So I've been fascinated with paludariums and ripariums for the past year. I have read everything online that I could find on them (and watched a million youtube videos) and began planning my own. I took a break from saltwater to work on these. I built a 20G tall riparium and it turned out pretty ok. So, I spent the summer working on a 60G paludarium. Tonight I filled it with water - finally! I admired the work of those aquarists who put in foggers and underwater LED lights and waterfalls. I did this with mine. Now that I've finally filled it with water, I'm unsure what to stock it with . I'm not positive how many gallons I have but I estimate it to be about 35 - 40 gallons, given the huge background that I made. I have a tetra 40G whisper HOB filter (the source of the waterfall) and a classic Eheim canister filter (about 66 gallons). I'm thinking I have overkill on filtering - which isn't a bad thing.
I put in sand substate because I would like khuli loaches. But what other fish do you think would do well in this setup? I wanted it to look like a riverbank. I may put in one or two powerheads, to give it river movement.
Any suggestions? Most paludariums that I saw, seemed to focus on the land portion and be designed for frogs. I wanted fish so I designed mine with that in mind. It's 4 feet long and less than 12" from front to back (depending on where on the background that you measure). It is about 15 inches deep from sand to the waterline. Here's a few pictures. It's nowhere close to done but I wanted to test the waterfall and start the cycling process.
I put in sand substate because I would like khuli loaches. But what other fish do you think would do well in this setup? I wanted it to look like a riverbank. I may put in one or two powerheads, to give it river movement.
Any suggestions? Most paludariums that I saw, seemed to focus on the land portion and be designed for frogs. I wanted fish so I designed mine with that in mind. It's 4 feet long and less than 12" from front to back (depending on where on the background that you measure). It is about 15 inches deep from sand to the waterline. Here's a few pictures. It's nowhere close to done but I wanted to test the waterfall and start the cycling process.