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Northern Australia Rainforest Creek
BIOTOPE AQUARIA
A biotope aquaria is an aquarium that is set-up to simulate a natural habitat. The fish, plants, water chemistry, and furnishings are similar to those that can be found in a specific natural setting.
Always check compatibility! Some species from a particular habitat are not suitable tankmates. For example, the Peacock Bass will eat small tetras since they are their natural food in the wild.
The biotope aquarium can be adapted by adding species from disparate areas that have similar water requirements.
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[Photos from various habitats/biotopes]
Freshwater fish species listed by country and ecosystem -- excellent resources for constructing biotope aquaria.
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Northern Australia Rainforest Creek
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Rainbowfish Biotope Aquarium
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Daintree
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Daintree
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Rivers in the Daintree are highly seasonable -- smaller creeks may nearly dry up in the dry months, leaving scattered pools until rains return. Typically the creeks are boulder-strewn, with river rocks and sand as the substrate. Water current alternates between fast-flowing rapid sections and quiet pools.
WATER:
pH 7-7.5, 10-12 dH, 75-84 F (24-29 C)
TANK:
Use river rocks and a sand substrate. Provide open swimming areas and use a filter that creates current in at least one part of the tank -- rainbowfish are active fish.
Bright lighting, clear water.
PLANTS:
Vallisneria, Aponogeton, Ceratopteris, Bolbitis
FISH:
Rainbowfish, Gobies, Australian Arowana.
PHOTOS:
Daintree rainforest creek: Creek,
Creek,
Creek,
Creek,
Atherton Tablelands Creek - Added 10/12/02,
Atherton Tablelands Creek - Added 10/12/02
Fraser Island Habitats:
clearwater australia creek
Rainforest creek,
Rainforest creek,
Eli Creek,
Window lake,
Window lake,
Window lake.
Sand substrate. Very clear water! Soft, acidic water.
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Other Biotope Resources
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Recent news
Using fish as livestock feed threatens global fisheries
(11/18/2009)
Fish doesn't just feed humans. Millions of tons of fish are fed every year to chickens, pigs, and even farmed fish even in the midst of rising concerns over fish stocks collapses around the world. Finding an alternative to fish as livestock feed would go a long way toward preventing the collapse of fish populations worldwide according to a new paper in Oryx.
ICCAT fails to protect critically endangered tuna—again
(11/15/2009)
The International Commissions for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) ignored the advice of its scientists to end fishing of the Atlantic bluefin tuna. Instead ICAAT set a quota of 13,500 tons of fish. This is not the first time ICCAT has flouted its own researchers' advice: it has repeatedly set quotas well-above its researchers' recommendations.
Governments, public failing to save world's species
(11/04/2009)
According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) 2008 report, released yesterday, 36 percent of the total species evaluated by the organization are threatened with extinction. If one adds the species classified as Near Threatened, the percentage jumps to 44 percent—nearly half.
Atlantic bluefin tuna should be banned internationally: ICCAT scientists
(10/29/2009)
Scientists with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) have said in a new report that a global ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing is justified. ICCAT meets in November to decide if they will follow their scientist's recommendations.
The Yangtze River may have lost another inhabitant: the Chinese paddlefish
(10/22/2009)
In December of 2006 it was announced that the Yangtze River dolphin, commonly known as the baiji, had succumbed to extinction. The dolphin had survived on earth for 20 million years, but the species couldn't survive the combined onslaught of pollution, habitat loss, boat traffic, entanglement in fishing hooks, death from illegal electric fishing, and the construction of several massive dams. Now, another flagship species of the Yangtze River appears to have vanished.
Freshwater species worse off than land or marine
(10/15/2009)
Scientists have announced that freshwater species are likely the most threatened on earth. Extinction rates for freshwater inhabitants are currently four to six times the rates for terrestrial and marine species. Yet, these figures have not lead to action on the ground.
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