i've been doing fine with plants & cichlid, how about you?

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His first home consisted of gravel, driftwood & java moss, he was a digger at that time.

Now his new home consist of sand, moss carpet, single slate rock in the middle, rotala indica, plant bulbs aponogeton,onion,waterlily & two large fake plants on the corner of each side.

Tank has been running for about a month now with no problems, ever since I switched to sand substrate he just quit digging, could it be he is just very comfortable with the way everything is set up? He uses the plants as refuge & is careful to not disturb them

Anyone else have success other than me?

 

[octavusprime]

My peacock bass (cichla) loves the underwater jungle. Plants are occasionally harmed in this production. It's usually when he gets excited during feeding time that a plant gets uprooted.

 

[docturtle91b]

My JD uproots everything I put in their. So I outsmarted him. I put in floating plants and he seems to groove with those around.

 

[C L O W N K N I F E]

my cichlids don't touch any of my fake plants...I have a JD, parrots, severum, black convict, firemouth, and more

 

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Also forgot to mention this is a single 7 inch jaguar cichlid

 

[numero111]

I have german blue rams that enjoy a heavily planted tank

 

[mgamer20o0]

cichlids have such a wide range of fish. there are a ton of them that are fine others that will tear plants up or even eat them.