Mine is a neighbor story too, but more recent. About 8 months ago, my neighbors moved and gave us 2 gold fish in a little 3 gallon tank (they aren't in that anymore, its in the process of becoming a nano planted tank). It didn't take long before I was at the store getting a 29 gallon tank for tropical fish. I started with fake plants, and the fish really didn't seem to care too much about them. Not having room for more tanks, I wanted to do more with what I had. I decided on getting live plants. The fish enjoy them, as they actually swim through the plants instead of around them like they did with the fake ones. It looks so much better with the real plants, and I enjoy the extra dimension in brings to maintaining the tank. |