In a message dated 8/30/98, 3:51:34 AM, Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com writes: <<I have never heard of cichlids being described as plant eaters, >> Rift lake cichlids do eat plants at least in my personal experience, any soft plant will be devoured by these fish. The only ones that manage not to get eaten from my experiences are the Anubias species. Regards John van Rompu