Which is better?

[luvsgups]

I was looking at pics. of aquariums on the board and I was wondering which is better for the aquarium, fake plants, live, or a mixture of both? And does it matter one way or the other. Will the fish still thrive if all the plants are fake?

Thanks in advance to anyone that responds.

 

[WILDER]

You can have fake,real or mixed, live plants help keep nitrates down, but it depends on your lighting with real plants.

 

[sylvia]

And the fish won't mind unless they eat live plants - and because of the nitrAtes which Wilder has already mentioned and which can easily be controlled by good maintainance and weekly water changes.