fake plastic plants in saltwater.
 

every time i see pics of plastic plants or decor in a sw setup it makes me sick .why do people do that? then they show pics.wow:idea:

in a QT to give the fish some cover, sure.

Fine for QT but in a display, no way! SW tanks are not supposed to look like FW tanks, kinda defeats the purpose IMO.

plastic plants
 

dont you think ther dirt magnets?

Everybody gotta start somewhere. I started with plastic ornaments not knowing too much. As I learned more, the ornaments disappeared.

Js

I'd say personal preference. Why do some people keep FOWLR tanks? Why do some people keep reef?

i remember there was a restaurant that open up by where i lived. picture my horror when i was told this place also had a SW set up. i imagined at least something that wasn't a complete eye sore since it was a restaurant. but instead i came to find a mish-mash of colored FW gravel, plastic FW plants all over the place, with HUGE chunks of drift wood,and a few pieces of the deadest LR iv seen here and there. and to top it all off the tank was a 300G acrylic tank that was so scratched it made it hard to see through. it was hard to even see the fish at the opposite end of the tank.

re plastic
 

not trying to upset anyone just that plastic plants dont give a saltwater tank a oceanic look reminds me when i had gold fish.?did you ever see (tank of the month) have plastic decor. dont think so dan:question:

It's a way to start into sw. I cycled my tank from fw to brack to salt with my ol' green spotted puffer. Stayed that way until I sold the puffer and researched more about marine environement and reef tank.

Js

why is this in the buy/sell forum?