Plant Eaters?

[FGS_Flying_High]

Hi guys,

I was wondering if anyone could tell me if Gold Gouramis are plant eaters? or Kuhli loaches?

I put in some plants and someone has eaten one of my nice little purple coloured plants


Thanks!

 

[Brian Anderson]

I assume you're talking real plants right?


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[OrionGirl]

Neither fish will eat plants. Gold gouramies might eat duckweed, but kuhli's won't eat them at all. They might uproot them, since kuhli's like to dig.

 

[FGS_Flying_High]

Yes, they're real plants. I can't remember the names. I bought amazon swords, another green plant that has roundish leaves and then a purple/red one with long leaves. One of the purple/red ones was completely stripped of it's leaves and the only creatures in the tank where the grouami, 1 nertrite snail and the 6 Kuhlis. The nertrite hasn't been near any of the plants and this one was stripped over night. I've been lucky the Kuhlis haven't uprooted anything yet. The filter did lol but that's been fixed.

 

[TL1000RSquid]

Any chance some small pest snails hitchhiked in with the plants? Kuhli's are pretty much carnivorous as far as I know mine only eat meaty food ignore veggie wafers. Haven't had Gold's but the other gourami types I've kept never bothered any plants.

 

[tanker]

Both those fish are not plant eatters.

The purple plant may not be aquatic== Loss all it's leaves.
Maybe not eatten, but rotted.

Snails do not eat healthy plants.

 

[FGS_Flying_High]

Here are the plants I've been having trouble with. I bought 3 last week. The first one is what they looked like when I bought them and the one still looks good. The second picture is what the other remaining plant looks like. The third one was only short stems left so I pulled it out. I'll buy more if I can figure out what's going on or not if I can't fix it. The trumpet snails were not in the tank when the first plant was demolished. If anyone has any ideas I would really love to hear them.

 

[tanker]

Just as I thought. That plant is non-aquatic. It is just plain dying because it is under water.

 

[FGS_Flying_High]

Thanks. I guess I won't buy more then.

 

[authmal]

Here's a lesson I learned the hard way, after many months of failure and many dollars that turned out to be unnecessarily spent: Research before you buy.

Sadly, that means no impulse buys. On the bright side, it means no impulse buys. Impulse buys are great in that they satisfy that initial excitement in seeing something new, but bad, in that they are often things you're not really certain about how to care for.