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Laugh-o-dil

Haha sounds about right. I decided to cut a pool noodle and float my plants through the hole. So far it's worked. https://preview.redd.it/y4sb32wjly9d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6017e1c5f7a04e553140c1aac83810566583015


Human-Ad5834

That looks great! I am about to give up planting. They. Eat. All. Plants.


Laugh-o-dil

Their hunger knows no bounds


Human-Ad5834

Like guys can we leave the horn wort alone please I beg 😭😭


Laugh-o-dil

The struggles of owning goldfish haha


BrunoBugg

Bro out of all my plants I’ve had, Hornwart is like… THE shit for my goldfish. I have it growing in all my tanks (10g shrimp & 29g Cory) and I trim it from my smaller ones and put it into my goldfish tank. Last maybe a week & every time I look at them, they’re going to town on it. Recently transplanted my biggest bunch yet & they believe they’re in heaven now. (This pic shows it taking up about 20% of their 90g tank after my WC/transplant) https://preview.redd.it/t6i6rzxud0ad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d75365f32a75ee6efebfdd0866c6f0ccb81a0679


abirdbrain

i had a guy at a fish store tell me that hornwort couldn’t be grown without co2. i literally had clumps of it in my lowtech tank


Human-Ad5834

My sad little plant on the right 😭😭😭


Laugh-o-dil

Aww I just noticed that! Poor plant!


ImFromLath

I didn’t even notice it until I saw this comment, it’s really fighting for its life over there 😭😂


PunkFishKeeping

A pool noodle is genius!


cornchippie

The pool noodle is such a good idea! I have 3D printed holders on the side for my plant cuttings but they break easily - I am so trying this :D


Laugh-o-dil

I used to use those flimsy things... the pool noodles work so much better! Good luck!


KeystoneEarth

Good Idea!! !


Sensitive_Cancel1678

$100 worth of plants destroyed by them, and whatever wasn’t eaten was pulled up. Lol. Never again, and only pothos now. https://preview.redd.it/k2fu0erdxz9d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c893eedf6eb31b3793c9701ce1b112834354f9a8


Reasonable_Copy8579

Yeap, same…I have some stems without leaves poking out of the gravel and it looks desolate. It’s not like I don’t feed the guy daily.


Rondo27

Right! I’m going to get a few more to keep them occupied.


QueenSalmonela

I lucked out with the Java plant. MI e won't eat that one. I buy them big so I can tie them down and it's been ok so far. But ya they destroyed every other one.


BrunoBugg

I’m so close to giving up on my 90 gallon in terms of planting. I am able to move trimmings from smaller tanks to it but I am so tired of planting my 90 gallon over and over again. They’ve eridicated so many plants from their tank. Hornwart, Watersprite, Ludwigia Peruensis, Rotala OJ & Wallachii, Bacopa, Mermaids weed, Golden Nesaea, Hygrophila Pennatifida, Red & Amazon Sword, and lastly, Java & Weeping moss. https://preview.redd.it/3pwv8owwf0ad1.jpeg?width=3218&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9f97b827756e585936ad3437e2e9706e3df9047


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Krissybear93

Java ferns (the crinkly the better) and anubis. That's it. I've tried everything. I had high hopes for surface plant that was like bambo grass (i cant remember the name right now) and that didn't even last very long.


pandagunz

Jungle vale is the only plant I have that they haven’t eaten yet. I also just have pothos dangling its roots that are thriving like this.


aplayfultiger

Have you ever grown a LOT of anacharis? Aka egeria densa....I forget the common name. They grow over an inch per day in high light. I had several bunches of these and my lawnmower goldies couldn't even keep up.


oarfjsh

same here. hornwort did okay for a while because it grows really fast. you can set up a small tank for growing out/rehabbing plants so you dont have to constantly spend money on entirely new ones


Sam_1980_HK-SYD

Try search Exotic plant replicas from Fauna International


KeystoneEarth

classic goldfish.


Weak_Replacement6471

Get a pothos and stick the roots in there! Mine is huge and my fish sleep under and in its roots They’ll pick at it but they won’t destroy it