Hi! I am stumped. My husband and i finally decided to get a tank for our kids and we ended up with a 30 gallon freshwater. He is more seasoned than i with aquarium care,so we are ok so far on that. My problem is the hideous multi-colored neon gravel that my two boys so proudly came home from the fish store with ;). I am trying hard to embrace their choice, and realize that a designer tank is not in our near future. Anyone have any ideas for decor??? Do i embrace the total cheesyness of it and get complimenting crazy colored fake plants etc? Or do i try to tame it down with some more natural looking scapes? I feel that if i do the latter the tank will look even worse than just going with the neon flow of things. The tank was prepped 2 nights ago with water and neon gravel placement, and tonight some of the fish made their debut, so i think it is too late to replace gravel.... Any help serious or comical would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!!

Very amusing topic!

I think i like your first option of just going all out cheesy with neon plants, maybe one of those divers and a "no fishing sign" :D Could be cool in a kischy sort of way.

Hopefully at some point, the kids will get bored with it and welcome a new look. At that point, you could try to steer them towards something more natural looking.