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Combo of live and plastic plants?

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Combo of live and plastic plants?

Post by jasminek on Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:47 am

I'm going with a sorority again... just waiting for some fish off a member on the forum, I wanted live plants but i have quite a few plastic plants that are big i could use... is it ok to have a live plant and plasic combo?
plastic's always been fine in the past and hasn't seem to damage fins?

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Re: Combo of live and plastic plants?

Post by Nataliey on Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:21 pm

I dont use plastic but i do use live and silk plants together, made no problems for me. Smile Tend not to use plastic plants as they can rip tails/fins.

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Re: Combo of live and plastic plants?

Post by silverrabbit on Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:42 pm

I use plastic in my sorority as they don't seem to bother the shorter fins. I think it'd be fine, just check the edges to see if they are particularly sharp Smile

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Re: Combo of live and plastic plants?

Post by jasminek on Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:20 pm

Ah ok! Well i'll give them a check over before i put them in, might use the rubbing them against a pair of tights to see if it rips them. Smile

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Re: Combo of live and plastic plants?

Post by 2tall on Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:07 pm

Its best to be safe! Hopefully most or all are.

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Re: Combo of live and plastic plants?

Post by jasminek on Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:53 pm

I've only used 3 of the fake plants out of 5 as the others were too sharp. They look good though, i'll get a bunch of cambomba and pop that in a bunch, as it grows fast! Smile

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Re: Combo of live and plastic plants?

Post by silverrabbit on Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:17 am

They love vallis too, if you can get any of that near you

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Re: Combo of live and plastic plants?

Post by Time-Out on Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:00 am

Don't plant cabomba in a bunch, as they love space and light to reach the bottom. You can plant each plant relatively close to it's neighbour, but a bunch will make the bottom rot. The plant should also branch out about half-way up if it's happy, so it grows very bushy!

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Re: Combo of live and plastic plants?

Post by jasminek on Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:30 pm

ok, thankyou! Smile will plant them a bit more spaced out! x

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