In article , NetMax wrote:

a planted Goldfish tank.. that's almost an oxymoron ;~) Hornwort can
work if it is growing faster than it's being eaten, and to do that, the
Hornwort really has to be established before the fish are added (and they
should be juveniles). Now... Piranhas will leave your Hornwort alone,
but might make a mess of your Goldfish ;o). ... and then what do you do
with a planted Piranha tank (wear gloves whenever you need to do some
pruning ;~).

Actually, it's just that goldfish are really weird. I planted hornwort
after about a week of getting some already fairly mature goldfish
(which I got from people that couldn't take their tank.) I'm fairly
sure it was their first experience with live plants, and they
completely ignored it. I also planted a hygrophila plant, and they
also ignored that entirely. Only now, after about a month and a half,
are they taking any interest in the plant at all, and it's growing far
faster than they can eat it.

The guy at the store said the plants would be good for the
goldfish...they'd nibble the hygrophila and ignore the hornwort...or
not. You never know with goldfish.

JS

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