Plants

[Jake Jackson]

I know alot of these Mbuna eat the plants... but is there any live plants that could be added and not get eaten by the cichlids pictus or bristlenose?

 

[jgray152]

I have never seen my Mbunas eat any plants that I put in the tank. They will eat the alge that I scrape off the tank light but never any plants.

I have tried keeping many plants but I don't have the right water conditions for most I try. The ones that are easy and very forgiving I find are Sword Plants. The Mbunas hide in them if they are big enough but I never see them eat it.

Here is a very short video of my tank and you can see the sword plant that is about 6 years old.
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XHn3sp_0Ks

I have since then pushed the plant all the way to the right and removed the rocks from the right corner. Give the fish more swimming space and more water