Swimming
zone
Aquarium size / Number of fish
To
p
Cockatoo dwarf cichlid
(Apistogramma cacatuoides)
1
1
1
1
T
op/Middle
Black tetra
(Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
4
6
T
op/Middle
Bleeding heart tetra
(Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma)
–
5
Bottom
Sterba’s Corydoras
(Corydoras sterbai)
4
6
Bottom
Midget Sucker Catfish
(Otocinclus sp. cf. affinis)
5
7
Aquarium size / Decoration
dark gravel (slightly reddish)
for 6 cm
layer
thickness
fine, white gravel
for
“sand path”
slate stone, flat, red
(or similar slate stones)
5 –
7
pieces
10 –
12
pieces
root, medium size
(or similar root)
1
1
Fish
Bottom gravel and decoration
60 80
60 80
#
Biotope Aquarium
“South America”
Plants
Location
Aquarium size / Number of plants
Back-
ground
Amazon
Swordplant
(Echinodorus
bleheri)
1
1
Back-
ground
Black Amazon
Swordplant
(Echinodorus
parviflorus)
1
2
Back-
ground
Delta
Arrowhead
(Sagittaria
platyphylla)
1
3
Back-
ground
Green Cabomba
(Cabomba
aquatica)
2
2
Middle
ground
Echinodorus
“Red Devil“
3
5
Fore-
ground
Grasswort
(Lilaeopsis
novae-
zelandiae)
3
4
Fore-
ground
Grasswort
(Lilaeopsis
mauritiana)
3
5
60 80
F
D
G
E
B
A
C
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