Fish eating plants?

[Shark on krak]

Hi so I’ve been keeping Amazon swords for about a year and every time they die, I get them when they are grown out of water so they turn yellow but then die. There are bite marks on the edges. The tank is stocked with leopard ctenopoma, pink tail chacius, Amazon leaf fish , feather fin squeakers, and purple gudgeon. No snails or plecos so idk what is eating them. Also have a uvb light and root tabs.

 

[tlindsey]

Hi so I’ve been keeping Amazon swords for about a year and every time they die, I get them when they are grown out of water so they turn yellow but then die. There are bite marks on the edges. The tank is stocked with leopard ctenopoma, pink tail chacius, Amazon leaf fish , feather fin squeakers, and purple gudgeon. No snails or plecos so idk what is eating them. Also have a uvb light and root tabs.

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It's likely the Pinktail Chalceus that's nipping the Amazon Swords.

 

[Shark on krak]

It's likely the Pinktail Chalceus that's nipping the Amazon Swords.

Really? Cause it even eats the cryps on the ground andthey never go near the ground

 

[tlindsey]

Really? Cause it even eats the cryps on the ground andthey never go near the ground

I could be wrong but I don't see the other species doing it.

 

[kno4te]

It's likely the Pinktail Chalceus that's nipping the Amazon Swords.

+1. Mine used to eat my plants all the time.

 

[tlindsey]

I could be wrong but I don't see the other species doing it.

Ok did a little research on the squeaker catfish and read it will consume plant material.

 

[fishguy1978]

Phew, I thought this was about plants eating fish

 

[DMD123]

Phew, I thought this was about plants eating fish

 

[Andyroo]

Gudgeon also eat plants, but more brutal about it - won't see nips, but tears.

 

[Deadeye]

Probably chalceus. Most characins like biting plants.
As for the yellowing, that may just be that the tank lighting or nutrient levels aren’t good for the swords.