Flooded Amazon Forest

[scottthomas]

After watching some videos about the flooded Amazon forest, I wanted to recreate in a planted aquarium. Should look a whole lot better when the stem plants in the back and sides reach the top of the water. I am planning on stocking with a school of Hyphessobrycon amandae. Any suggestions on other types of fish????

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[Second Hand Pat]

Looks darn look and a bit difference from your general aquarium. I like. No suggests on fish however.

[kaceyo]

Looks great. You gonna put wild discus in it?

[scottthomas]

Looks darn look and a bit difference from your general aquarium. I like. No suggests on fish however.

Thanks, I know its not really a biotope, more of a minature.


Looks great. You gonna put wild discus in it?

Thanks. No discus, Just some very tiny tetras. Ember tetras get only about 2 cm. Keep the scale right. I actually want the plants to grow tall and stemmy to look like tree trucks etc. Discus I will keep in my fishroom, they would not fit in this 29 gallon tank.

[R1_Ridah]

Very nice. I like it....

[William Palumbo]

Looks real cool Scott! I like it! Small fish would make it look best, giving the illusion of the "trees" being bigger than what they are...Bill

[YSS]

Wow! That is a great looking scape. Left me speechlesss... How about a pair of apistos and some hatchets and tiny rasboras?

[Second Hand Pat]

Even a pair of rams if you wanted something a tab bigger.

[Ed13]

You captured the "image" of the flooded forest, even the background adds to the illusion!! Great job sir!!!

[scottthomas]

Very nice. I like it....

Thanks, I like it too but you have the coolest Amazon tank around.:)


Looks real cool Scott! I like it! Small fish would make it look best, giving the illusion of the "trees" being bigger than what they are...Bill

Appreciate the input. I cant wait to see how it looks with my tiny tetras.


Wow! That is a great looking scape. Left me speechlesss... How about a pair of apistos and some hatchets and tiny rasboras?

Thats quite a compliment. I really like the idea of a couple or three hatchets. I like them but have never owned any. I will update after plants grow. It should look more forest like with most of the growth near the top. I have 13 tanks but believe it or not this is the only one not in the basement and not bb. I missed having a planted aquarium.


Even a pair of rams if you wanted something a tab bigger.

I had forgotten about GBR. They are one of my favorites. I am for sure getting at least one of them if not a pair.


You captured the "image" of the flooded forest, even the background adds to the illusion!! Great job sir!!!

Thanks for looking. I actually just used one of the tanks I have already painted for pair of discus from when I renovated my fishroom. All of my tanks have that background paint:)

[zimmjeff]

a couple of nice discus would add to an already great tank.

[lpiasente]

Looks fantastic... something with a bit of red would look great in there with those green plants....rummy nose

[Dave B]

That looks great. What kind of wood is that?

[scottthomas]

That looks great. What kind of wood is that?

It is actually some old dried vine of some type. I guess it in non toxic as my Scarlett Badis and variety of shrimp are loving life among the plants and seem very healthy. I guess its now more of an Indian flooded forest rather than an Amazon forest with the Badis Badis. lol

[Dave B]

Yeah, but noone else will know that.

I might have to borrow/steal/adapt that style. I think I prefer the straight up and down lines rather than the gnarly multi-direction manzanita, at least I do in my upstairs tank, plus it could go really nicely with the background I want to get, which is also mostly vertical elements.

[Disgirl]

Just saw this tank and I really like it! Be sure to show us when you have fish in it, it will be even more spectacular then!
Barb

[Jennie]

That's such a cool tank! Very creative

[Chad Hughes]

I love it! Looks great!

[Northwoods Discus]

How did you get all those branches standing up straight and not falling over. Looks really cool.

[dghby]

very nice!!!

[scottthomas]

Thanks to everyone for the nice comments and ideas. I added 8 scarlett badis (dario dario) and 6 shrimp of different colors. I want to keep very small fish in this tank. I will probably add something else when the scarlets get bigger. They are so small that the first day after I got them they had all disappeared. I found them in the HOB filter. I fixed that with nylon stocking.

For some reason I have always been drawn to those tanks that have very small fish that I sometimes cant even identify. Just mysterious I guess. I will update when the tank begins to look different as plants and fish grow etc.


How did you get all those branches standing up straight and not falling over. Looks really cool.
I attached to bottom with silicon and held til dry witha board laid across top.

[willbldrco]

I really like the concept and design of your aquscape!! The close-up pics look like I'm snorkeling in the jungle! :) Very cool.

One suggestion: Do some cable management - e.g. tie the cords behind the legs of your stand so that all the attention is on your aquascape! :)

Will

[scottthomas]

Update since the plants have grown (slowly but surely) and added some livestock; LOTS of pictures of some of my non discus fish.

1 some type of loach
various shrimp we hardly ever see
5 scarlett Badis
6 Celebes Rainbows
1 Albino BN
2 ottos
snails and plants

Low Lights -No ferts -No CO2 - black sand over some potting soil. THANKS for looking

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Only had these guys for one day. They should color up a lot more in time.
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Very difficult to get pictures of these little boogers. They are so tiny. Act like small cichlids, territorial and flaring fins and gills at each other.

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Im not the only one who enjoys looking at this little tank

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[YSS]

Love the tank!

[Joker43]

Really did a great job.... Thanks for sharing...

Tito:jester:

[jimg]

Real nice job!!

[Silver]

This is cool!! like it..

[rosyrobyn]

Great tank! I especially like the perspective of depth.

[Second Hand Pat]

Scott, really love this tank. It's different and I like it. Very nice pictures too :)

[April]

i love it. i think its the nicest looking tank ever. thanks for sharing..very creative. i agree small fish would be best.

[two utes]

l like it! Good job

[tanglovers]

Very nice, I like unique tank setups!

[fishorama]

I love it too! The little loach looks like young botia kubotai. Warning: I bet your shrimp won't be safe forever. (& they really are happier in groups) I think with all those species you may have to rename it Asian Forest, lol.

Did say you what kind of wood that is? Sorry if I missed it.

[jcardona1]

Very cool! It looks like the 1st place winnder of the 2010 IAPLC :)

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[scottthomas]

I love it too! The little loach looks like young botia kubotai. Warning: I bet your shrimp won't be safe forever. (& they really are happier in groups) I think with all those species you may have to rename it Asian Forest, lol.

Did say you what kind of wood that is? Sorry if I missed it.

Yeah its more like Asian Forest ( i actually mentioned that too I believe) I was just inspired from watching some videos about the flooded Amazon forest. Scarlet Badis from India I think, and rainbowfish fro Australia? Weird mixture. Most plants people use are not from Amazon either. I agree loach happier with others and will eventually eat shrimp and snails. (already found one munched on) He is very tiny and grows slow so I will keep in here for a while longer. The wood is some very dry vine I found in my backyard.

[scottthomas]

Very cool! It looks like the 1st place winnder of the 2010 IAPLC :)

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That is awesome. Way better than mine. I looked it up and I see there have actually been many similar entries in that contest every year that imitate forest. I guess not so original idea. Man those are some fantastic planted tanks in that contest. I would love to see them in person. Wonder if the y can really be kept as a real tank for long period of time?

[fishorama]

Awesome whatever continent, I'm a mixed plant/fish girl myself! Is like lt to be grapevine? Watch it for rotting... eventually...so pretty!

[2wheelsx2]

That is awesome. Way better than mine. I looked it up and I see there have actually been many similar entries in that contest every year that imitate forest. I guess not so original idea. Man those are some fantastic planted tanks in that contest. I would love to see them in person. Wonder if the y can really be kept as a real tank for long period of time?

Nope. Those tanks are set up, grown out a little bit and then photographed and torn down. can you imagine trying to do maintenance on that?

[lpiasente]

Love the tank!

so does the cat

[scottishbloke]

Love the tank!! It really does look like a flooded forest. BTW, the rainbowfish are (originally) from Celebes (Sulawesi) Island in the South Pacific, near Papua New Guinea. They already have great color too!

Great job Mate,

Colin

[jssquared]

Looks good now.. Cant wait to see it when it has filled in a bit. GREAT JOB!

[sayid]

You gave an idea for my spare tank which is empty at the moment ,great job and thanks for sharing it with us .