At least NCD is a snark/meme community and not a whole ass instance lol

Plants remove nitrites and nitrates so of course they are a great resource for making your tank more natural in both filtration and visually

I refuse to not include plants, especially with a Geophagus that likes to move everything around, there are always ways to get plenty of plants in there! Unless it’s sevrums or other such plant eaters, in which case a refugium is golden