributary of the Rio Negro

Volume 90L

Background Expanding foam coated in blended aquasoil and sand.

Lighting Low-intensity strip light.

Filtration large Fluval canister filter

Plants N/A

Animals 10 Paracheirodon axelrodi (Cardinal Tetra)

Materials Several "fallen" logs (buoyant for 6 months prior to sinking), leaf litter made up dried Willow Oak leaves and a blended almond leaves and other commercial available botanicals. Slope built using expanding foam coated in blended aquasoil and sand.

Additional Information This biotope was build to recreate the flooded forest floor I witnessed while visiting the small tributaries of the Rio Negro River, itself a tributary of the Amazon. The flooded forest floor is covered in leaves and fallen branched and stumps in the process of decay. While the water is a crystal clear amber, a layer of mulm coats everything, and the slightest disturbance will fill the water with flecks of brownish grey.

Because of the small size of this setup, I opted to limit my fish to a single species.