Jaide Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Anyone else noticed their angels nibbling at plants? I find they're worse than my silver dollars! I didn't know they were known to be plant eaters - or is this a cichlid thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Whenever I had angels they never ate the plants. Do you have any oyher fish in with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I have never seen angels eat plants.. When I kept them they were so fussy they refused to eat spirilina flake.. However yours maybe different, are you sure they are not just pecking at the plants eating random stuff off them or even cleaning the plants to breed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaide Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Yes, they're nibbling on the plants, I have seen them and yelling at the tank doesn't make them stop, lol. I have googled and read of others who have angels that do the same - completely devouring plants on occasion. I had to remove one of my plants as they wouldn't leave it alone. They're in with silver dollars who don't touch the plants (well not these ones anyway) - weird huh? Apparently, it's a cichlid thing, as cichlids are naughty and destructive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 My angels eat plants too. I've noticed it's only my females who do it, and it could be in preparation of laying, but then they decide that the plants are delicious and keep eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 If they arent acutlaly eating it they could be cleaning it in preperation for spawning on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 I have had thousands of angels and have never seen them eat plant yet. I have (like dixon suggests) seen them clean a lot of plants in preparation for spawning (and pretty vigourously sometimes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 My angels eat the hygro but dont touch anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaide Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 They are definitely eating them - as the leaf is gone the next day with bite marks remaining - if it was the dollars eating the plants, the plant would be gone overnight. But the dollars don't show any interest in the plants. I'm not sure what sex my angels are - how can you tell? (I have 2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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