Cichlid Strength Plants

Lansirill

Lansirill

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Jun 14, 2007
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So, I think I have my 75G mostly figured out by now. The problem I'm still having is that I'm putting some fairly plant unfriendly fish in there (a sev and a geo.) It sounds like floating plants are fairly safe, so I'm probably going to drop some water lettuce into the tank.

What I'm having less luck in finding a consensus on are rooted plants. I'm perfectly willing to drill some extra holes in terra cotta pots to protect the roots, and put a little rock or wood work around the bases to keep everything rooted (might not need the pots if I do that, dunno) but it sounds like these fish will just devour the leaves on the plants.

Are there any plants that they should leave alone? I'd like to stick to SA, preferrably Amazon, if I could but frankly I'm willing to break theme a little if it means I can get some green in the tank.
 
I am not sure with the fish that you have but you can try Java fern and onion plants. Generally they taste pretty bad so the fish will leave them alone. also anubias are a very tough plant that you may want to consider.You can tie it to driftwood and place it near the surface of the water and it should be fine.

Marinemom
 
Java ferns, Java moss tied to rock or driftwood should be somewhat safe.

A good size sword, given a chance to send roots out, may be impervious to digging, but may have some of its leaves shredded. If established, it should be able to more or less keep up with some leaf abuse.

If all you can get your hands on are little swords and big fish, I wouldn't bother, but if you start out with small fish and a decent sword that will have some time to really get established before the fish get large, you may get away with it.
 
i put big rocks around the plant stems so they cant be moved
 
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