Natural Amazon Set-up

[PlecoLad-UK]

Hi all

Has anyone got any photos of what the amazon generally looks like on the river bed? I want to re-do my wild caught tank. Was thinking mainly pebbles and piles of stones?

 

[L273]

a wild caught tank? how hard was it to catch? :lol:

anyway, use various pieces or driftwood etc scattered along the bottom along with large/med/small smooth rounded pebbles etc etc.

another thing is it depends on what part of the amazon you are trying to re-create?

 

[bigbird]

:lol: indeed. Agree, rounded pebles, sand bottom and driftwood. Nearly no plants. But this river is huge and has many biotops. cheers jk :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Brengun]

In full flood I imagine it changes too.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
I don't think the Amazon basin rivers have pebbles, once you get away from the Andes piedmont. The "clear water" rivers have a rock bottom, the "black water" rivers have silica sand and leaves and the "white water" rivers mud and sand, all of the rivers have a lot of fallen wood. Have a look at this post on PC <http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=26493&sid=9605747b04ecbf1ddfb1b879581c21d5#p159380>

Some clear water rivers have plants (in the Pantanal), have a look here <http://en.aquanet.tv/Video/219-plantahunter-chris-lukhaup-and-stefan-hummel-en-route-in-brazil-south-of-pantanal>.

cheers Darrel

 

[Andrew]

These links show you a xingu river biotype;

Aquascaping for Hypancistrus zebra - The Perfectionist

Aquascaping for Hypancistrus zebra - The Rest of Us

H.T.H.
Andrew.

 

[PlecoLad-UK]

Hmm I realise I was asking a bit of an impossible question lol! Thanks all. As for the wild caught tank. Took me 2 weeks to track the thing down the amazon, after a 12 hour struggle it finally gave in. Now settled with regular changes and feeding lol!!

 

[PlecoLad-UK]

When they say 'dark volcanic rock' does anyone know what type this is or where to get something similar?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
"Dark volcanic rock" just means it is a Basalt, Gabbro or Peridotite type igneous rock, without much quartz in it (Granite would be an example of an igneous rock with lots of quartz in it). All igneous (volcanic rock) are OK to use, I assume he just preferred the look of a dark, fine grained rock.

If you are anywhere in the N. or W. of the UK you probably have a quarry near you, more difficult in the S. or E., although I've seen it for sale at garden centres etc.

<http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~oesis/micro/>.

cheers Darrel