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Post by awolf on Mar 21, 2016 21:08:42 GMT
I am a new member and am looking for Everglades small/hobby biotope aquariums. I'd like to see what has been created from the Everglades. Shoot a link my way if you know of any. Thanks!
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Post by pezerologo on Mar 21, 2016 21:21:35 GMT
Hello and welcome to the forum. What a coincidence , I am also preparing a biotope everglades . Also my aquarium is small but there are interesting species. Heterandria formosa Elassoma evergladei golden topminnow Fundulus chrysotus and many others. Plants also there is a good variety . I put here the link to the post where I talk about this aquarium , besides the part of search information. To me I caught my attention the Big Cypress reservation, but all everglades there are interesting sites. The post is in Spanish , but the links are in English. biotopeaquarium.freeforums.net/thread/200/montando-acuario-paisajismo-capitulo-documentaci?page=1&scrollTo=479Hope to help you. regards |
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Post by awolf on Mar 21, 2016 21:35:39 GMT
Thanks! My Spanish is very bad, but I will make do. My water here in Virginia is acidic, so I'm hoping I might be able to keep a small Everglades biotope if I can find some small fish and plants. I will be researching.
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Post by soluxn on Mar 21, 2016 21:36:00 GMT
Hello Awolf,
Welcome to the Forum.
Everglade's biotpe aquarium may be quite easy to represent if you are in the area. If you want to initiate with a small aquarium, maybe 5 to 10 gals. you can use some sand soil for the bottom and some local plants, include small ghost shrimps, some snails and for fish some of the mentioned by Pezerologo and maybe a couple of Lucania goodei, Heterandria will always be a good shot and you'll have a good population in a short term. Avoid specialy to introduce any ciclid as the will eat all the other small fish and will grow fast.
If you have something on mind, just let us know by posting in projects section here and we will guide you as much as we can.
Best regards
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Post by pezerologo on Mar 21, 2016 21:43:42 GMT
For the water issue , you can use to harden , salts sold for hard water in aquariums intended for cichlids of Tanganyika and Malawi lakes.
Another option is to use sea salt without iodine.
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Post by awolf on Mar 21, 2016 23:07:08 GMT
Thanks everyone! I will post in projects.
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