Pseudotropheus saulosi and plants

[tfoster]

Hey all,

I'm cycling my new tank and wanted to know is anyone has added plants to their tanks with saulosi.

I dont want to go through the pain of having them rip the plants apart when i introduce them to their new home.

Currently cycling so it would give the plants a chance to get a foothold on the rocks in the tank if i add them now.

Any thought

Cheers

Tim.

[rosco]

tim,

I keep mine with a heap of Java fern and they pretty much leave it alone (they do uproot it every now and then but don't eat it). Other plants like aniubus (spelling????) may be successful but I have not tried.

HTH

Rosco

[DanceswithDingoes]

My males used to dig a lot, if you could secure the plants to larger rocks etc it should be ok.

[tfoster]

Thanks

Will pick some up this week and give it a go.

[BlakeyBoyR]

If you're going to keep java fern, can I suggest using flourish and flourish iron in your tank at the very least? I know it is only a low light plant but some fertiliser can be the difference between crappy brown java fern and beautiful green java fern.

[timmy2422]

i keep mine with java fern. jave moss is ok too but they eat bits of that. haha nice name tim

[GTR73]

I keep mine with Java Fern and they don't touch it, as long as you're happy to leave it floating around the tank (They usually dig it up if it's planted).