Brazil, Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira
The aquarium shows the habitat of the Corydoras duplicareus in their native Rio Poranga river near the shore.
Characteristic of this place, as you can see in the attached nature video in BIN, is the sandy substrate with different levels of overlapping pieces of wood, branches and roots. Small water roots hanging from the water and larger tree roots provide many hiding places for fish.
As it is a coastal area, the plants Eleocharis acicularis and Echinodorus grisebachii are found here. The leaves of tropical trees and palms lie where they naturally fell, some stuck to the roots and others to the bottom.
It is a black water aquarium, however, like in nature, the water is quite transparent. The parameters of the water in the aquarium are similar to the natural environment, the lighting imitates the sun’s rays penetrating the trees.
- GPS
- 1.1261111, -66.8505020
- Geographical region
- South America
- Drainage Basin
- Rio Negro
- River catchment
- Rio Poranga
- Water body type
- River
- Water body name
- Rio Poranga
- Water body part
- Water body course
- Middle course
- Water body: tributary of
- River
- Tributary name
- Rio Negro
Videos above and below water
