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Lake Shyamkhola, Kolkata, India

India, West Bengal, Kolkata

This 80L aquarium showcases Lake Shyamkhola. It is housed with native fishes and native plants from my city. Substrate is small gravels with sand and clay bed. Driftwood, bamboo sticks, stones give it a natural look. Even waste products like earthen pottery are used which act as a natural shelters for small fishes.

Submitted by: Debojyoti Mondal
Approved by: Hans-Georg Evers & Friedrich Bitter

GPS: 22.4245243, 88.3893814

Geographical region: Southern Asia
Drainage Basin
River catchment
Water body type: Lake
Water body name: Shyamkhola
Water body part: Pool
Water body course: Headwaters
Water body: tributary of: Pool
Tributary name

Videos above and below water

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Water Chemistry

Water information

Water type: fresh-water
Water color: Clear water
Water transparency: High
Concentration of sediments: Low
Water temperature: 28 °C
Water flow/curent: Slow

Chemical parameters

pH: 7.0
Conductivity
GH
dGH
KH
dKH
Dissolved Oxygen

Aquarium information

Aquarium description

Set-up date

January, 2025

Aquarium decoration

Presence of dense green planting with Vallisneria is used to give it a lush look. The background has Hygrophila polysperma.

Substrate is small gravels with sand and clay bed. Driftwood, stones and earthen pottery are used to give it a natural look. Products like earthen pottery present at the bottom which act as a natural shelters for small fishes.

Aquarium equipment

Seachem Tidal 35 , Sunsun Grech 500s, Twinstar 60A.

Fish list:

Trichogaster Lalius (Osphronemidae)
Parambassis ranga (Ambassidae)

Aquatic plant list:

Hygrophila polysperma (Acanthaceae)
Sagittaria subulata (Acanthaceae)
Vallisneria nana (Hydrocharitaceae)

Fish care

Water change of 50% weekly once. After every water change dechlorinator is used along with a bacteria to maintain good ecological balance of the system. Live tubifex are used as food as all the fishes are wild caught and do not take to pellets very well.

Plant care

Root tablets are placed under the substrate every month. Low dosage of micro nutrients are used for stem plants like Hygrophila polysperma.

Water care

Water change of 50% weekly once. After every water change dechlorinator is used along with a bacteria to maintain good ecological balance of the system.