S.A. Plants

Hi and welcome to the madness :D

Poor you, waiting a whole month for a reply :(

I keep south american tetras and cichlids in planted tanks and aim for a biotope type tank (flooded forest)


I've done a little research and there are a few plants which look likely, the following are all from South America but not necessarily Ecuador because you'd have less choice :)

where plants are distributed in other areas of the world I have specified the variety which grows in SA :D

Egeria Densa
Myriophyllum Mattogrossense/M. Pinnatum
Alternathera Reineckii(narrow reddish leaves)
Hygrophila guianensis
Stargrass
Echinodorus - take your pick :)
Riccia
Salvinia auriculata
Vallis Neotropicalis
Mayacca Fluviatilis/vandlii/selowiana

where plants are unavailable/ unsuitable I am willing to subsitute plants which look/grow the same from other areas, if they keep the look of the biotope.
The info I've got comes from Baensch 1,2 and 3 (boast, boast :D)

Hope this helps some :)
Regards
Polly
 
Arizona aquatic gardens (azgardens.com) offers several biotope packages. You can either buy from them, and their quality seems pretty good, or check out what they use in their SA collection and get it elsewhere.
 
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