THUNDER Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 (edited) Hello all thx for reading. I have a African Cichlid tank full of mbunas. What types of plants could i put in that they will leave alone and not destroy? Thx for reading Kyle Santos 72 gallon 2 OB Peacock Male and Female 2 Johanni or Maingano Male and female 2 Cobalt Zebra 1 Red Zebra 1 Albino Zebra 1 Acei 1 Electric Yellow Lab 1 Crabro (Bumble Bee) 1 Jewel 10 gallon Johanni Fry 10 gallon Two Green Spotted Puffers Edited April 28, 2010 by THUNDER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayba Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Hello all thx for reading. I have a African Cichlid tank full of mbunas. What types of plants could i put in that they will leave alone and not destroy? Plastic ones! I have never had luck with mbunda and plants.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbruun Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 I've got a couple plants I could give you to try. They just came out of my african tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geleen Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 (edited) Hello all thx for reading. I have a African Cichlid tank full of mbunas. What types of plants could i put in that they will leave alone and not destroy? It so much depends on your specific tank. and kind of mbunas....... trail and error...some fishes will destroy all, and others not. I use valisnaria (2 kinds) anubias nana, sagitarius , bolbitis heudeloti, java fern, cryptocoyne wendtii and duckweed with electric yellows a few peacocks and some victorians. While they dig some up, once in a while-when breeding- it works if you secure the roots with some rocks ....well for me this works. I also submerged a smaller (18") potted peace lily which appears to be ok in the last month...but will not last forever, sure looks nice. I guess I got lucky. John Edited April 9, 2010 by geleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 I have found that if you start the fish off with plants when the fish are small, they'll leave the plants alone. I've had similar experiences as John - most plants are fine. It's just the delicate plants that get munched on, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLake Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Agreed sometimes plants work sometimes they dont. The "personality" of the fish play a big part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbruun Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 My issue was more placement of plants. Anything near the sides of the tank or rocks got dug up. While plants that were more in the middle were left alone. They dug plants alot more on the day I don't feed also. Overall I had it so nothing really got dug up in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 with the 3 mbuna species i kept the only ones i had luck with where large java ferns, small ones got moved around. and nothing else survived long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleshgear Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 i have ob peacocks and a few other random cichlids in a 45 gallon tank and it is almost a medium planted tank. i have val's anubias, crinium, hornwart(floating) hygro angustifolia, java moss, java fern, crypts. all the plants are fine. the moss is constantly getting into the filter and plugging it up. all the plants are doing fine. when i put a giant C. balanase in there they dug it up, but the i replanted and it has been fine ever since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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