Mexico, Tabasco, Biosphere Reserve Pantanos de Centla
Close to the riverbank, on a small sidearm to the Rio Usumacinta, surrounded by dense jungle, you find this beautiful little spot.
I have tried to recreate this underwater landscape, with a combination of driftwood, branches, roots, leafes, pebbles and river stones. I have also tried to recreate the sporatic aquatic vegetation that characterize areas like this.
I have had a dream of making a central american biotope for quite a long time, and when I suddenly got the chance to buy some beautiful wildtype Poecilia velifera I knew this was the time.
Most of the branches and driftwood are locally collected, just as the stones. With the exception of the large riverstone to the left. This is an artificial module, which is used a filter for the aquarium – perfectly hidden.
- GPS
- 18.3007946, -92.4403610
- Geographical region
- Central America
- Drainage Basin
- Usumacinta-Grijalva
- River catchment
- Rio Usumacinta
- Water body type
- Rio
- Water body name
- Usumacinta
- Water body part
- Channel
- Water body course
- Lower course
- Water body: tributary of
- River
- Tributary name
- Grijalva