Oriconos River Biotope

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Oriconos River Biotope

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Hello,
I am setting up my 20 gallon L (30x12x12) tank for a small Oriconos biotope tank for catfish. My tank is to house my L 201's and I was hoping to do some Cent. perugiae, but i don't remember if they were from there. Some of the other possible inhabitants I was thinking would be Microglanis iheringi ,some types of banjos or maybe some corys, but the problem is I am not sure which types of corys and stuff would be the best match for the plecos in the tank ( or the other catfish as well.)
So what do you guys think, what should be added in with the plecos?

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Re: Oriconos River Biotope

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Is the question what species exist in the Orinoco, or which species would be compatible with C. perugiae?

Here's the species Fishbase has records of as existing in Orinoco: http://www.fishbase.com/TrophicEco/Fish ... ve_code=53

Note that they may not actually be found in the same biotopes even though they live in the same river. And that neither C. perugiae nor any Microglanis is on the list.
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Re: Oriconos River Biotope

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Hmm, that annoys me because I was just reading in a book that I took back to the library that that is their primary location.. back to looking through that website.

Thanks for that link, very helpful.

Oh and yes, just wanted to know what corys come from the same biotope area that the 201's come from.
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