Best Plant Setup For Pirahnas

[OddBark16]

Hello!! im just asking on what type of plants i should use to make my tank into an Amazonian Setup where i will keep many Red Bellied Pirahnas....please list all of the plants i could use in the tank thanks

 

[jredner]

i've got some amazon sword plants in my tank. they seem to be pretty hardy, i add a little salt during routine water changes and it doesn't seem to bother them too much.

 

[WyldFya]

South American plants

Alternanthera reineckii
Azolla filiculoides
Azolla caroliniana-Fairy moss
Bacopa australis
Bacopa lanigera-Hairy Water Hyssop
Bacopa myriophylloides
Cabomba aquatica
Cabomba caroliniana
Cabomba furcata
Ceratopteris pteridoides
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Ceratophyllum submersum
Echinodorus angustifolius
Echinodorus amazonicus-Amazon sword
Echinodorus aschersonianus
Echinodorus bleheri
Echinodorus berteroi
Echinodorus bolivianus
Echinodorus cordifolius-Radican sword
Echinodorus grandiflorus
Echinodorus grisebachii
Echinodorus horizontalis
Echinodorus isthmicus
Echinodorus latifolius
Echinodorus macrophyllus
Echinodorus magdalenensis
Echinodorus martii-Ruffled sword
Echinodorus opacus
Echinodorus osiris-Melon sword
Echinodorus palaefolius
Echinodorus paniculatus
Echinodorus parviflorus
Echinodorus portoalegrensis
Echinodorus quadricostatus-Cuban broad leaf chain
Echinodorus subalatus
Echinodorus tenellus-Narrow leaf chain sword
Echinodorus uruguayensis
Egeria densa-Elodea densa
Egeria najas-Elodea najas
Eichhornia azurea
Eichhornia crassipes-Water Hyacinth
Eichhornia diversifolia-Variable Leaf Water Hyacinth
Eichhornia hetrosperma
Eichhornia natans
Eleocharis acicularis-dwarf hairgrass,needle spike rush,hairgrass
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides-Senegal tea plant,temple plant,spade leaf plant
Heteranthera reniformis
Heteranthera zosterifolia-Stargrass
Hydrocleys martii
Hydrocleys nymphoides
Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Hydrothix gardneri
Hygrophila guianensis
Lemna minor
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Lilaeopsis carolinensis-micro word
Ludwigia helminthorrhiza
Ludwigia inclinata
Ludwigia palustris-water primrose
Ludwigia sedoides
Mayaca fluviatillis
Myriophyllum aquatica
Myriophyllum mattogrossense
Najas conferta
Najas guadalupensis-guppy grass
Nitella flexilis-Stonewort,smooth stonewort
Nymphaea glandulfera
Nymphaea lotus
Nymphaea rudgeana
Nymphoides microphylla
Ottelia brasiliensis
Phyllanthus fluitans- Red root floater
Potamogeton acutifolius
Potamogeton ***i
Reussia rotundifolia
Sagittaria subulata-dwarf sag or narrow leaf Sag
Sagittaria lancifolia
Sagittaria montevidensis
Sagittaria subulata-dwarf sag or narrow leaf Sag
Salvinia molesta-Giant salvina
Salvinia cuccullata
Salvinia auriculata
Vallisneria americana v. 'Biwaensis'-corkscrew val

The below listed plants are considered cosmopolitan (found world wide)and may
be listed already
SIMPLE FLOATING PLANTS
Ricciocarpus natans (cosmopolitan)
Ricca fluitans (cosmopolitan)
Lemna gibba (cosmopolitan)
Lemna pauciocostata (cosompolitan)
Lemna minor (cosmopolitan)
Lemna Angolensis (cosmopolitan)
FERNS
Ceratopteris thailctroides (cosmopolitan)
Ceratopteris pteridoides (cosmopolitan)
Ceratophyllum submersum (cosmopolitan)
Ceratophyllum demersum
MOSSES
Riccia fluitans (cosmopolitan)
Leptodictyum riparium (cosmopolitan)
Riccia rhenana (cosmopolitan)
STEM PLANTS
Nitella gracilis (cosmopolitan)
PLANTS WITH LONG STEMS
Hydrilla verticillata (cosmopolitan)

 

[fatherof5]

WOW! I guess you can use any type of plants eh!

 

[fish-aholic]

Wow thats a LONG list.

 

[guppyangelram]

http://www.pbase.com/plantella/piranha
Check out this tank / website

 

[ChrisGray]

amazon sword foes do well and looks great i also like bunches of grasses with pirahna becasue they like to swim through and around it, looks really cool

 

[blaze_pontaine]

I have 3 P's about a year old in a 125 show tank with some misc plants and driftwood.

 

[ThePBM]

definitely get floaters. piranhas like dimmer tanks. amazon frogbit, water spangles, water lettuce, even watersprite floating would be good.

 

[marmot]

Floating plants look good and all that, but if you're feeding your piranha pellets (and you should be, as a staple among other things), it'll get torn up when they breach the top for the food.

Obviously this is a moot point if you're feeding meat, frozen foods or feeders, but you really should have these fish on cichlid pellets if you want the most out of their growth and color.

Best