Anyone ever use fake plants from a craft store? I heard u can as long as u use silk ones with plastic stems, clip off any plastic and dont get painted ones...Any one can shed light on this to see if I cant do this safely? I want to heavily plant my tank and I cant see my self spending billions on plants, or if I have to I will do it slowly...

I bought BIG silk plants from Wal-Mart and used those.. They work great. I took the tag off, and rinsed, then planted them in the tank. My Oscars (and they are destructive little shits) have yet to tear them out!

i normally have bare bottom tank but the wifey wants something
inside the tank so i toss out the base of our artificial center
table decor and embedded the plastic plants at the substrate


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i bought big hanging plants at my local flower shop.
And indeed if they're not dyed, they can be used safely and are relatively cheap.

how should I weigh them down?

I have mine held down with LARGE rocks. On those fake plants there is usually a LONG stem, if you bend that into a "L" then stick the handle into the gravel, and place rocks on top they can't move then easily! Hope this helps!

thanks, I will try that, if not I will have to get all 'thereifixedit.com' and be ghetto with a creative weight...

using hot glue gun is another option to stick the fake plants unto
rocks or any sinking weight, then embedded it with the substrate

so its non toxic, wasnt sure what type of glue was alright and wouldnt leach toxins..

Personally Hun, I would use a tube of 100% silicone to glue the plants. I know it is not toxic as it is what is used to seal the tank! You can find smaller tubes at your Local Hardware store relatively cheap.

thanks!

Well i bought some silk plants at micheals today here is the before



here is the new plants