There are a few tiny real plants but it's almost all fake.
This is a 29 gallon with a lot of PetSmart stuff ...
20 lbs White Supernaturals sand, 20 lbs larger size red-brown gravel (should have used less) and a few packs of reddish rocks.
1 each Marineland a, b, and c packs of fake plants.
3 mats of short fake plants from the betta section (so much cheaper than the Marineland mats). I cut each up into odd shapes so it'd look more natural.
I purposely poured the water roughly to make the uneven floor.
And then topped off with one very fake driftwood thingie that I miss a lot now.
Back is painted, just cheapo acrylic craft paint. Black swirled with barn red to make it warmer, and a touch of white for depth.
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