Plant Selection For Amazon "nature" Style Aquascape.

[-billabong-]

Can anyone recomend plants for a Amazon "Nature" style aquascape???

I have just purchased some ADA amazonia for the substrate and will be running the standard juwel vission 180 lights along with two 36W light units. DIY CO2 will also be used in the set-up.
Any advice about aquascaping the setup will also be greatly apreciated.

 

[Themuleous]

I take it you want South American plants then? According to tropica all these are from South America.

Alternanthera reineckii 'Pink' (roseafolia)

Alternanthera reineckii 'Purple' (lilacina)

Bacopa australis

Bacopa monnieri

Cabomba caroliniana

Ceratophyllum demersum 'Foxtail'

Ceratopteris thalictroides

Echinodorus 'Aquartica'

Echinodorus 'Ozelot'

Echinodorus 'Ozelot' (Green)

Echinodorus 'Red Diamond'

Echinodorus 'Rosé'

Echinodorus 'Rubin'

Echinodorus bleheri (bleherae)

Echinodorus cordifolius ssp. fluitans

Echinodorus cordifolius 'Tropica Marble Queen'

Echinodorus macrophyllus

Echinodorus osiris

Echinodorus palaefolius var. latifolius

Echinodorus parviflorus 'Tropica'

Echinodorus quadricostatus

Echinodorus uruguayensis

Echinodorus x barthii

Egeria densa

Eleocharis parvula

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Hemianthus callitrichoides ''Cuba''

Heteranthera zosterifolia

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Hygrophila guianensis

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis

Lilaeopsis macloviana

Limnobium laevigatum

Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata ''Cuba''

Micranthemum umbrosum

Phyllanthus fluitans

Proserpinaca palustris ''Cuba''

Riccia fluitans

Riccia sp. 'Dwarf'

Sagittaria subulata

Vesicularia dubyana 'Christmas'

I just used their advanced plant search to generate this list

Sam

 

[garuf]

I think the question was more what plants does Amano use,
Post a picture of the scape you wish to emulate and we can help but common ones are bolbitis glossostigma and anubias barteri var nana

 

[-billabong-]

Hi, ive tryed posting a picture and ive shrunk it as far as 100 pixels and it still wont let me insert it. have read the "How to upload pictures" and foillowed the advice and it still wont let me. any help?

 

[Themuleous]

Upload the photo to a hosting site like photobucket, its free and you can access the photos from anywhere, then just use the generated links provided to insert the photo into anything from forums to emails.

Sam

 

[-billabong-]

hi which link do i use? theres email and IM, Direct link, HTML, IMG code?

 

[-billabong-]

Ok heres some pics so far from photo bucket-

http/i105.photobucket.com/albums/m213/Ni...771-resize1.jpg

http/i105.photobucket.com/albums/m213/Ni...785-resize1.jpg

http/i105.photobucket.com/albums/m213/Ni...00768resize.jpg

http/i105.photobucket.com/albums/m213/Ni...9-resizenew.jpg

Not sure what to do with the left hand side of the tank thought..

 

[-billabong-]

Hopefully these will work

 

[-billabong-]

http/i105.photobucket.com/albums/m213/Ni...5-paintplan.jpg

This is the plan for the scape so far.

Tall grass= Tape Grass (Val), (Vallisneria spiralis)
Plant on wood= Java Fern

-I also have some anubus which ill put in somewhere but would like some other ideas of plants to include and also tips on hardscaping the aquascape to. Any ideas

-I have two bags of ADA Amazonia aquasoil coming in the next day so, so will start work then.

Sorry here is the plan.

 

[Themuleous]

Wood looks quality, and the plan looks good so far. Don't be tempted to put the plants to high up the wood, they can often look out of place suck out on a limb.

A nice splash of red might add a nice variation to the tank?

Sam

 

[Esfa]

Wow, nice wood.