Coral insert?

[psilentchild]

I have a FOWLR tank and I have too much yellow in my tank with fish and need to add some more color to my tank.So for those of you have fake coral in ur tank how life like is it for as does it just sit still or does it flow with the water.What I'm asking is how natural looking is it and where did u get it from?

[Kdocimo90]

Are you talking about an actual fake/plastic coral or a real one that has bee dried up like these...


http://www.sealifegifts.net/coral.html

[psilentchild]

Dried corals?Will it come back after it has been in the water?I just what some corals that I dont have to take care off fake ,plastic or what ever.Do you have dried coral if so how is it in your tank?

[Kdocimo90]

well you could get the plastic ones.. but i tend to like the dried ones that i showed.. no they dont come back to life.. they are dried out dead corals... I had a big one in my old tank

[psilentchild]

Cool I will look into them.I just need something that would off set all that yellow

[Kdocimo90]

yeah i understand.. These really do look cool in the tank.. alot better than having a fake plastic coral.

[texhorns98]

You can find some cool rubber ones out there that look surprisingly real with a little flow in your tank. They are NOT cheap though. Expect to pay $50 to $100 for the really good fake ones.

[psilentchild]

Rubber cool to.I'm ready to pay a couple of bucks for some.I'm not going to drop off a couple of hundred for one piece maybe on big piece with different corals on it

[IslandCrow]

The problem a lot of people have with fake corals is that they tend to collect algae. So, they look somewhat realistic for a little while, but not in the long term as the bright colors slowly become a dull green/brown. Personally, I'd go with live coral or no coral at all, but good luck with whatever you choose to do.