Amazon basin (aquarium hobby)

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Amazon basin with discus fish and red neon fish

In aquaristics , an Amazon basin is a special freshwater aquarium in the form of a biotope aquarium , in which the conditions of the aquatic world of the Amazon and its tributaries are imitated.

Only animal species that are native to the Amazon region are kept in such a basin. These include certain species of tetra , cichlids such as the well-known angelfish and discus fish . These may catfish as armored catfish and armored catfish are added.

In such an aquarium, purists only keep plants that are found in the Amazon. For example, Brazilian pennywort , tropical pondweed , Brazilian milfoil and Echinodorus are used .

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