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????

[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.