Ok to have cardinals with newly planted moss?

[xstrutsx]

Hi all,

I've just planted few meshes of moss on the bed of a new tank. Is it advisable to put in some 30+ cardinals at this moment? Will they nibble on the moss?

Thanks in advance for all advice!

[victri]

Cardinals will pretty much ignore the moss. If you're still worried, then make sure you feed them enough that they don't need to turn vegetarian.

[CT]

maybe you can wait for a while longer as your tank is still quite new. maybe should cycle it for a while first before adding in the cardinal tetra.

[kingpin]

Better to leave the moss in tank without the fishes for a while. The moss tends to be very dirty if bought from farms. Those chicken dung carry some disease into the tank, causing your fishes to be sick. I had a bad experience once with newly puchased moss from farms.