S.A. Plants

[The Introvert]

I am in the process of building a biotope for my Festae. I was wondering if you can give me some Plants that are from South America prefferably Ecuador.

Thanks

[The Introvert]

Ugh!!!

HELP ME PLEASE!!!

[Aderynglas]

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

[mogurnda]

Arizona aquatic gardens (azgardens.com (http://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.