Fake plants
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Silk plants are the way to go. Here some pics of mine in my 90G that I bought off of EBAY..............
Nice tank!
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Fake plants, given proper lighting and allowed to age (gain a little algae and lose a little of the freshly manufactured shine), will look quite nice.
I'd use them as back ground (see Bodydub's post, where they are under somewhat subdued lighting, have heavy shadows with a bright centerpiece pulling your view behind a large open space of natural substrate) or take a minimalist approach (like Redearsunfish has where the rock and drift wood dominate the view under a full open swimming area). In both cases, the plants are there, but your attention is elsewhere. Use them to accent the fish, substrate and driftwood/stones. People don't have to 'see' the plants to 'see' them. They will feel the scene is natural because they can sense there are natural elements there. Not being able to perfectly see them is even better because nature doesn't put everything right there on a silver platter for us either.
If you want a full stand of plants front to back and side to side with a few fish swimming among the leaves, I'd go for real ones. In that case, the plants are the show.
I'd use them as back ground (see Bodydub's post, where they are under somewhat subdued lighting, have heavy shadows with a bright centerpiece pulling your view behind a large open space of natural substrate) or take a minimalist approach (like Redearsunfish has where the rock and drift wood dominate the view under a full open swimming area). In both cases, the plants are there, but your attention is elsewhere. Use them to accent the fish, substrate and driftwood/stones. People don't have to 'see' the plants to 'see' them. They will feel the scene is natural because they can sense there are natural elements there. Not being able to perfectly see them is even better because nature doesn't put everything right there on a silver platter for us either.
If you want a full stand of plants front to back and side to side with a few fish swimming among the leaves, I'd go for real ones. In that case, the plants are the show.
Looks nice bro. Where did you get the plants from?
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I've also been curious about what plants look best. In glad i saw this thread. More examples people!
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