Fake Plants

[Amunet]

Anyone have a nice looking tank with fake plants?
We cant keep live plants (except for cabomba) in my 125gal tank any longer because the fish eat everything so Im in the process of buying fake plants to put in to it.
Has anyone achieved that nice natural look with fake plants?
Also, does anyone know where you can get decently priced tall plants? Never realized just how expensive fake plants are. 

 

[Mikey1]

yeah they are expensive, probably more expensive than real ones....just stick to natural looking colors....nothing blue or flourescent....lol

 

[bikerfish]

Hi fake never look as nice but I have both in my tank and marina make  fake plants which are not to bad , the only problem with the tall ones are they can fall over , which mine do as not much substrate in bottom of tank . very reasonable price aswell for them , tall ones price from £6.99 to £ 11.99 but they do all different sizes , hope this helps
cathy

 

[carpking]

check out seapets these are the best looking ones ive seen so far also very cheap and cheap delivery.

 

[Mikey1]

yeah make sure you have a deep gravel base to hold them sturdy

 

[eaglesaquarium]

They eat EVERYTHING?  I've never heard of a fish that eats Anubias... Might be worth a look.    

 

[Amunet]

Granted I didn't have any anubias in the tank, but I'd rather not spend $$ on a live plant that will only get eaten.
They did eat every single sword plant in the tank. Along with some crypts, vallis and hairgrass.
Cabomba seems to be the only thing that they don't eat. Or if they do eat it, it grows fast enough so it's not a problem.
 
Anywho, thanks for the suggestions. Ordered some plants off of ebay and dr foster & smith. We'll see how they look in person and in the tank once I get them.

 

[MissLori]

Also take a look at Petco and PetSmart - they have a wide selection.

 

[Gilli]

You can get fake plants all sizes including giant ones for a good price on Ebay if you shop around. Ive only ever had the plastic ones (only have real ones now) - tried the silk type but when the algae grows on them its hard to remove and they get discoloured,  whereas the plastic ones dont spoil you can scrub and scrape off!

 

[Amunet]

Just got back from Petsmart and picked up a couple more fake plants.
They had some on sale for a decent price so picked up some.

 
Already have some of these in the tank.
May start a thread to chronicle my attempts at making fake plants look good LOL.
Will probably be a good month or so before I get the ebay ones since they're coming in from China.
 
Anywho, thanks for the continued suggestions everyone

 

[Liz xty]

I have some plastic and some silk in among, but also have java fern, moss balls and most recently added, a floating (water lettuce?) plant which aren't being eaten by the silver dollars or barbs. Since getting my tank, I've put all sorts of plants in, only to find them providing a tasty treat for the fish! So it's been process of elimination and I eventually learned the name of the things left behind - being the java ferns! (Is that Anubis?)
But by adding a mixture of fake plants to the uneaten real ones, I've got a reasonable green planted look, without it looking false.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

No.  Anubias are thicker leaved plants than java fern, but they are dealt with the same in a tank.  They both prefer to be left attached to a rock or wood rather than buried in the substrate.

 

[tomtomtom1230]

No.  Anubias are thicker leaved plants than java fern, but they are dealt with the same in a tank.  They both prefer to be left attached to a rock or wood rather than buried in the substrate.

 
 
Although this is somewhat true, I've had a lot of success with Anubias in the substrate. I preferred it as a creeper along the tank floor, rather than the grass type plants that wouldn't do well with my lighting anyway. Just don't plant the rhizome and everything will be hunky-dory.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

I agree... I've stuck mine to some slate and swept a bit of sand over the slate and the "roots", while keeping the rhizome above the substrate level.   The point is, that the substrate is not essential to keeping them.

 

[msasa19]

my platies have destroyed nearly all my plants