FreshwaterAfishianado
Fish Fanatic
So I'm starting this journal a little late, the tank has been running a little while now but it has been slow going so I figured I would share what I've done so far.
The original plan was to do a biotope centered around the Lake Valencia Basin in Venezuela, which is the only lake in which wild Diamond Tetra can still be found. When I was doing research though I quickly realised that most of the fish I liked from this area were either very expensive or not available where I am, so I decided to do a South American themed tank instead. I have looked at a lot of gotos of black water tanks online and I find them very apealing, though I love the look of planted tanks as well. So for this tank I decided to go with a black(ish) water theme, using driftwod and leaf litter o a sandy substrate but also adding some low-light pants sparingly.
The stocking will eventually look something like this:
2x Festivum (already have)
8-10x Diamond Tetra (have 5)
8-10x Corydoras Sterbai (have 5)
3x Apistos (not sure which specific species yet)
1x small species of pleco
Ok so to the pics
This is a pic the wife and I took of a local creek, I know it isn't actually a blackwater system but this is the kind of feel we eventualy want
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Here is a pic of the tank after first setting it up
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Here is after adding a few bitsof wood and the first 2 fish, at this oint there were the 2 festivums and 3 diamind tetra
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Here is a pic I took yesterday after adding a few Amazon Swords. Current stock is 2x Festivums, 5x Diamond Tetra and 5x šterbai Cory
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Sorry al of the pics are placed as links, my comuter is down right now and I am doing this on my phone, I figured links to full res photos was better than thumbnails. Thanks for taking a lok and let me know what you think.
The original plan was to do a biotope centered around the Lake Valencia Basin in Venezuela, which is the only lake in which wild Diamond Tetra can still be found. When I was doing research though I quickly realised that most of the fish I liked from this area were either very expensive or not available where I am, so I decided to do a South American themed tank instead. I have looked at a lot of gotos of black water tanks online and I find them very apealing, though I love the look of planted tanks as well. So for this tank I decided to go with a black(ish) water theme, using driftwod and leaf litter o a sandy substrate but also adding some low-light pants sparingly.
The stocking will eventually look something like this:
2x Festivum (already have)
8-10x Diamond Tetra (have 5)
8-10x Corydoras Sterbai (have 5)
3x Apistos (not sure which specific species yet)
1x small species of pleco
Ok so to the pics

This is a pic the wife and I took of a local creek, I know it isn't actually a blackwater system but this is the kind of feel we eventualy want
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Here is a pic of the tank after first setting it up
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Here is after adding a few bitsof wood and the first 2 fish, at this oint there were the 2 festivums and 3 diamind tetra
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Here is a pic I took yesterday after adding a few Amazon Swords. Current stock is 2x Festivums, 5x Diamond Tetra and 5x šterbai Cory
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Sorry al of the pics are placed as links, my comuter is down right now and I am doing this on my phone, I figured links to full res photos was better than thumbnails. Thanks for taking a lok and let me know what you think.