Sierra Leone, Bo state, Mano, southern province
My motivation for this project came from the fact that we cannot find many studies of Sierra Leone. This biotope represents a simple puddle that is created by the recending water from flood.
In this region there are many variations of this puddle habitat and fish species, I would like to introduce one of them, because the biotope shows a smaller piece of the whole habitat.
For my scape in the background I used some level lifters for the perfect riparian look. It made from stones which is covered by stockings. Then I filled up the tank with fine beige sand and made the hardscape as natural as possible. To separate the water and wetland space I used driftwood I collected from a local river. After the separation I poured the soil mixture on the level lifted part and planted the plants, also did it under the water. For water coloring I used coconut fiber, magnolia and avocado tree leaves that made a cool botanical layer in the bottom as well.
- GPS
- 7.5440345, -11.8682270
- Geographical region
- Western Africa
- Drainage Basin
- Sewa river
- River catchment
- Male river
- Water body type
- Stream
- Water body name
- Valley swamp, with constantly running streams and isolated water pools
- Water body part
- Marsh land
- Water body course
- Upper course
- Water body: tributary of
- River
- Tributary name
- Unnamed stream
Videos above and below water
