Bio type set ups

I have that set-up for my main community tank in the den . Its a sout asian tank . The plants , fish , snails , shrimp are all from the region . With the execption of a couple snails origin . I just though it was cool wanted to try it as a kinda theam really , done it before I knew about diffrent styles and such so it was purelly coincadental but its still a region based set-up all inhabitants are from the area plant an animal . Like I said we just done it as a home project / idea for a theme lol but its cool .
We did experiment a little with it to . As research showed diffrent water types being hard / soft fish from the same region we tried it with both fish ( I know its common knowledge not to but ) and I believe its due to the planting being so hvy but they both done great together and all have spawned and reproduced over and over egg layers and live baerers alike . Odd huh , I know but in nature the fish we have come from the same area or region so we tried it and either we proved a common between the fish or a false in another field because the inhabitants are all fine . And by the comon sence everybody knows law os soft an hard dont mix well .... If the fish are origin based and I stress this , they can live together . I dont have a very soft or very hard tank all my natural tanks register the exact same everytime all the time right at the middle on soft / hard . Maybe thats it ? I dont know Im still working out the science of that one . I would not suggest however the mixing of soft and hard water fish in just any tank eco it must be a region based theme where in nature the two or three species could have came in contact without human interferance .

Okay somethings wrong with my site settings or something , this is the second post thats new to me and was written days ago ..anyway.

I have been seeing alot of people on diffrent aquatic groups on facebook having freshwater cats in there tanks and Im not talking placos either Im talking channel cats !! apalusa cats , yellow cats, mud cats it goes on and on .. These fish require dark huge bodies of water and they will out live their owners by far even their owners great grand kids if they are given the proper caire ,. This while to me is a food fish was odd I had never given thought to them as a tank inhabitant for ornamental tanks ..But if you think about it and reaserch it in other countries the native people eat alot of the chiclids we treasure here ..For instance the other day I saw a beautiful gold chiclid on a hook at the end of a lil yellow fella's fishing pole Id have paid him 40 bucks for that fish just to keep it and stare at it swimming around it was awsome he of course wnatedf to watch it swim in hot grease .
I went through all that to say this .
For my next Bio tank , I am thinking ..Mississippi /Tennesee swamp or river setting with native wild caught plants , snails , inverts and fish .
We call them sun perch and versions of brim I think are really our native chiclids its just people such as myself while thinking maybe a fleeting aw thats a pretty fish was mainly thinking thats a pretty tasty fish . I have been over looking the potential for a really cool project wich would be cheap and fun . Not to mention unusual and exciteing .
Think about it you and your family or friends go out on a weekend hike or what have you and collect some stuff from the water hole near your house or park or where ever you like and have a lil peice of your nature in your home to enjoy seeing a side of it you never got to see before .
So I need opinions on this one guys , whatcha think ? Is it doable or should I stop reading so much and just stick with petsmart ? lol

Thats exactly what Im talking about , and most hatcheries will have a good selection of native aquatic life . Not to mention its monster cheap to get small orders .
(tip) If you wanna catch a glimpse of your cat go out at night and shine a good light on top of the pond an toss a handfull of dogfood on the water . We used to bow hunt for big cats usein this method in the backwater of he Mississippi river and TennTom waterway , dont see why it wont work for your pond to .

I want to go saltwater fishing ...never done it b4 bever had the chance . But I have fished all my life all kinds , I love to yo-yo its where we place place a bamboo pole in the bank of the river with big live bait fixed with a yo-yo type rell and float down river and put another we do that for about a mile then go back and periodically check them through out the night , catch monster cats and alligator gar really awsome .