live plants that cichlids dont like

im curious if anyone could help me by telling me the different live plants that cichlids dont like the taste of and what style lighting needed to grow these plants

Great question! I have never had any plants stay in my Cichlid tanks. I had someone tell me one time that some plant would work and it did not. So im not sure at all. I like plants and love cichlids but its hard to keep the 2 togther. They are Vegie eaters! lol

Hornworts grow pretty well in my cichlid tanks. Fish don't like the taste of them and they play a great role in aiding with the biological filtration. I have them in most of my cichlid tanks and use natural daylight bulbs. Hornworts don't have a root system so either let them float or tie them into bunches and secure them down.

I know for a fact no fish eats onion plants. They also wont touch amazon swords and java moss. For me, rule of thumb is: feel the plant, if it feels gross, fish wont touch it. If it feels thick, fish wont touch it. If it breaks easy, fish WILL touch it.

you could try ferns,anubias, and some of the onion plants crinium onion and
crinium calamistratum

Java moss and southern water nymph and water sprite have worked well for me. The nymph and sprite may get nibbled on but they grow very fast.

Hornwort killed a bunch of my troph duboisi. It had me freaked out! I changed food, tanks (3 times), & my wife was the one who figured it out. I love it & I have it with my other africans no problem, but my trophs dont seem to like it, or they do like it, it dont like them...