Re: [RML] Papua New Guinea biotope, some questions

parin_iceyfist (neila452 at adelphia.net)
Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:14:19 -0400

The supplied links don't seem to work. Are you sure they are correct?
Neil

---- parin_iceyfist wrote:
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>Hi everyone,

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>I'm still thinking about making my aquarium a PNG biotope. Not

>immediately, but in the long run. So first, the ground covering, then

>gradually replace all the plants with indigenous PNG plants and then

>finally only PNG fish.

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>At first, I wanted to do a river specific biotope (where the

>Tateurndina occelicauda lives), but that would limit the plant

>selection just a bit too much. But when looking at the entire PNG

>plantlife, there's plenty of choice. Anyway, those are worries for

>later. First, I have to start with the bottom... And I'm going to do

>that this saturday, since I'll be moving my aquarium to my new

>appartment and I'll have to clean it out completely anyway.

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>So here goes my question: what kind of ground covering is common in

>PNG rivers? I was thinking about a sand substrate with a few small

>rocks.

>Basically a combination of:

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>http://www.lerarenopleidingvorselaar.be/docenten/g

> reetcuyt/beelden/gesteenten/grint.JPG

>http://www.lerarenopleidingvorselaar.be/docenten/g

> reetcuyt/beelden/gesteenten/keien.JPG

>http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/remkove/punkyfish

> /23-01-2005_herinrichting_05.jpg

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>Would this be a correct assessment, or am I completely wrong? :)

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>Are there woodroots in the PNG rivers? (Like in the Amazon river in

>South America)

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>Thx for the info

>G.

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