Flooded Amazon Forest

[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

[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

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 .