Anyone using fake plants with big cichlids?

[FINWIN]

I just wanted to update and thank everyone for the suggestions. I went to Michael's and while I did find some cool stuff for pretty cheap, I didn't find anything that was tall enough as I wanted.

However I found these aquatic plastic plants on Amazon for $12 ! Pop and couldn't pass them up.

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Nice tank! I love that O and creamsicle devil, too. Glad you found some tall plants. You can search on amazon too for "XL" plants or put in a size you want and see what comes up. For sure they have 18" tall I had some of those I mixed in.

The garlands are great too, you can wrap them around a log or repti-vines (the waterproof ones). That's what I use along with live pothos.

How big is that O? And size of tank?

 

[SwampFins]

Nice tank! I love that O and creamsicle devil, too. Glad you found some tall plants. You can search on amazon too for "XL" plants or put in a size you want and see what comes up. For sure they have 18" tall I had some of those I mixed in.

The garlands are great too, you can wrap them around a log or repti-vines (the waterproof ones). That's what I use along with live pothos.

How big is that O? And size of tank?

Thank you!

Yea I'm definitely impressed with the quality. I love how easy it is to break lines of sight with these while keeping the tank open for swimming or creating dead spots for debris to collect.

This tank has been a little tricky because nive had to remove almost all hard surfaces to keep the O from hurting himself. He likes to jump when feeding too. Hes about 9-10".

It's a 125g with a sump under.

I've been removing fish here and there as they grow and I see which ones I want to keep long term but so far so good.

 

[Poseidon2.0]

I have this thing I got at Petco or Petsmart a few years ago have been happy with it. I believe it is silk or some kind of refined acrylic or plastic that doesn’t feel much like plastic. Was less than ten bucks if I recall and has some bits of fake brown root to give a more authentic feel.

 

[Palmettodeuce]

Elitecichlids.com has great plants at very good prices. They will make custom plants also. I’ll post a picture later tonight.

 

[Palmettodeuce]

Here’s a picture of the plants from elite cichlids

 

[SwampFins]

Those look great^

 

[ehh]

i used to look for fake plants that i liked the look of but because i replace them every six months or so, i just buy whatever is on the clearance shelf. they end getting shredded anyways.

 

[Rocksor]

i used to look for fake plants that i liked the look of but because i replace them every six months or so, i just buy whatever is on the clearance shelf. they end getting shredded anyways.

yeah the silk plants don't last long for me either, maybe at most 1 year.

 

[pops]

tried silk, it gets shredded, plastic plants last longer look better longer and easier to clean. I went the 3 foot bamboo thing for awhile. just became a pain. eventually dumped all plants fake or other wise for *****en wood. gota love a tank with some *****en wood.

 

[Ulu]

My Oscar trashes whatever plants I give him. First he rips them up and piles them at one end on the rocks and builds a little fort.

Then he amuses himself by ripping the leaves off one by one and clogging my strainer.

All his plants look like they've been run over by a truck.