amazon biotope plant pointers please

[biffster]

what i am after is some pointer as to what plants to put in a amazon
biotope i am setting up any help would be great

 

[BigTom]

The Amazon is quite a large place. What fish species will you be keeping?

Also quite a nice article here focusing on a couple of the harder water rivers, bit different from the usual blackwater biotopes many people associate with South America - Nuts about Brazil! | Features | Practical Fishkeeping

 

[biffster]

l numbers and uarus

 

[biffster]

i remember reading that in the magazine very interesting article

 

[BigTom]

Ah, slightly tricky fish for a planted tank... won't Uarus eat most plants? Think they come from largely plant-free habitats anyway, although this is not my area of expertise.

Is the tank open topped? You could have a nice big stand of emergent echindorus if so.

 

[biffster]

if you keep them well fed plants should be ok i have them in with some java moss
at the moment and they haven't touched it yet