Boreno Bowl

[Desktop Aquatics]

Welcome everyone to my latest project! This will be an on going thread of my new boreno bowl biotope aquarium! 
 

First off I’m choosing a rather controversial aquarium being a take on the betta bowls everyone cringes at and super sizing this build. This tank is a 13gal bowl with a 19inch diameter and is 16inchs tall. I’m going to be using an aquarium co-op medium sponge filter and an aquarium co-op heater. 

With this being a boreno biotope I will be keeping a pair of betta apiapi and possible a small shoal of chili rasboras. The plants for this tank will all be native from boreno peat swamps being buceaphlandra and cryptocornes. The substrate is a base layer of peat with a mix of cutch and cinnamon bark and a mash of different species of leaves. As shown below my mixture!

This is my latest dry run of the tank laying out my hardscape and botanicals into the bowl. I will not have this tank filled until I move in may but will keep everyone posted through this thread when an update arises! Hope y’all enjoy this project as I dive into the world of biotopes and bettas! 
 

 

[Cory]

Looks awesome. I think Bowls are underrepresented. A bowl done well always looks awesome.

[Theplatymaster]

@Desktop Aquatics

looks interesting!

i feel that many biotapes can biotape livestock but not plants, good on you for doing those as well. fortunatly with this region you have crypts to work with.

will you only be using "wild style" crypts for a real biotape, or are you going to be using varieties (like tropica, and pink flamingo and thing s like that)?

will this be a journal for this bowl, or are you just telling us about it? (both are fine, just wondering about following).

[Desktop Aquatics]

On 3/13/2023 at 4:20 PM, Cory said:

Looks awesome. I think Bowls are underrepresented. A bowl done well always looks awesome.

I thought the same and often aren’t sizable enough to really keep anything fun but I’m trying to end the stigma 😂 

On 3/13/2023 at 4:23 PM, Theplatymaster said:

@Desktop Aquatics

looks interesting!

i feel that many biotapes can biotape livestock but not plants, good on you for doing those as well. fortunatly with this region you have crypts to work with.

will you only be using "wild style" crypts for a real biotape, or are you going to be using varieties (like tropica, and pink flamingo and thing s like that)?

will this be a journal for this bowl, or are you just telling us about it? (both are fine, just wondering about following).

This will be a journal of the process totally! Also the crypts I’m going to be using wild versions for the buceaphlandra and crypts! I’m really trying to get it right. This project will be stalling out a little till the end of may but I’ll do an updated once it’s moved and filled up!