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I ran across a high school friend today that I havnt seen in like 6 years at the fish place and she was telling me that she found a cheaper way to decorate your fish tank with fake plants byt going to a like dollar store or something like that and buying fake plants and putting them in her tank he said shes had them in there for about 4 years now without no problems and it looks great, I went to her house today after that i had to see this and it looks great she has a 55g tank. Do any of you guys had any experiences with this because i was thinking of trying it but wasnt sure what do you guys think?

i do the same thing

no problems

I use fake plants too but there are the ones you buy from the fish shops or in walmart in the fish center she was using like fake plants that are not in the fish center that are more in the craft center of the store because if is safe im going to try it i got some ideas and the plants i need have to be pretty tall

I wouldn't be too worried as long as she is only using the plastic part of the plant and not any substrate they usually come in. I also wouldn't use any fake plants if they have real wood on them or if it looks like they have been painted.

As long as it's just a solid plastic plant and nothing else, it should be fine. I can't think of any commercially available plastic items that are toxic.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Well what a great idea. Give them a bit of a soak (glues! etc like Corey said)and off you go. Choose ones that look aquatic ... or you could go bezerk and to an "improbable" look <wink>

Last edited by wish-ga at 11-Jan-2006 20:30

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