Live Plants + Bigger Fish = Shredded Plants. Tips?

Calvin Klein

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I was just wondering if anyone know any good tricks for keeping plants from being uprooted and shredded by larger fish. I do not want to do artificial but it might be my only choice unless there are tricks I don't know. Ideas?
 

PrymeTyme-716

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put the plants in clay pots with ferts and then rocks or sand on top.
 

Slippery K

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+1 for artificial, I have afew in with my rck (17"+) and thats the only thing he cant destroy, and they look as close to real as you can get. When visitors to myhouse look at the tanks I always get "what kind of plant is that", I always tell them I dont know but its fake. Most people think there real at first glance. You will spend a little more money buying the nicer looking artificial, but its worth it in my opinion.
 

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Pothos vine will grow in the water as long as lighting is good. It will make a fish sick after the first time they eat it and puke but after that they seem to leave it alone. I use it in 3 out of 5 tanks and it works great.
 

Calvin Klein

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Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into that pothos vine and perhaps try the pot idea. I just really like to do the real plant thing. Don't ask me why. I guess it is because I like the idea of making my tanks close to the natural habitat as one can. (I know.......it'll never quite be the same as the amazon basin. Ha ha!)
 

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Howdy, what species fish, and have you tried Anubias?

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An old school trick for maintaining plants along with plant-wreckers is to use a lengthwise-split tank. Plants in the back third, fish up front with rockwork. The glass divider can even have a weir overflow to turn the plant section into a refugium as part of the overall system filtration.
 

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An old school trick for maintaining plants along with plant-wreckers is to use a lengthwise-split tank. Plants in the back third, fish up front with rockwork. The glass divider can even have a weir overflow to turn the plant section into a refugium as part of the overall system filtration.
I've seen the same setup used to keep piranha with other South Americans. Looked pretty cool.
 
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