Creating a Amazon Biotope

[fighteryeo]

saw a website on a pic of a underwater view of the Amazon river and was fascinated, hoping to recreate it, but have a few questions.

on the leaf litter of the river, what kind of leaves can i get??? any type also can? will it harm the fish??? or must get Ketapang leaves. i am hoping to get a good pH range of 6.3-6.8.

[Thomas Tong]

Can i know what website? wish to view too. thanks

[Aeon]

[quote:0be3cb9763="Thomas Tong"]Can i know what website? wish to view too. thanks [/quote:0be3cb9763]

yeh yeh!

[fighteryeo]

i forgot the webbie liao, some pics taken by takashi amano. but still can remember it in my mind, just wanna noe whether can use those leaves that we can find on the ground anot?

[fazlee]

Ketapang leaf. LFS sure have those leaf. if u know how to distinguish the tree locally, it all yours for the picking.

[fighteryeo]

other leaves cannot issit??? btw, what is a lifespan of ketapang leave in the water

[fighteryeo]

how long can ketapang leaves last in water???

[wks]

The leaves will rot after a few days.

[TanVincent]

If you think picking ketapang leaves is not easy, a normal driftwood will leach the same tannin into the water. Just boil it once with hot water to rid anything harmful and then just dump it in the water. I think your amazon biotope will feature alot of driftwood too right?

Cheers
Vincent

[fighteryeo]

yup, but would like to create a leaf litter, but no one has replied on whehter other leaves can be used anot

[vinz]

Here's a link to the photos you were probably talking about... http://www.finarama.com/gallery/amano.htm

Just a quick search on Google with the words "Amazon photos amano takashi"... less then 5 mins.

[fighteryeo]

yup, tts the pic. want to do something liddat. but then no leave litter not nice. i noe i need driftwood and also riversand, but need to find leaves that can be used as leaf litter.

[Thomas Tong]

Wow!!! the pictures look great!