Ahh! Gold Barbs driving me nuts

That is true they are not the brightest and they do not seem to learn since they do continue to dig up the plants everyday. This has been happening for 2 weeks. I have put lettuce and cucumber in the tank before and they did not seem too interested. I will try some peas.
 
The rosy barbs I have don't nip my plants
 
I use frozen peas, slightly blanched, and then I peal them. They will more than likely tear them apart.

I never had live plants with mine, I had plastic at the time, but I'm not surprised. I never saw them turn away anything.
 
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