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?

ahah maybe he's selling the plastic plant he just took out of his tank??

Personal preference. I dont think I would put fake plants in my saltwater tank, but if thats what you like, then go for it. I also dont understand why people would pay $500 for a black tang, but they do. For me the draw to saltwater was the colorful fish and to put a black fish in the tank kinda defeats the purpose. But thats just my interpretation of what is appealing.

I have to somewhat agree with the black tang comment, I fell in love SW fish because of how colourful most of them are, and I too used to think it defeated the purpose to have white or black SW fish.

It's funny how as time goes on your outlook changes. Just a few days ago I was preaching about how I only wanted really colourful fish for my new tank. However this angelfish changed my mind

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For a fish that is called "Black velvet" I think he's quite stunning.

*sings*
Black Velvet in that little boys smile, black velvet in that slow southern style"

Ahem

I think if it's a biotype tank, there are some "decent" silk plants that could work as a sort of temporary thing for sea grass etc. maybe in a seahorse tank?

Does that make any sense?

Moving to the lounge, as I dont really know where it belongs. :lol:

FWIW, I sometimes thought the same until I read a thread somewhere about fake things in a reef tank. This one lady who was a nurse in a cancer ward, said after a day at her job, coming home to her little saltwater tank, with its fake plants and bubbling treasure chest and so on, being her release from the day or something like that.

It was something that you had to read to put things in perspective. Kind of like one had to be there at the time.

I think if it's a biotype tank, there are some "decent" silk plants that could work as a sort of temporary thing for sea grass etc. maybe in a seahorse tank?

Does that make any sense?[/quote]

Yep - I have some fake stuff in my seahorse tank cause they need something to hitch to.

Having said that, I have macros in my QT tank waiting to go in to start replacing the fake stuff :) All in good time...