My fish keep eating my plants!!

[cal]

My kribs love digging up my plants its getting annoying now my snail has taking a liking to them and makes bits of plants go every where I am cleaning out the tank all the time now picking up remains of the plants how do I make them stop??

 

[Lenna]

If you don't want them dug up you can grow them on driftwood. Just tie them on with fishing line until their roots take hold. It looks really good. Also, fish are less likely to eat broad leaf plants. Maybe you could get them cheaper fine leaved plants like Elodea just to eat, or lettuce is also good. They will be less likely to eat your expensive plants if they have a tastier alternative. HTH

 

[babyfish]

Have your Kribs got a cave?That could be why they're digging under your plants to try and make a cave

 

[Rudy2860]

tell them sternly "No! bad fish!"

 

[noelberg]

Get Java ferns - they're like the brussels sprouts of the aquatic plant world

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Not to mention that they're easy to grow and reproduce willingly. (The java ferns) Tieing them down to wood or rocks works well, I hear.