Because I moved to a other city, I sold my 1.20m tank and bought a 1.60m tank for it instead.
The tank measurements are: 160x50x50cm.
I got the idea to make a riparium after looking for info about the Copella arnoldi. I wanted to keep these beautiful fishes a long time a go but after reading that these fishes will come more appropriate in a riparium instead of a full aqaurium, I started to make a plan for how to set up the right tank for them. The water area will be 160x50x20/max. 25cm (lxdxh).
Decoration underwater:
Small Echinodorus plants
Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Spiderwood
Oak and beech leaves

Decoration above water:
Philodendron scandens
Vriesea
Davalia bulata
Moss and some more plants
Liana and some wood

The fishes that are going to swim in it are:
2m 5f Dicrossus maculatus
2m 6f Copella arnoldi
6 Hypoptopoma
3 Hemiloricaria eigenmanni
1 pair Laetacara curviceps
and if there is still some place over there will be a school of 25 Nannostomus unifasciatus or eques in it.

There will be no land animals like frogs are other creatures.

Because I will take a slow time on this project I decided to try to make my own background for the tank. For the land area I will later on use Epiweb or fernroot plates.

I am still looking for what kin of lightning I will use above the tank. I think I want to use 1 70W HQI with 2 T5 or T8 TL lubes and make them dimming.

Now some photo’s:

This is how the tank looked like before I worked on it:

After sanding and removing the background:

After two paint layers:

Start of making a part for the waterfall where I later on will make a root structure on it with PUR foam:

Start of making my own root:

Total of how far I am now:

Any tips or ideas are more then welcome.