Silk Plants Or Real?

[Chri$]

i am thinking about setting up my other tank, i have a tank currently with silk plants i was wondering wheather to go for real plants this time. take into concideration time, cost, pros, cons etc.

 

[debiasir]

real plants for me. tend to cost less than silk plants at my lfs and i do not do anything different in looking after them except add a little liquid fertilizer every water change

 

[Chri$]

do you find that they cause your tank any probs e.g algae etc

 

[debiasir]

nope none at all

 

[fi$hys]

go for real no point in fake they are a load of crap go for REAL.

 

[shrimply]

I personally hate fake plants. What annoys me more is that they say they look real.

 

[Durbkat]

I didn't vote because I like plastic better than silk and I couldn't afford to get proper lighting for real plants so I go for plastic and I find it looks really good and almost looks like real but you can easily tell the difference because they have more color in them.

 

[Chri$]

thanks guys, definatley going to go for real plants in my next setup

 

[Ethos]

Real takes quiet a bit more work, but looks alot better, USUALLY.
I have alot of fake plants, just because I'm usually too busy to deal with the extra work.

 

[Chri$]

what do you mean by more work??
planting etc or more maintaining

 

[Tolak]

Most of my tanks have no substrate, so I toss in a silk or plastic plant or two to give the fish something to mess with. Live plants do poorly in bare bottom tanks.

 

[-cAtFiSh-]

I'd go for real. They look so much better than fake.

 

[_Cal_]

Real plants are not much more work, and look much better. It doesnt matter how much lighting you have, you can find a plant for your situation. A major plus if heavly planted and done right (co2, etc.), no more alage.

 

[prankster705]

Real look way better. But planting is more expensive.

 

[dgwebster]

ive spent £15 on over 40 plants that look great, spent about 90 min planting the tank and setting up a DIY CO2 system. Now im looking at 15 min a week to change the CO2 bottle and to prune back any of the plants that are growing too much (though i think for the first 4-8 weeks im just going to let it go wild and work from there.