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I will be getting a bigger tank soon, and everything in it will, be a south american theme. Fish etc. (Unfortunately I cannot get angels , I'm not allowoed a massive tank), anyway I just want to know what kinda plants I can add and whaat kind of things do I need to make it look authentic.

I will have 6 pandas, 6 cardinals, and 2 rams. This will depend on what size the tank will be.

I want to have a nice piece of driftwood, and the substrate will be smallish gravel. I want to put some java fern in for the cories as well.

Anything else I could add to the tank, plant wise etc.

Unfortunately, you are combining fish from different biotopes. Authentic biotope for cardinals in black water, tannic, with submerged wood, no plants. Marginal plants in this area are echinodorus, swords.

Rams are generally from the Orinoco basin as opposed to the Amazon basin but will appreciate the driftwood.

I recommend eleocharis and echinodorus plants for the tank. The fish would particularly enjoy a branch like piece of wood for cover.

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Okay I will just, make up the tank the way I like it, but with a south american theme.

2 Rams, 6 Corydoras Panda & 6 Cardinal Tetra's with some small rounded gravel, Driftwood & Plants would be great for a small SA Tank.



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Hi,
This is a link to the Arizona Gardens South/Central
America plant package. Along with pictures, it also
lists the plants by name.
http://www.azgardens.com/habitats_south.php

For that tank, I would stick with the smaller, more
colorful tetras.

Frank


Last edited by FRANK at 21-Jul-2005 01:37

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