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The Introvert
07-06-2003, 4:25 PM
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
07-07-2003, 4:37 PM
Ugh!!!
HELP ME PLEASE!!!
Aderynglas
07-14-2003, 5:50 PM
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
07-14-2003, 6:05 PM
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.