From discus to Southeast Asia: Plants suggestions?

Hi everyone,

My first post here. I kept a group of wild Cuipeua discus for a few years and was able to breed them. My youtube channel has some videos about that wonderful experience:

https://www.youtube.com/user/DiscosBR/videos

I then moved to a small house, got busy at work, and gave up discus-keeping for a while. I am now cycling a 47g tank, which I want to establish as a low-tech Southeast Asia tank (low-light, no CO2 and pool filter sand substrate). I am planning to have 10 harlequin rasboras, 7 celestial pearl danios, 3 panda garras, 3 Siamese algae eaters , 2 pearl gouramis and 2 honey dwarf gouramis (comments and suggestions about the fish are welcome). I hope that is not a lot of fish for a 47g. I also want to have plants from Southeast Asia, including floating plants, and I would appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thank you in advance,

Mauro

Thank you for the compliments about my Cuipeuas. I had a wonderful time with them. You suggestion of bettas is a great one. I would love to include a wild one, but I was afraid that other fish, such as the Siamese algae eaters, would harass them. I would love to know if I can keep them in this setup and if it possible to have a wild betta pair in such a small tank (47g).

decoy50 said:

Hey Mauro - I'm a member on Simply too & I just wanted to let you know that was one helluva group of wild Cuipeua you had. They are my favorite wilds after Alenquers.

Sorry I won't be of much help with Asian plant ideas, but I've got one suggestion on stock. How about some wild type or even domestic bettas? There is a huge selection on Aquabid & I think some of the wild types would compliment your tank especially well.

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I am going to give up the SAEs. Peppermint Pikehead seems to be agressive and quite sensitive to water quality. It sees you cannot keep them with smaller fish like harlequin rasboras. If I get wild bettas (the imbellis looks fantastic), should I get a pair? One male two males?

If anyone can recommend low-light and low-maintenance plants from Southeast Asia, please let me know.