wwestar2000
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Well I can't really afford 5 dollar fake plants or 3 dollar live plants that get eaten in 2 days by my snails. So I do this:
1) I go to the store and get plastic lanyard. They sell them in all diffrent colors in walmart for like 1.50 a big spool. I chose usaully 2 colors that stand out from my gravel and that complement each other.
2) I cut the lanyard into like 7 inch pieces until i think it will make a full looking plant.
3) This is the tricky part. For me I knot the bottom and cut off all the excess lanyard off. But you guys may find a better way to end the plant and wont be so big.
Here's some pics of some of my plants-
This was the one i made last night. Im gonna put gravel up to the teal lanyard so it looks like a cute palm tree.
This is the one i made a while ago. Its not as nice but the fry in my livebearer tank love it!
Before you put it in the tank let it sit overnight in very hot water. I only do that to make sure the sticker on the lanyard when you first buy it didnt leave any sticky substances on it that might harm your fish. I doubt it will happen though.
Hope you guys like my little project.
-Leave comments if you done this before or if you have a better way to finish off the plant.
1) I go to the store and get plastic lanyard. They sell them in all diffrent colors in walmart for like 1.50 a big spool. I chose usaully 2 colors that stand out from my gravel and that complement each other.
2) I cut the lanyard into like 7 inch pieces until i think it will make a full looking plant.
3) This is the tricky part. For me I knot the bottom and cut off all the excess lanyard off. But you guys may find a better way to end the plant and wont be so big.
Here's some pics of some of my plants-
This was the one i made last night. Im gonna put gravel up to the teal lanyard so it looks like a cute palm tree.
This is the one i made a while ago. Its not as nice but the fry in my livebearer tank love it!
Before you put it in the tank let it sit overnight in very hot water. I only do that to make sure the sticker on the lanyard when you first buy it didnt leave any sticky substances on it that might harm your fish. I doubt it will happen though.
Hope you guys like my little project.
-Leave comments if you done this before or if you have a better way to finish off the plant.