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Blackwater Planted tank ?

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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:56 am
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I plan on setting up a black water tank. do you think you could set me up with some low tech/low light plants that would do well in this type of set up? Do you have peat media?

If I don't have the peat I can get it in less than a week, Sera makes a good one.

doing a planted tank in black water could be tricky

species that will probably do well
in low light / low pH water
might be
Anubias (in stock now)
water sprite (we seldom get)
java moss (very small amounts in stock, more possibly Wed the 21st or 28th)
java fern (very small amounts in stock, more possibly Wed the 21st or 28th)

few plants are found in the Rio Negro
from what I understand

try
http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/
... some one may have written an article

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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:06 pm
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If he is not making a strict biotype tank with plants limited to the biotype, he could use most any of the Crypts too.

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