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Years ago, I learned the hard way that loaches will destroy your expensive plants! Since that time, I've kept fake plants in my tank. Aside from the java ferns, are there any other plants that loaches won't eat?

The only plants that I really keep with Loaches are:

Anubias nana
Java fern
Java moss
Crinum thaianum

I also have a couple of cryptocrines in with my Kuhlis and sidthimunki's

Thanks, Duff Man! Do you strictly keep live plants, or do you have a mixture? It seems like the only tall plant you listed is Crinum thaianum. Do think the ones you keep with your sids will be eaten by clown loaches?

I have live plants only in all of my tanks apart from the 7 footer that houses my clowns, in there I have a mix of live and artificial but all the plants I have listed are present in there and the Clowns don't bother with them.

The only difference is that I use pots or weights in the 7ft tanks and normally put a few pebbles around the base of the plants to help guard against them been uprooted.

I keep anubias and java with my clowns. All plants are tied to driftwood, as the roots of these like to be out of the subtrate. Clowns only occasionally nip a leaf, probably only to free a piece of food. They do not seem to 'intentionally' bother them.

Thank you both for the help, I appreciate it!