A friend of mine and I are looking to repurpose a 125 US Gallon tank (5'x2'x2') to be a South American biotype tank. All native plants and fish for a South American river. Does anyone have a favorite?
I'm thinking Negro, Orinoco, Madeira, but am very open to suggestions. Ultimately we will need to focus on a river with species we can readily acquire in the aquarium trade, as well as plants to match.
My personal favorite apisto is cacatuoides, but agassizi are nice too.
We are figuring that we can add at least two large shoals of dither fish, two trios of apistos and possibly a shoal of cories. We want it to be colorful enough to grab student attention, but authentic enough to be useful as a teaching tool regarding ecosystems.
I'm thinking Negro, Orinoco, Madeira, but am very open to suggestions. Ultimately we will need to focus on a river with species we can readily acquire in the aquarium trade, as well as plants to match.
My personal favorite apisto is cacatuoides, but agassizi are nice too.
We are figuring that we can add at least two large shoals of dither fish, two trios of apistos and possibly a shoal of cories. We want it to be colorful enough to grab student attention, but authentic enough to be useful as a teaching tool regarding ecosystems.
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For me my I think I would go for the Xingu or Tocantins
/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/search_result.php?family_id=0&genus_id=0&distr_id=28
I was really hoping that someone would post a link to something like this. 
Thanks. I think I have some work ahead of me now. 
