I'm thinking about getting some live plants. (Dwarf Amazon Sword, Corkscrew Vals, and Java Fern.) I have lots of frisky green/bronze corys. Would they rip up my plants? Would I want to let the plants root first before adding the corys?
They won't rip up plants, but they may knock them loose until they've rooted. If that happens, weight the plants down with a few pebbles around the bases for a couple of weeks.