Rio Negro Tributary Stream biotope tank

[illumnae]

Recently hand itchy and got myself a group of juvenile Ivanacara adoketa, so I decided to set up a new biotope tank for them. The Rio Negro (where Ivanacara adoketa comes from) is known for its fine white sand and dark blackwater with extreme conditions, so I have tried to replicate the conditions as much as I can.

Not very much is known about Ivanacara adoketa, and there wasn't much information online about its habitat in the wild as well as sympatric species found with it, so I had to guess quite abit based on other reports that I've found (e.g. a few reports mentioned that Tucanoichthys tucano is found together with I. adoketa, so I based tankmate choice and decor on information I found about the tetra instead).

Without much further ado, here are some shots of the setup and inhabitants of this new tank.

FTS:



Ivanacara adoketa:









Dicrossus filamentosus:



Tucanoichythis tucano:








Other inhabitants of this tank include Carnegiella strigata and Ancistrus sp. (came ided as Ancistrus dolichopterus L183, but I think it is Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus).

[CullTail]

lovely tank and fishes.

[RES!]

Love your setup bro esp the floating plants, eager to see the tank's progress.

[zonkkie]

looking good and natural! back to hardcore biotope. What lights are you using now?

So you swept the adoketas from jzx.

[mshak]

very nice biotope setup =)

[Bigfoot1989]

Very nice. See already very relax.

[MrKimKor]

may i know what floating plant is that?

[Brichardi]

Nicely set up! Thanks for sharing.

[wei_yuan86]

Very nicely done
Always love seeing natural bio-topes..

[lyc]

Very nice setup