Hardy plants like Java fern should survive but no delicate species.

I would like to decorate it with bogwood and Java Fern.

Microsorum pteropus (Java fern), one of the most popular freshwater aquarium plants.

Java fern (Microsorum pteropus) in its natural habitat.

One of these is Java fern, which may become the object of mbuna aggression but will not be eaten due to an undesirable taste.

Bog-wood is used in aquaria for ornaments, providing hiding places for fish and a growing surface for plants such as Java fern.

Plants will be excavated, no matter how well-rooted, the only possible exception being the Java fern and only then if it's securely attached to wood or rocks.

I'd also use more in the plant line than Java Moss, like some Java Fern which is indestructible and will grow on the bogwood.

The classic is Java Fern Microsorium pteropus which is actually a true brackish water plant although sold mainly to freshwater hobbyists.

Pygmy Chain Swords are low-growing, and were used in the foreground, and Java Fern grows attached to bogwood.

Try Java Moss, Java Fern and Indian Fern.

If desired, pothos, java fern, java moss, or other semiaquatic plants can be placed in the pot to help absorb nitrogenous waste produced by the newts.

Java Fern- Extensive information about Java fern.

The odd large smooth stone and clumps of plants - including Java Fern which is indestructible and will grow on the bogwood - will give you a more varied effect.

Plants are not necessary and aren't a natural occurrence in Lake Tanganyika, but if you do feel you want plant life in your tank try Java Fern and Anubias.

Courgette, peas, and lettuce will be eaten with relish, as will commercially available herbivore foods, it will eat aquarium plants (with the exception of some species such as Java Fern).

You could use rocks and wood to make your aquarium more attractive and, provided you have sufficient light, the more robust plants such as Amazon Swords and Java Fern should be fine.

To begin with Robin used Amazon Swords, Water Wisteria, Java Fern and Pygmy Chain Swords, as these are quite hardy plants which should thrive and give him confidence to try some other kinds later on.

These include the "narrow leaf" Java fern, the "needle leaf" Java fern, the "Windelov" Java fern and the "lance leaf" Java fern.

You could, if you wish, try Java Fern, which is rather too woody for the tastes of many species - but if you want a good covering you will need to let it establish for a few months - or else you can cheat and use Java Fern-covered rocks/bogwood from another tank.

Java moss and Java fern are both excellent plants for the shrimp tank, as they thrive in the same conditions as the cherry shrimp and provide both the physical benefits of the plants to the shrimp and provide a human viewer with a pleasing visual contrast with the red bodies of the shrimp.

Java fern (Microsorum pteropus) in its natural habitat.

Microsorum pteropus (Bl.)

The group represented by Microsorum pteropus and Microsorum hancockii seemed to have a different ancestry from the other group, now a genus known as Kaulinia.