Surprisingly enough they are! I thought it was going to be a big disaster, but they love hanging in the foliage, they don't destroy the plants or move them at all! I put the plants in as a bit of an experiment, but so far all my javafern, valisneria etc is thriving! In fact my valisneria and the other longstemmed plants need trimming EVERY week!JamesF;5039894; said:Very nice looking tank. Are the Africans behaving themselves with the plants?