some types of mosses can do well in a cichlid tank. we have some flame moss thats doing really well tied to a piece of drift wood. and we have some anubis also.. they nip the leaves every once and a while but they leave it alone for the most part. java fern would do really well. i think most plants that dont need sustrate would work in a cichlid tank.
Amy
tank inhabitants are : jewel, dayglows, yellow lab, sulphur head, hippo point, neolamprolagus brevis, brichardi, calvus, eureka, bicher, rhino pleco, 2 bristlenose.