Amazon Biotope

[OwenB86]

I'm going to be converting my 110l coldwater tank into an amazon biotope I'll be using biological filtration like my other tank, the progress will be quite slow so sorry if I don't update often.

Plan:

Tank: 36"x12"x15" 110L

Lighting: Fluorescent tube light

Filtration: Biological and APS 100ef+

Plants:

Amazon frogbit
Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Cabomba
Amazon sword
Heteranthera zosteraefolia
Myriophyllum elatinoides
Mayaca fluviatilis
Echinodorus tenellus

(just a general list, I'll see how many of them I can find)

Stock:

Need help with this. I want a pair of apistos but I've read that they won't tolerate nitrates in the water, is this true for all of them?

Pair of apistos/bolivian rams
6+ school of small tetra - ember/red eyes?
6 spotted headstanders
6+ corys
6+ otos?
Pencilfish?

Starting point

Not completely decided on everything, it'd be great if someone could recommend me some more plants and some unusual stock.

Cheers

Owen

 

[Questions?]

that tank looks good, i cannot help you with apistos but i do know that with 6 ottos you will need a lot of algea so that could be ind of hard to keep it up

 

[OwenB86]

Thanks, I read that they needed to be kept in groups of at least 6 so maybe I will have to give them a miss.

 

[OwenB86]

Small update, added some Hydrocotyle leucocephala, stargrass and a lot of amazon frogbit.

 

[Questions?]

looks good so far

 

[RossC]

Looks nice mate, I'll be watching this

 

[OwenB86]

^Cheers both

Just tested the water:
Ammonia- 0ppm
Nitrite- 0ppm
Nitrate- 0ppm

May be able to have apistos after all if the water conditions stay like this

 

[Sharpy1987]

looking good!

 

[OwenB86]

Small update, the stargrass has grown a fair bit

 

[Questions?]

thats loks amazing, are you using ferts? or co2?

 

[OwenB86]

Thanks, and neither The tank uses biological filtration as well as a filter so there is compost under the sand that provides fertilisation for the plants.

 

[Questions?]

ooohhhh, smart

 

[OwenB86]

Added 6 flame tetras today

Also have an apple snail in my 55gal that I will be moving over soon.

 

[Flute]

Looks absolutely gorgeous! I love how simplistic and natural looking it is

 

[snazy]

It's lovely. I love the dark look. What type of lights are you using?