REAL or FAKE Plants..? 

I know right! At night when the blue light comes on it’s like a rave with the neon greens ha 😂 Not a big fan of them personally 😅

I would agree. I’m still not overly keen on the neon green plants. At least my fish and crayfish should leave them alone and it still provides cover for them :)

@@SimplyShrimps Cover is so important for many of the species kept in tanks yet so many tanks I see on RU-vid have little to no cover. The difference in behavior between fish in an environment which is close to nature and fish in an open water type scenario is very obvious and although many will dispute the fact genetic memory does play a part in fish 'knowing' what makes them feel comfortable. Even line bred fish mass produced species of fish which have never seen a natural situation or any predators will have an embedded genetic code which allows them to know what environment they feel safe in and good fish keepers will recognize that fact and try to replicate it.

Hopefully I’m one of the good guys 🙈 I think it’s more rewarding as a fish keeper seeing them in a natural environment too.

@@SimplyShrimps Yes for sure as you keep sensible fish. It's when I see the likes of malawi tanks without decent caves or piranha tanks without mangrove roots or bogwood that it shows a lack of understanding as to what fish require to feel good in their environment. In nature they wouldn't all rush out into open water and hang there for a predator to pick them off, they'd be using natural cover from where they could ambush their own prey.

Thank you 😁

Yeah I didn’t want to put the too far back as Alan would just push the straight back out again haha 😅 Might have a re jig around though 😁

Thanks :)

Yeah it's a pain. Let's see how long these last xD

Hopefully it will make them look a little more natural rather than neon green 😂

Yeah. Ive tried real plants in the past and they all get shredded or look tattered after a while :(

Yea some species like the cichlids will tear em appart I use pothos and water lettuce in my sump Can easily have a lush planted tank without co2 Some are all for it and some are against it my case follow the biotope I cant use plants so I throw em in the sump

I was thinking about putting pothos on the back of the tank. But moving house soon I didn’t want to start any more projects 😅

Pothos is great but not a fast grower my runs up from the back of the sump to the hood all sits on top cool ornamental plant thrives on the nutrients from the tank Just chuck one in mate in the top get it started not really any work plus more content for a new video :) Good luck with the move. The dreaded move sends shivers down my spine the thought of it :) it's only then you realise how crap you accumulated hahaha

This is true but I was going to do I kind of DIY planting trough hang on back filter on the top with the pothos in. We’ll see :) thanks 🙏

If by plants you mean hair..? Yes xD

Not yet sorry been busy and not had time :/ stay tuned as I will announce soon 😁

Ok thank you.

Did you enter?

No I was just seeing who won on this account.

Thank you 🙏

Thanks for watching and thank you 🙏

I agree 🙈

Ooo where’s that? :D

Aww I can still take them out. I’m not too keen on them myself but had the plants laying around the house and wanted them moved 😂 Of course Tono, you’ll just have to buy me ein grosse beir, bitte in Dortmund this year ha!

Simply Shrimps ...yeah, we’ll do it just like that! 👍

Yeah I’m not a big fan of fake plants either 🙈 I did plan on putting some pothos on top at the back but we’re moving house soon so didn’t want to start and new projects :(

I feel this is exactly how Alan feels haha!

@@SimplyShrimps I like Alan. :)

Me too ;)

Good job there’s no discus in it then :)

Simply Shrimps what are those discus shaped fish then?

Severums

Maybe when we move house. I don’t think I’ll be getting a turtle though :(

@SimplyShrimps what time will the giveaway be announced?

All my entries were in hopefully

I’ll be picking a winner tonight at some point :)

Ok thank you

Indeed

I’m sorry 😅 I hope it’s ok.

@@SimplyShrimps you look very smart and handsome.😁

Stop it, you’ll make me blush 😂

It does ha 😂 Personally I prefer real plants 🌱

Oops 🙈

It was a joke

Lol

For sure haha!

I must admit I’m not a big fan of fake plants but unfortunately my fish eat the real ones :(

so if you have fish that destroy plants but require a lot of hiding spots.they should suffer cause your to snobby for plants?

I can assure you that the fish are not suffering :) Fake plants still provide hiding spots. So the only other factor is they don’t eat them and they get fed a varied diet so no problems there.

Yes they are 😂 sometimes it’s the only choice though

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Haha! Congratulations :D

I never said you should only use fake plants, I love real ones 😁 I agree. My filtration is good enough to keep the water parameters healthy and stable. This is one of the reasons why I went for fake plants too.

Brianna live plants provide small amounts of oxygen to the aquarium, and take nutrients out of the water column so algae doesn’t grow as large and fast. Also, fish do care if plants are live or not. They can nibble live plants, and live plants are much softer and flexible for the fish to rest on. Plastic plants are purely to make aquariums look nicer, most of the time not for fish. If you’re gonna take the time to watch the whole video, don’t throw out some salty comment,

Lol no. Benefits you get from live plants are *definitely* not over exaggerated. And no in 'most cases', live plants definitely don't do 'very little' for your tank. And also no, fish do care if the plants are real or not. Some species more than others. Those are not even opinions, but a fact. Don't spew exaggerated nonsense just because you're salty some random people on the internet doesn't like fake plants. While I agree fake plants set up is so much better than a bare, empty set up that can makes fish suffer, that's no reason to discredit the massive benefits of a real planted tank. And yes, I'm salty too, so that makes the two of us.

they defiantly are over exaggerated. 1. fish really do not care whether plants are real or not cause to them it's just structure.also fake plants can be just has soft has real ones especially silk ones or soft rubber/plastic ones. 2. the oxygen they provide varies a lot. cause slow growing plants are not going to provide much oxygen and honestly most oxygen comes from gas exchange at the surface.also not to mention oxygen loss when you use co2. 3. the nutrients they take up also varies. a tank planted with only slow growing plants like java fern is not going to do much when it comes to taking up nutrients. plus if you have fish that shred plants those plants are just going add to the nutrient levels has they decay. also zeke it is defiantly a opinion not a fake.just cause you think the fish care does not mean they actually care and I also doubt you've tested it out to see if they even do care. also I'm not salty about a random person on the internet not liking plants.I'm salty over people attacking fake plants and people who use them.

@@jackd5181 I did watch the whole video and know for a fact live plants are way over exaggerated. fish do not care if a plant is live or fake.all they care about is about having a place to hide which could be anything a fake plant,real plant,rock,wood,boat,dockect. also last time I checked having a place to hide was a huge benefit to the fish. also if you have a species like a oscar that will destroy any plant you put in the tank what are you supposed to do? make them suffer by not allowing them to have spaces to hide and deny them one of their favorite toys(seriously oscars love to play with fake plants especially ones that have a ceramic base)?