Amazon Biotope

[Questions?]

Anyone got any ideas on how to make an amzon biotope for a 5 gallon aquarium with 5 pygmy cories? right now it is sand substrate, with a little peice of driftwood, one smooth rock, and one fake plant, so is there anyone gras plants that are easy to care for, or something else i could add to make it more natural?

 

[mike455555]

Amazon sword is from there chinodorus genus, e.g. Echinodorus paniculatu (Amazon sword), Echinodorus tenellus (Dwarf sword plant) and Echinodorus amazonicus. Eleocharis acicularis, are more
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[Crossfire]

5 gallons is a little too small for a 5 gallon. They need a minimum of 10 gallons.

 

[JohnDyer]

Haha, 5 gallons is too small for 5 gallons? What does that mean?
Amazon Swords, Pygmy/Narrow Leaf/Broad Leaf Chain Swords, Micro Swords, and tons of others come from the area. Vallesneria and Aquatic hornwort do too, if I recall correctly. None of these should be very demanding.

 

[Crossfire]

Whoops, I meant to say 5 gallons is too small for 5 pygmies!
They need a minimum of 10.

 

[Questions?]

they are all less then an inch and very happy, but also are any of these plants small?

 

[mike455555]

micro swords are iv got some spare as well (i think) i'll have to check if there still alive. there in a half dismantled tank at the moment and have been there for a few weeks if you want to buy them? im not sure if there true Amazon i'll check

 

[mike455555]

there from south america i think

 

[JohnDyer]

Pygymy and Micro Swords are small, and Hornwort just grows in a mass, which you can break up and remove when it gets out of hand.

 

[Questions?]

sorry i can;t buy them, but do you know if they are common in stores? i am low on funds right now

 

[mike455555]

ye they are conmen

 

[Questions?]

alright thanks

 

[RichardA]

+1 on the micro swords!

5 pygmies should be fine. They max at an inch.

 

[Questions?]

alright thanks