I like plants, but i have a cichlid tank...any suggestions?

What kind of Cichlids? Large or small? Pleco makes things very difficult if they are not well fed. This is a good question for the cichlid section on AC.

You are going to have to be a LOT more specific. There are somewhere between 1300 and 1900 species of cichlids.

Angel Fish are cichlids. As are German Rams. Apistos are cichlids. Discus are also.

rbishop said:

Are these for your 29 gal tank..?

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if so, you're either overstocked now, or you soon will be as these guys grow (not to mention the SA/African mixing no-no going on here...)

At anyrate, you asked about plants... You have Cichlid species that are known diggers and munchers of plants. The good news is that there are some low light plant species that can be tied to driftwood & large stones that they (usually) won't eat. Java ferns, Java (& some other mosses)... If you can get a fairly large one planted, they wouldn't be able to uproot a sword either (but the sword would also seriously outgrow a 29 unless you could find a smaller cultivar - sub Kleiner-Barr sized). The same holds for well established Vals, but these are at least somewhat likely to be eaten, especially the emergent runners.