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As you can see, the goldfish bites off the leaves... but the plant does okay. The tank is a 20 gallon LONG and it sticks out of the water. I figured with a few more, maybe he will leave the leaves alone on a few of them.
That's me too! I don't have enough substrate so I just make sure the plants don't need that and I toss them in. Oddly enough, though the goldfish eats off many of the plants... they all seem to be doing fairly well.
And/or you could trim the top third off and re-plant the cuttings.
I cannot keep Java fern alive. And he has an anubias. And he also has lilies and other plants he doesn't bother. He likes this plant, the wisteria, and the water sprite a bit.
Shion is really not that short bodied, but ALL goldfish, be they standard types or fancy types... love to eat vegetation. Each fish has their preferences so it's trial and error to see what they will leave alone.
