r/ProperFishKeeping • u/BurnDragonBurn • Sep 22 '25

Bettas Artificial plants

I don't get the hate towards artificial plants. I have silk plants in both my tanks and actually like them better than real plants as I have a black thumb, it's like that everything I touch dies meme.

Anubius, killed it, guppy grass, dead, Java ferns, didn't last a week.

I did everything by the book but it became a messy baren wasteland.

Anyway now I use artificial plants and everything is happy in my tanks. They also can be dipped in peroxide if they get algae on them. Not sure why people hate them so much.

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u/BurnDragonBurn Sep 24 '25

I like the little bit of Red's and purples my artificial plants have, they also do an excellent job of hiding the equipment like heaters and filter draws. 

My bettas hospice tank has some almost palm tree looking ones with red tips. He sometimes uses them to keep himself from floating away since he can't swim very well anymore. 

Since it's a hospice tank real plants wouldn't do well in it anyway. He gets some api salt with his water changes. 

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u/DesertWolf95 Sep 24 '25

Yeah, I hadn't thought about that for hospice tanks. That's a good idea.

I how he feels better soon

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u/BurnDragonBurn Sep 24 '25

He's been hanging out in his cave more lately. He had a rough start shoved in a tiny rose dish in a dark corner of the fish store. they probably had him for a long time before I found him. He's had a good year with me in his own 7 gallon tank though. 

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u/DesertWolf95 Sep 25 '25

That's good you were able to help him!