PLANTED TANK QUETIONS??

[bigdoden]

i have a 55 gallon tank with a jack dempsey, pacu, peacock bass and a red ear slider.. im getting a silver arowana next week.. the jack dempsey and pacu are only about 2 1/2 inches my pbass is about 4 1/2 inches.. my red ear slider is 3 inches.. im upgrading to a 125 sometime in the nect two years... but im wondering how would i set up a planted amazon river looking tank

 

[vaine111]

swords, jungle val, and i'd throw in some drawf grass and alot of driftwood. with regular pea gravel. atleast thats what i am doing.
think 3ft wide on the upgrade.

 

[bigdoden]

dude.. thanx for the idea..im gonna post a pic of my current tank and my pbass.. what is pea gravel?

 

[Benfica]

i have a 55 gallon tank with a jack dempsey, pacu, peacock bass and a red ear slider.. im getting a silver arowana next week.. the jack dempsey and pacu are only about 2 1/2 inches my pbass is about 4 1/2 inches.. my red ear slider is 3 inches.. im upgrading to a 125 sometime in the nect two years... but im wondering how would i set up a planted amazon river looking tank

Im sorry but a 55 gallon is to small forwhat you want. Those fish get big and need a bigger tank. Dont buy a silver arowana unless your willing to update to a 180+ gallon tankk at the least for the silver arowana.

 

[beblondie]

South American plants
biotopic plant list
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)

 

[bigdoden]

 

[vaine111]

i have some of this on the top of my water. they called it water lettuce. not sure what the real name is. but my birchir will stay up in it and the pbass stays under it.

it was free got it in the same bag as i got my ornate in about 3 months ago. i like it. and it's low light.

 

[bigdoden]

thats kool.. how big is your tank and what lights do you use? i dont like how bright mine are but i need the uv for plants and my turtle

 

[xiahaolong168]

i suggest you not buy the silver aro if you're planning to upgrade in the next 2 years... it will get way too big. also, hope you have future plans for the pacu which will require something like a large pond to house it for life...

and vaine111: that "water lettuce" looks like indian fern to me...

 

[vaine111]

mine are just your basic bulbs. it's a 120. about twice a week i'll take all three of my lights and put it over the end with the plant. it's the only plant i have in it right now. the plants are much bigger now this was about a month ago.