"wary chicken" wrote in message
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Thank you for your response Ozdude! Your information will come in very
handy!

Glad to relate my experiences to you.

I have a funny 1/2 and 1/2 biotpe situation in my tank.

The flora is Asian continental, with the exception of one plant, and the
fauna are Sth. American with the exception of one species.

It works and the reason the plants are mainly Asian is Australia's physical
proximity to Asia - they are cheaper to transport here if they are imported
due the proximity of Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia to here.

That's not to say there aren't fabulous aquatic plant growing firms here -
there are many in NSW and Queensland, and a couple of them even specialise
in Australian Natives, which are very interesting to me indeed.

When I get my Pacific Blue Eyes and Crimson Spotted Rainbow Fish (Australian
natives) I'll get some Rainbow Nardoo (floating), Eel Grass (submerged) and
Foxtail, which are all from the Australian biotope (Kakadu - Northern
Territory)

Oz