sycho zebra Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hi ppls, whats a typical South American biotype,any replies would be much appreciated thanks. David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 David, Got to Planet Catfish and go to the Shane Worlds geography page. Thats got heaps of good stuff. I'll find some of the others I have latter. Maybe you need to say which fish your interested in. Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[-fireStorm-] Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 You're talking about millions of square kilometres of wetlands, flooded forest, rivers, creeks, streams, lakes...typical? If you want the generic version, its wood, gravel, plants, south american fish, low PH and soft water. If you want something interesting and natural, do some research. -Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazza Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 What fish do you plan to keep in the biotype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[-fireStorm-] Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 BTW biotype is the natural habitat, biotope is a replica (not exact of course) of that habitat in an aquarium, cage or other container. -Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazza Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 yes im aware of that Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sycho zebra Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 Thanks for the replies ppls, the type of fish i'm planning on keeping in this biotype are loricariidae catfish from the Rio Xingu, Thanks again to all that replied. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[-fireStorm-] Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 A decent Rio xingu biotope would be: fine sand or gravel substrate. Rocks, pebbles and maybe some disguised, artificial caves, pipes etc. A moderate current, right water conditions and thats about it. Look at some of the Planetcatfish info, maybe try to find some pictures somewhere...Good luck. -Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 MongaBay.com have a lot of biotype information. I think they even have the Rio your talking about. Also look at an early post in the catfish forum on the Rio Tapojas. Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazza Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Thanks for that link Adam it was quite an interesting read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sycho zebra Posted January 10, 2004 Author Share Posted January 10, 2004 thanks for the replies guys Ill let you know how things go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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