a loaded question about decorating your tanks

[Bottomfeeder]

Do you decorate your tanks to look like a natural waterway? Or unnaturally, with castles and tresure chests and stuff?
One tank of mine has a castle, but it's turned on its side to make a cave. It also has a fake plant and natural gray gravel.
My other has no gravel, a fake plant, and that decor that looks like two barrels, one upright and one on its side, as well as a hirizontal glass jar.
However, I've been thinking about ditching the castle for a rock pile, driftwood, and a real cave. Im keeping the barrels tho, they kinda look like my Minnows are living in a farm pond inhabited by humans.
Oh crap meant to make it a poll

 

[cichlid2006]

i use natural 2mm gravel, real wood and real rocks, some real plants but these will never amount to anything as my uaru see to that and i use reptile plants that hang from a sucker at the top of the tank.

 

[woofy]

my first tank was a goofy looing tank with fake little statues and blue rocks and the ever so famous "no fishing" sign, i quickly got over that and sinc then have had all natural tanks plants, drfitwood, sand or natural gravel. i ony have one tank with blue gravel and it has nothing in it yet

 

[Bderick67]

Best to just decorated your tanks to your liking. I pefer the natural look myself and I'm always redecorating. I have seem some nice looking themed tanks though, that would put alot of "natural" tanks to shame. One thing guarenteed if you like being flamed go without a background and rainbow colored background. You'll have tons of idiots telling you how bad you tank looks and what ya should do to make it better.

 

[zennzzo]

It's all in what you like to look at...
If you have Monster Cats, it won't matter anyway.
They will throw a party one night while you're sleeping.
When you get up and turn on the lights, all your hard work, aquascaping, will have been undone and look like the day after a big party...
Crappy part is, they don't even invite you...

 

[RedDevilDon2005]

all mine are natural. but i wouldnt mind letting the kid in me get a 29gal and decorated the crap out of it with castles signs and what not

 

[CDickes1988]

I try to decorate mine as natural as possible to nearby Lake Erie. So I use lots of broken glass, needles, and plastic rings from six packs to add that extra "touch" to my aquascaping.

In all seriousness, yes I do prefer the natural look. I'm currently in the process of converting from fake plants to real plants.

 

[iloveoscars702]

personally i try to stay all natural, using sand, drfitwood and rocks... the only fake item in my tanks are usually the plants and stuf

 

[channarox]

i like my tanks looking naturalish.
i think im going to remove the pot...add more driftwood.

 

[RBE17]

I prefer the natural look. However, when I set tanks up in my daughter's room it will have decorations that she likes. Those consist of Disney princesses and characters. I don't like it, but it will keep her interested and help mold her into a fish lover.