true, always a risk . . . my approach to this has been twofold:
1) choose plants cichlids won't bother (java ferns, amazons, anubias, crinums)
2) plant lots of 'em
another option is to keep the plants in their pots; harder for the cichlids to dig them up then . . .
1) choose plants cichlids won't bother (java ferns, amazons, anubias, crinums)
2) plant lots of 'em
another option is to keep the plants in their pots; harder for the cichlids to dig them up then . . .