This is good fake seaweed (probably only sold in/from England)

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Hom...riums-212.html


I posted about this artificial seaweed in this group way back in 1999.
I was trying to find out about it. I saw it in a book that came from
England. The seaweed is only sold in the UK. There are other kinds not
shown in this photograph.

Whoever wrote the book is the same person who set up this aquarium. I
can tell this, even though this above picture wasn't used in the book.

On May 22, 4:26*am, Chris Tsao wrote:
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Hom...Pet-Care/Fish/...

I posted about this artificial seaweed in this group way back in 1999.
I was trying to find out about it. I saw it in a book that came from
England. The seaweed is only sold in the UK. There are other kinds not
shown in this photograph.

Whoever wrote the book is the same person who set up this aquarium. I
can tell this, even though this above picture wasn't used in the book.

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Hom...riums-202.html

I just found a better shot of it under keywords "plastic seaweed." It
doesn't look so real in this photo. Cheap is a word to use to describe
it. I saw this photo months ago, but was deluding myself it doesn't
exist.

On May 22, 4:38*am, Chris Tsao wrote:
On May 22, 4:26*am, Chris Tsao wrote:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Hom...Pet-Care/Fish/...

I posted about this artificial seaweed in this group way back in 1999.
I was trying to find out about it. I saw it in a book that came from
England. The seaweed is only sold in the UK. There are other kinds not
shown in this photograph.

Whoever wrote the book is the same person who set up this aquarium. I
can tell this, even though this above picture wasn't used in the book.

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Hom...Pet-Care/Fish/...

I just found a better shot of it under keywords "plastic seaweed." It
doesn't look so real in this photo. Cheap is a word to use to describe
it. I saw this photo months ago, but was deluding myself it doesn't
exist.

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Hom...riums-204.html

On the other hand, this one, which was in the book is much much better.

On May 22, 4:38*am, Chris Tsao wrote:
On May 22, 4:26*am, Chris Tsao wrote:
It
doesn't look so real in this photo. Cheap is a word to use to describe
it.

Then again, maybe it's real-looking. Compare it to these pieces of
seaweed at the link below which I just came across.

http://www.lesliebeck.com/ingredient...atured_food=71

On May 22, 3:44*am, Chris Tsao wrote:
On May 22, 4:38*am, Chris Tsao wrote:

On May 22, 4:26*am, Chris Tsao wrote:
*It
doesn't look so real in this photo. Cheap is a word to use to describe
it.

Then again, maybe it's real-looking. Compare it to these pieces of
seaweed at the link below which I just came across.

http://www.lesliebeck.com/ingredient...atured_food=71

You are quite the ****ing babbling idiot there Chris......Fake crap as
in fake like your mommas titties?

On May 22, 4:44*am, Chris Tsao wrote:
On May 22, 4:38*am, Chris Tsao wrote:

On May 22, 4:26*am, Chris Tsao wrote:
*It
doesn't look so real in this photo. Cheap is a word to use to describe
it.

Then again, maybe it's real-looking. Compare it to these pieces of
seaweed at the link below which I just came across.

http://www.lesliebeck.com/ingredient...atured_food=71

http://www.fl-seafood.com/i/artificial_sea2.gif

This one above is in the book. If I am not remembering incorrectly,
this very photograph might be too?

On Jun 8, 8:30*am, Chris Tsao wrote:
On May 22, 4:44*am, Chris Tsao wrote:

On May 22, 4:38*am, Chris Tsao wrote:

On May 22, 4:26*am, Chris Tsao wrote:
*It
doesn't look so real in this photo. Cheap is a word to use to describe
it.

Then again, maybe it's real-looking. Compare it to these pieces of
seaweed at the link below which I just came across.

http://www.lesliebeck.com/ingredient...atured_food=71

http://www.fl-seafood.com/i/artificial_sea2.gif

This one above is in the book. If I am not remembering incorrectly,
this very photograph might be too?

Whats your point Chris? Who wants fake crap in a marine tank? I may
not be the most intelligent, person here so clue me in as to what this
post is actually about.You foudna pic in two different books that are
the same by the same personor how neat fake crap is or
what?????????????????/duh! Do you also have fake floating plastic
fish tied to fishing weights bobbing around your fake seaweed too?

On Jun 8, 10:33*am, KurtG wrote:

Whats your point Chris? Who wants fake crap in a marine tank? *I may
not be the most intelligent, person here so clue me in as to what this
post is actually about.You foudna pic in two different books that are
the same by the same personor how neat fake crap is or
what?????????????????/duh! *Do you also have fake *floating plastic
fish tied to fishing weights bobbing around your fake seaweed too?

Actually, I was considering buying fake fishing lures since some of
them look so real, but they don't look real enough, so I toyed with
the idea of buying fake frogs. I thought over your post last night and
so I bought a siamese fighting fish this morning and a very small
plastic fish tank (maybe five gallons, six tops) and a plastic amazon
plant. I had a huge fishtank about six years ago and a 20-gallon one,
but I got rid of them because I couldn't stand the stress of knowing
that sooner or later the glue would stop holding up on the big one and
because I was having a google of other problems with equipment and it
was such a bother to maintain.

There are some fake plants that look so real and real ones tear and
wilt and die. Also fake corals are as real looking as the real ones. I
bought a fake coral two or three weeks ago just to keep on my shelf.
With fake corals, they come perfectly curved. I will post links to web
sites that have the nicest looking fake corals.

I also decorated my house with fake house plants. Fake stuff rocks!!
Holler if you hear me.

http://images.netshops.com/mgen/digi...pg&h=400&w=400

Bushy Flowering Crypt Aquarium Plants - Aqua-Plants



http://www.aqua-shop-online.de/catal...inodrus-20.jpg

http://www.dohse-terraristik.com/item_imgs/41504.jpg


echinodrus


http://www.aquariumguys.com/waterhyacinth.html

rip the flower off and just keep the leaves

http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS...eringcryptmed9


flowering crypt Penn-Plax



http://www.petdiscounters.com/c67/c8...ants-p933.html


They used to make a crypt plant like the one above in a lighter green
and with white. I can’t find it online and never see it in pet shops,
so I gather they only make it in the green shown in the link above--
which looks like the plastic it is.

http://akamai.edeal.com/images/catal...038930thmb.jpg

Amazon/Green/Large Penn-Plax

The only nice one is in size Large. Any other size, and the stems look
fake.


There was a fake plant that they don't make anymore that looked really
real, but mine distingrated or I'd post a picture of them.





* Hobby Kunststoff-Pflanzen must only sell their products in Europe
because I’ve spent time trying to find American web sites that sell
their plants.


P.S. If one can tell that a plant is made out of plastic, if the color
is nice and the plastic is nice and if the artists did a good
sculpting job, it's do-able, and better than an ugly plant that's
real. I guess what I'm saying is arbitrary and that most would tend to
disagree.