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XxxxMaddawgXxxx Fingerling Posts: 18 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Aug-2004	how could i stop my fish from pecking at my plants? the plants are healthy but the fish are destroying them. its a 55 gallon with 6 red eye tetras, 4 black tetras, 4 bleeding heart tetras, 2 silver dollars. what should i do??
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	what kind of plants do u have??
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Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	You can't. Mets are herbivorous. Attempting to halt their plant eating tendencies is akin to preventing a lion from eating meat. Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 21-May-2005 15:52
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
AW0L Enthusiast Posts: 181 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jan-2004	yep thoughs silver dollars will eat plants especally when they reach adulthood.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	You might be able to discourage the behavior however by only using tough and distasteful plants such as Java Ferns and Anubias species, and providing lots of vegetables for your fish to eat instead. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
XxxxMaddawgXxxx Fingerling Posts: 18 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Aug-2004	Heres the latest the plants i got are 3 contortion val and 1 java fern. the fish have destroyed the vals theres probally about 3 inches of long stems left on each plant, now what should i do leave the plant rooted and will it continue to grow?? the weird part is the fish are barely touching the fern and its looking good. thanks everyone for the responses. im just new to live plants and its been frustrating. :%)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	There's really no point of leaving the vals in there; any new growth will be eaten quickly. Java Ferns, like I said in my first post, are distasteful and few fish will bother them. The best thing to do would be to just aquascape your tank with Java Ferns (both common and lace varieties) and Anubias species (there are many and all have very tough foliage). If you do this, you must provide your fish with fresh vegatables since they won't have any aquarium plants to eat. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
niko001 Hobbyist Posts: 71 Kudos: 54 Votes: 8 Registered: 02-Mar-2005	Would snails eat java fern because I seem to notice that most of the leaves seem to crumble into small pieces. Most of the leaves have holes and turning brown. Could it be snails because I only two or three very small ones in the tank. tank has: tiger barbs, gouramis, angelfish, red tailed shark and hoplo catfish (30g)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Another thing with plant eaters is add alot of plants at once. If you put in lots of plants they can nibble and sample various ones without completely killing any. If you add just 2-3 at a time they are going to eat them down to nothing.
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