100 gallon orinoco setup

[jopbgon]

Hi everyone, today I will recieve a 100g tank I have order , what i want to do with this tank would be an Orinoco biotope, so i'm wandering what I need in order to make the perfect biotope tank? .
I would like to Know the sand color(I think is red),ph, plants species, fish species,etc.
And a last question in order to make it look more natural what will be a better decoration a mix of driftwood and rocks or only rocks(or only driftwood).
Thanks ....excuse my english(not my native languaje)

[MatsP]

This has been discussed a few times recently, and this thread contains links to other threads on the subject.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... hp?t=21200

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Mats

[jopbgon]

Thanks for the link ,now here's the tank, yet i've to buy everything

[darkwolf29a]

Wow...I've never seen a fish with fur!!! ;)

Nice looking tank. Can't wait to see more.

[racoll]

First I would decide what fish species you want to keep. This would make it easier to decide what kind of habitat you want to recreate.

[jopbgon]

First I would decide what fish species you want to keep. This would make it easier to decide what kind of habitat you want to recreate.

I was thinking about L-128 and panaque species , plus 2 black ghost knife.(thats the fishes i got)

[racoll]

The Panaque and the knife fish will appreciate dense wood structure, while the L128 will enjoy large head-sized granite stones. The two habitat types can easily be combined in that nice 100g tank

[jopbgon]

not really 100g, 120g to be exactly , I have decide to make a decoration based on driftwood mainly

[jopbgon]

I finish it now the hardest part...stoking

[andywoolloo]

wow! amazing job!

[jopbgon]

Thanks!!

[jopbgon]

Some more pics :







Some fighting:

[Richard B]

Looking good!

[apistomaster]

I was pleased to see that you chose to include some Copella species. Looked to me like Copella guttata. I have kept and bred many of the species in the genus but nearly all were found as bycatch amongst the different Pencilfish shipments. They are not generally easy to find. One I haven't bred is the big C. guttata. I have only worked with the smaller species but I have kept C. guttata. A monster of a Copella.

[jopbgon]

Thanks for the reply's, well it was the first time I ever see copellas around here and I found this 2 cant say no to such a rare find

[jopbgon]

An update:










Any idea of this panaque L-number



My Favorite pic

[TetraCrusta]

Very nice looking tank
the blue catfish looks like an L-128!.

[TetraCrusta]

lol sorry didnt see your where looking for the panaque l-number!

[TetraCrusta]

mabye the panaque is an L-191 ?