setting up fake plants in tanks

[jncoclub]

I want to put some plants (most likely fake) in my snakes’ tanks. Currently each tank has an arched wood hide-hole of some size, a large ceramic water bowl, one grapevine stick, and it’s all on eco-earth substrate.

I want to do it to give the snakes a more natural habitat, and to make the tanks look more appealing. How do you get them up the sides of tanks? I know you can loop them around the climbing sticks, but where else can they go? Any special kind of plants (real vs. alive) should be used?

Also, in the background of some peoples’ tanks you see desert pictures, or rainforest, or some sort of pic that covers the backside. Why? Is it for esthetic appeal? Or does it hold a purpose? Please let me know your thoughts on this- I want to spruce up their tanks.