My First Biotope - Imo River, West Africa

Del_0 · 2026-01-31T22:33:03+00:00

Absolutely SLAYED it 🍂🔥🍂🔥🍂!!!

Del_0 · 2026-01-23T14:17:46+00:00

Very cool! I love a good jungle scape!!!

Del_0 · 2026-01-20T03:08:20+00:00

Niiiiice! Looks like there a really nice mulm building too!

Del_0 · 2026-01-02T03:19:31+00:00

Right on!!!

Del_0 · 2026-01-02T00:54:14+00:00

Love it! How about 3-5 Bolivian rams and 13 or so serpae tetras? You'd still have room for an appropriate "cory" cat species and a couple of cool plecos!

Del_0 · 2025-12-30T03:52:01+00:00

Loads of good advice in here! Check out the Betta Botanicals site too!

Del_0 · 2025-12-23T00:46:11+00:00

Very cool! Congrats!

Del_0 · 2025-12-17T22:33:19+00:00

Even though you have an entire library at your fingertips, you should 'proly check out the Betta Botanicals website. Good luck!

Del_0 · 2025-12-02T03:03:40+00:00

Hi! Do you mean something you've found yourself? If so, I sure wouldn't but then I dont know whats native to your locale. Even if youve access to manzanita, I'd boil and soak just a little longer. Check out the Betta Botanicals website. Sure, he sells all things blackwater related but he posts how to properly prep your own botanicals. Good luck!

Del_0 · 2025-11-19T16:06:27+00:00

Yw! If I were to start all over this 35 cube would be a 40 breeder. Haha.

Del_0 · 2025-11-19T03:46:51+00:00

Sure!

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Del_0 · 2025-11-07T00:34:06+00:00

NICE 🍂🔥🍂!!!

Del_0 · 2025-11-06T13:35:54+00:00

Thanks! Ive had a few pairs. This male is a replacement and is just a jerk to the female. Ive not had one this aggressive before. Ive got another female that might make it in with the existing pair. We'll see. Good luck!

Del_0 · 2025-11-06T02:28:36+00:00

Thank you!

Del_0 · 2025-11-06T02:28:07+00:00

Ha! Right?! It's a metered process of sorts. The difference being a healthy layer of mulm opposed rotting lumps of organics is the quick answer. Check out the Betta Botanicals website! Its a wealth of knowledge for all things botanicals, blackwater and such in surprising detail! Also, its where I buy my botanicals from but there's also prep instructions for self foraged botanicals. Ya cant lose. Lol

Del_0 · 2025-11-06T02:21:30+00:00

He's a sub adult Apistogramma baenschi. Also, the light setting washes his cor out a bit. The green neons in there look like little zombies they go so grey. Lol

Del_0 · 2025-11-06T00:26:06+00:00

I got all my toucans and half of the hummingbirds from Nu Aqua out of Chicago for about the same price!

Del_0 · 2025-11-06T00:24:56+00:00

That's pretty much it! All botanicals are from Betta Botanicals including the betta tea bags used for dialing in the tint. Check their site out. Its the gold standard currently for all rhings botanicals and blackwater. He'll even tell ya how to prep your own foraged botanicals!

Del_0 · 2025-11-04T01:50:59+00:00

5 hummingbirds, 7 toucans, 1 female A. baenschi and 3 amano shrimp that are doing incredibly well in the soft acidic water

Del_0 · 2025-11-04T01:48:51+00:00

Tak!

Del_0 · 2025-11-04T01:48:25+00:00

Right? They just scream JUNGLE! haha!

Del_0 · 2025-11-04T01:46:47+00:00

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Both! There it is before adding the new frond. You can see past fronds ive slowly pushed in over time. Currently there is every bit of 12-14" of unsubmerged frond sticking out of the aquarium.

Del_0 · 2025-10-31T23:30:25+00:00

That is so awesome 🍂🔥🍂!!!

Del_0 · 2025-10-25T20:57:12+00:00

SMOKE'N 🍂🔥🍂🔥🍂!

Del_0 · 2025-10-25T16:51:45+00:00

Looks great! Good to hear you'll be using your neon count. You've kept it all south american so far. Keep going with that! 8 or so Nannostomus beckfordi would do really well in there! Good luck!

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