Oddity biotope tanks

Featherfin said:
that sounds really neat. its probably harder to get the flora than it is the fauna, ha. I'm doing an 75 gal african drainage swamp now. Not that unusual, but I can really relate to the biotope bug
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definitely post pics when you can.
 
mellowvision said:
i'm not sure what to call it, but I'd like to see a biotope that recreates the darkwater/silty water line where the two waters flow by each other but don't mix.
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Would that be the lava lamp biotope?
 
mellowvision said:
sorry, to clarify, I was hoping to see pics of featherfin's 75 gallon swamp. I am about to build a small swampy vivarium
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its very 'under construction' as far as plants and driftwood go as I acquire money, but sure. ill get some up ltaer
 
OK I'll bump my thread one last time in hopes that somebody has pictures.
Maybe I should have posted this in GCC.
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soobie said:
When I was in college in Maine, my work-study job was maintaining several aquariums, one of which was a big (don't know the exact gallons, but it was at least 6 feet long) coldwater, saltwater Gulf of Maine tank. All the inhabitants were local to the area, and included a small lumpfish, lobster, flounder, anemones, mussels, barnacles, etc.

Maybe not quite as extreme as you were thinking, but it was really neat. Definitely not something I'd want in my home, though. It had a huge sump with a chiller, needed lots of water changes, lots of cleaning. It was great for the university setting, though.

Probably the reason more people don't do the exotic tanks is the expense and difficulty in getting critters, and the expense of getting the specialized equipment (chillers, wave generators).
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If you dont mind me going off topic just a bit, which college might this be? Not unity is it?
 
A nice informative article about Endler's that mentions their biotope:
http://endlersr.us/kb.php?mode=article&k=11

If you tried this with an indoor aquarium, you'd never see the fish through the murky green, it would smell awful, the bottom would feel and look like a swamp, it would be a biotic cesspool of germs, and you'd hate it. People who want to reproduce the wild habitat of Endler's have a fantasy location in mind - more like a scenic section of an Amazon stream, with clear, clean flowing water.

The truth is, Endler's Livebearers are one of the few fishes in the hobby that have a chance at better conditions in the aquarium, then in the wild! Think of that.
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