Ember Tetras eating my HC

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Philly33

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Who knew? I've never noticed the Embers nibbling on my plants until I added HC today. Help?
 
I have embers in a tank with HC for a long time now. They never eat my HC. Maybe they're nibbling stuff off of them?
 
My embers don't eat any plants. In fact, I'm hard pressed getting them to eat anything! Those teeny tiny mouths can be a pain!
As was already mentioned, perhaps they are eating algae or something off the leaves? Or are they actually destroying the leaves?
 
The HC has a small root system as you may know. They are up rooting some. I try to research everything prior to purchasing. I didn't read anything that said they eat plants . BUT, I just found one site that said they eat small inverts and plants. It was Wikipedia, but how credible is that?
 
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