Pictures of plastic tanks only?

We have all artificial plants in our tank - makes for easier maintenance...

I don't have any pictures, but in general, Taller plants in back mid sized in the middle, shorter ones in front. This just gives an aestetically pleasing effect. And if you can't tell the difference between real and fake plants in the photos you have seen, you can use some of thier design cues for your own.

My Black and White tank is all fake plants. The link is in my signature. If you plan on doing a full 360 view I would probably recommend a couple medium sized plants maybe in a couple of the corners but I would primarily stick with smaller plants. Maybe find a certain small plant or grass like fake plant to coat the bottom with. Then toss in a few other small-medium type plants for contrast. I wouldn't go with many large plants though as this would probably get in the way for the fish too much and you want to view the tank from all angles.

You can check out the photos in the link in my signature. I'd consider it a "heavily" planted, fake plant tank. It's the 38 gallon one.

You have to sift through some bad photos, since I'm partially using that to learn how to take good shots. The photos on the last pages are the most recent.

Heres my 40 ram tank
http://img31.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ramtanknet5an.jpg

Originally posted by ME (in another post)

Think of your tank as a photograph. In photography we use something called the rule of 1/3s. Draw two horizontal and two vertical lines so that your tank is split into 9 sections (in your mind of course). Along these lines and where they intersect are the focal points

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Aside from that Advise, I would say to stick to only two or three types of fake plants arranged in species groups (Its the same thing with fish two large schools of tetras look awesome, but one or two of six types of tetras looks like poop)

since your tank is a Room divider, put the tall plants in a strip down the middle, with shorter ones on either side. Kind of like you have two tanks back to back that just happen to share plants. You might also want to have the plants taller at one end and shorter toward the other (so that the line of plant tops is high at the left/right side, and slopes down toward the other end. This will lead your eye toward your focal point.

Leave a space along one of the vertical "1/3" lines and make this your focal point. here's where your (insert favorite garish aquarium decoration here) goes. Leave some open swimming space around it so that it doesn't get lost in the jumble.

Last thing: Sometimes less is more.

I agree with mooman. Put a strip of plants in the middle that are as tall as the tank. Put medium and small plants comparatively stepping down from the tall ones on each side.

This is my wall aquarium, a tank planted heavily with fake greenery.