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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => General Fishkeeping advice => Topic started by: Miggy on September 02, 2013, 08:46:33 AM

Title: Plastic plants
Post by: Miggy on September 02, 2013, 08:46:33 AM

Are plastic plants o k in an tropical tank, my live plants keep dying nd I am getting fed up with keep spending money and than they die.

Title: Re: Plastic plants
Post by: Sue on September 02, 2013, 09:14:25 AM

Plastic and silk plants are fine - silk can look more realistic.

What real plants are you trying? I ask because I'm someone who can't keep most plants alive, though I can grow java fern and anubias. I have java fern growing on my decor and also silk plants for height and variety. Live plants do have benefits in a tank so if you could manage to keep java fern alive, it would be a bonus. Java fern has to be grown on decor as the roots rot if planted in gravel/sand.

Title: Re: Plastic plants
Post by: Miggy on September 02, 2013, 11:32:21 AM

Thanks for the advice, I do have fern and will get some Anubis, and will have a mixture of real and plastic or silk plants :)