| Cichlids are one of many species of fish which are | | | | of the most important factors. You are making life a |
| known for giving plants a rough time and making it | | | | lot easier for yourself by choosing a good quality |
| harder for you to grow plants successfully. With | | | | substrate of floating plants at the start. If you find |
| aggressive fish and everything that plants bring to an | | | | that you need to use fertilizers at any stage, be |
| aquarium, is there any way to maintain healthy plants, | | | | careful with the dosing amounts. Ultimately, you will |
| fish and aquarium together? | | | | be more successful if you can keep plants, fish and |
| The biggest hurdle to overcoming this problem, | | | | invertebrates which have similar needs. |
| particularly if you are trying to breed a particularly | | | | Anubias and Cryptocorynes are particularly durable |
| aggressive species of cichlid, comes down to the | | | | and as Anubias come in a variety of different style, it |
| choice of plant that you decide to use in the | | | | is likely that you will be able to find something that |
| beginning. Some examples of hardy plants would | | | | you like. To give an example of how durable some |
| include Anubias, Crinum and quite a few different | | | | species of Anubias are, there are many stories of |
| kinds of Cryptocoryne. These are some of the most | | | | Anubias which have survived in a plastic area |
| durable plants that you could attempt to use in an | | | | providing they have enough air and water. It is even |
| aquarium and will withstand the attentions of | | | | possible to kill algae that may have grown on the |
| herbivorous fish much better than many other kinds. | | | | plant by putting it in a dark place with enough water |
| Cryptocorynes are rather special, some of them | | | | and nutrients, although this is obviously not |
| contain chemicals which your fish will probably not | | | | recommend for the health of the plant. |
| find to its tastes. | | | | If you find that you have problems with your fish |
| Successfully keeping aquarium plants comes down to | | | | shredding your plants, especially when they are |
| getting a number of different factors right and | | | | breeding, you might want to consider using these |
| maintaining the conditions that you put in place for | | | | kinds of plants. Where Anubias are concerned, bear in |
| them. Water maintenance, to replace lost nutrients | | | | mind some of them are not true aquatics and may |
| and maintain the balance of water chemistry, is one | | | | grow to very large sizes in your tank. |