Substrate: silica sand and gravel of various materials from metaform and igneous rocks, volcanic basalt rocks and metamorphic and igneous rocks, trunks of different types of wood from broadleaf trees of the surrounding tropical humid forest.
Home filter, aquarium lamp with white and blue light configuration plus a lamp with two white and one yellow LED bulbs.
Antichloro was applied to reduce the risk of damage by it, the decorations were previously sterilized in boiled water, and their feeding in flakes for the Poecilids and small pieces of fish meat for the predators.
Fishes:
Flourish Advance + Plantex CSM+B
Plants:
Clorkill, biological and mechanical filtration.
Juan Miguel Artigas Azas: The aquarium is very appealing and as close to nature as it could be, really beautifully made, it is also very lively and hypnotizing. However, the main problem I see with this aquarium is that it is not sustainable, since the eleotrids will definitely eat the Poeciilids and shrimp as soon as they become a little larger. In my opinion a much sustainable selection of species for this beautiful aquarium would have been to stick to Poecilia orri (or the eleotrids), with one selection of the crustaceans inhabiting the river and of course the beautiful Neridina! Several Poecilia species in such a small quarter will most likely interbreed. Also, Poecilia sphenops is likely misidentified, since the locality is well outside the natural distribution for this species and I cannot see it in the video provided.
Jairo Arroyave: As stated previously, despite the harmonious and balanced composition, and the overall beauty of the BAM, it was impossible to judge its accuracy with respect to the BIN. Accuracy aside, the model is aesthetically pleasing, and I appreciated the inclusion of numerous animal and plant species coexisting in apparent harmony. Information offered to recreate the BAM appears adequate and sufficient.
