African Cichlids Won't Eat These Plants
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- I have been experimenting with different plants to see which ones will survive in an African cichlid tank filled with Mbuna. Well, I have found two plants that are fast growing and will not get eaten. Hornwort and Cabomba! African cichlids won't eat these plants.
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Just keep an eye on the Hornwort. It will grow and grow and grow until it outpaces the nutrients in the tank and dies off almost overnight. Keep it under control and it will do great. In my Mbuna tanks I use water sprite and they don't eat it. It has the added benefit of being truly suited for both floating and rooting in substrate. It also will not "suicide" if nutrients get low. Thanks for the video!
Did not know this. Thanks man
I try to chop up the hornwort as well to keep it from getting stringy.
I've found that my Mbuna don't eat Crypts, Swords or Vals. However they will uproot anything that is in a location they don't like. So I just kept replanting the Crypts and Sword until I found a location for them, that the fish approved of.
I have grown Vallisneria in a Malawi cichlid tank. One of the secrets is to add the plants and have them established before you add the fish. The fish then seem to consider the plants as part of the environment. Vallisneria is found in Lake Malawi.
So far so good plant is still in tact👍
My herbivore mbunas have eaten completely, all these plants you have mentioned, even the all roots of the house plant you mentioned. a in tank refugium was the only option for me.
You can make some bunches of hornwort and just wrap some lead bands around the base. If you set them in the back corners behind the rock, they grow quickly toward the top and then across the top. Easy to trim, and start new bunches.
Elodea is also a good plant to use, very similar to Hornwart and grows the same way.
I kept Yellow Labs with Java Fern. I glued it to a faux wooden pyramid of sticks, found commonly in pet shops. I still have the java fern, though the cichlids have moved on so I could create a large (110g) nano community tank.
After my cichlids, 125g nano community is next. But I have frontosa so maybe not anytime soon 😅
This short video format was nice. Thanks for sharing, I'm enjoying reading a lot of the comments below.
I've had similar success with Hornwort floating in my cichlid tank as well. I recently for the heck of it threw a single stem from a ordered "bunch" of Water Wisteria in a corer in the tank with a rock blocking the gravel where it's rooted and they've left it alone so far which surprised me.
Awesome, never knew this. Good info to keep in the back of my mind for customers who want cichlids and plants!
Finaly! I've done a lot of research on this! Thank you so much! 🤣
Zenzo!! I swear you made this just for me, ive been looking too, jungle val is a no go turns out lol. Thanks a ton brother!!💪
Hornwort seems to workout perfectly with me too!
Awesome channel thumbs up 👍🏻 every video has great information and beautiful fish! Definitely gonna look into the plants for my cichlids
Java fern mine haven’t touch them. Great video.
I have been using hornwort in my peacock cichlid tank for years. They love to chew on it but it grows really fast. The fry do really well hiding in it as well.
you mentioned cabomba, but I can only see ambulia (Limnophila sessiliflora ) in the video. Ambulia looks similar to cabomba but is much easier to grow.
Really Great information and so Good to see Plants working in a Cichlid tank.
Great information. My angels have destroyed plants as well but not my crypts.
Java fern works well
Every time I’ve tried Java fern, it gets torn up.
My mbunas eat elodea and hornwort, but they eat elodea faster than hornwort
I have plants in my African cichlid tank and it is doing well
I have found that Jungle Val has been working well on my Lake Tanganyikan Tanks. I have tried it in my other tanks yet. I have also used guppy grass and some success. I can’t run it in all of my systems though since I clogs the drains to my sumps.
I’m having success with big amazon swords. I think it might be because they were so big when I put them in. Some leaves have been nibbled at, but for the most part, they have been growing just fine!
You make some great practical videos, thanx!
I've had horn wart in my African cichlid tank for a while..I tucked some around the decor...the cichlids leave it alone for the most part but they will break it if they are feeling mischievous...great video
Hey man love the channel. I am an African cichlid keeper too. I have had gd results with horn wort, but also amazon sword and vall. I planted in small pots for awhile and now are planted in sand and they do not touch them at all!!!!
They don't seem to like the taste of any of the plants I mentioned although I have heard of ppl having issues with swords. I think Vall is a great medium but I trick them by planting in pots until they are totally used to them!!!!
Well I love hornsworth plant because it is easy available and it is very very cheap and it also look great with African cichlids I will definitely try it👍👍
Try hornwort as well, it’s a good plant
Thanks! I have been trying to figure a way to have plants without major defoliation!
That's great research that is. Well done.
Love me some hornwort!
Cool video zenzo! Have you tried your peacock tank?
I actually have a really odd mix of fish right now. I have a few Siamese algae eaters, a blood parrot, a fire mouth, and even a geophagous. I've had luck with cabomba, red tiger lotus, talenthera, and even bucephalandra.
Can't superglue one stem to one of the rocks instead of planting it? Should be a way to get around it.
Hornwort is awesome! I have it in with cichlids and it does very well, I have kept it with just about every type of fish I've kept 😏
What is a good ground cover for chiclid tank
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can we go 2 ft - 3ft cube style tank and heavy on the plants and some staggered rocks and selective colourful and best malawi etc specimens ?
a havana for our favourite fish - air filter / hang on etc , floating plants / heater or lights etc
then a 10 tank system looks long in comparison
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Thanks! Helps a lot!
Hello, I wanted to check in and see how the plants are doing in your Cichlid tank. My cichlids eat the Java fern. My next try will be the hornwort and Cabomba aquarium plants. Thanks.
They are still doing well!
@@TazawaTanks Thanks! I will try them
Hi, hope you are doing well. just a question.at the back there is a Tetra Neon tank. There is a long leaf plant there. What is the name of that plant?
Love the video I have a 20 long myself, I have a question I would love your opinion, I have 8 plattys and 2 balloon mollies in my 20 long, I was wondering could I get some fantail mollies or any more platties?
All of my fish are very nice except my mail balloon molly but he’s not mean just follows my female around
Do your fish spawn. I could see the tank getting a little over crowded if they have a bunch of fry (you could always sell some). If you have a lot of plants in your tank, I’m sure you could add a few. Just stay on top of the maintenance.
Tazawa Tanks okay, it is not cycled yet I ordered some fritz zyme 7 so I’m going to use that in a week or so. It has already been running for a month and a half I have some small plants but was going to get a bigger plant today and I also wanted to get one more Molly today or one more plattie but didn’t want to have a crash with the Fritz and lose them all because I’m new to the hobby but I am good on maintenance and tests. I really appreciate you answering and your opinion thank you edit: they do not spawn I have mostly females
mugzey You should wait until after it is fully cycled and stable. Then you can add another molly or two.
Tazawa Tanks okay thanks
Hi, I put some hornwort from my pond into my African fish tank but the hornwort never lasted for more than 2 weeks. Why are they dying. Please advise. Thanjs
That looked more like limnophila than cabomba. You might wanna Google it to be sure though but that had leaves in 6 where cabomba has pairs if that makes sense
I believe you are correct.
Java moss, duckweed, and marino moss balls in with my red jewel cichlid and her fry. Babies would pick at plants but think that was for the other edible on the plants, but neither of the breeding pair touched the plants. Momma Red is so mean lately. Had to seperate momma and papa by moving him to another tank before she killed him.
I like this information! I have tried hornwort in my African cichlid mbuna tank as a test after watching this video and they would not even attempt to try to eat it they seem not to have no interest in it great plant great video but if I can just ask one question? I do keep some salt in my aquarium I wonder if the plant will farewell with some low dosage of aquarium salt?
Very low amounts would be fine, like normal aquarium salt or cichlid salts for freshwater use.
Oh nice... how ya been bro?
Doing well brother! You good?
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One question.
Is the figure eight puffer aggressive, can you keep it with others fish.
A little bit of a biter. Some fish would be okay.
Hello, Will Mbuna tear it up if I put floating Hornwort??? Please reply...
Is this a fish or fitness channel ;-) Looking jacked.
They eat my horn warts everytime I put some in my tank
My Peacocks, Frontosa, Elec Yellows tore through and ate all the Java Fern I just added to rocks. Took to them like a fat kid to a cupcake
What kind of bulb is that you're using for the hornwort?
At 3:50, that's actually limnophila.
I was thinking the same thing, it looks like it's Limnophila sessiflora
Hello, the plants hornwort and cabomba they dont live in an aquarium which has ph high than 7.5. Or your African cichlids tank water is at 7.5 or less ? I have a 90g tank with African cichlids since few weeks and try to keep them at 8 ph. May be i am wrong ? You have great tanks.
Four different people have told me that Angel’s DON’T eat plants, which is interesting since MY Angels absolutely DESTROY my Amazon Swords & Aponogeton’s....they have lots of space, line of sight breaks, etc., & won’t touch Spirolina (!?!). Thank you for sharing this information with us!!
Should I put yellow labs with white top afra haras
Looking for weeping moss and flame moss......... have any suggestions on online stores that you have dealt with ?? Thanks for your videos and any help you can throw my way,
My Mbunas also leave my watersprite alone completely
My Mayan still tears these palnts apart Lol
My yabby doesn't even touch cabomba and she touches everything lol
Any advice on keeping the tank covered when you have plants draping into the tank?
I’m not sure I understand the question. Are you asking how I would cover the tank if I had plants draping in? I would probably make a custom lid or have a piece of glass cut to accommodate the plants.
Tazawa Tanks good point. Thanks for the prompt response.
How do these plants do with the cichlids preferred ph water? @Tazawa Tanks
I tried a Java FERN and my cichlids destroyed it.
Awesome video Thanks for sharing FishFam NJAE19
Hey. I enjoy your videos. I have a question for ya. I have a 30 gallon tank with 7 small peacock cichlids and two Fruval 50 hang on filters. I also have a heater in the tank. Is this an ok set up? What is the max amount of peacock cichlids I could put in a 30 gallon tank with good filtration? I have a Fruval 110 I could use if need be. Thanks for the guidance. ;-)
Hi Christy. In my opinion, 30 gallons is too small for peacock cichlids. If you already have 7, I would stop there. However, you may want to look into trading them for a more appropriate fish for your tank...or get a larger tank. As far as filters, the two Fluvals are fine.
Ok, that’s what I was thinking. Thank you!!! Keep up the great work on your channel!
Zenzo, question here. Can’t find a whole lot of info on the internet.. I am currently keeping some Lake Victorians (pundamilia nyererei, geophagus macrocephala, yellow rock kribs). As far as diet goes, is a high protein diet the best for Victorians? Or will it be more like Mbuna who need less protein/more veggie matter?? Would love any response you could give. Thanks!
This is what I found online: Diet: Omnivorous: filamentous blue-green algae, aufwuchs, chironomids (midges/gnats) and other insect larvae.
Awesome, thank you for the response!!
I have heard that anubius could work well with south African
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I have anubias barteri and javafern crammed inbetween the rocks of my aquascape in my hap and peacock aquarium. Occasionally ill see a floating anubia but its a 2 second fix. However this video really makes me want to throw my hornwort cliplings in my tank to see how my guys react! Thanks for the idea!