Are LEGOs aquarium safe? - Aquarium Advice

leafyseadragon · 08-27-2005, 02:31 AM

I have had this small LEGO motorboat which my sister got from a Happy Meal sitting on my desk for years. Then I thought: this would look cool half buried in the sand like a shipwreck!

There are no metal parts like prop axles attached to the plastic which might corrode, as least far as I can tell it's all plastic. So if I clean the bricks thoroughly, is this safe to put in my tank?

**Fishyfanatic** · 08-27-2005, 10:18 AM

I'd say if you clean it very well (without soap) that you shouldn't have a problem. Just make sure you clean all the nuk and crannies of it.

malkore · 08-27-2005, 11:28 AM

They should be ok. Remember little kids stick lego's in their mouths all the time, and the only issue is a choking hazzard. As long as you don't have a large oscar in there, it should be fine.

**QTOFFER** · 08-27-2005, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by malkore

They should be ok. Remember little kids stick lego's in their mouths all the time

That's the first thing I thought too!

Have fun getting the legos to sink!

You'll probably have to take the ship apart and reassemble it underwater so there's no air trapped in the hollow bricks.

fishyrican · 08-27-2005, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by QTOFFER

Have fun getting the legos to sink!

That's what I thought too. The other thing is you can glue it to some kind of base and weigh the base down with gravel.

Felf · 08-27-2005, 09:14 PM

make your substrate entirely out of the single pieces of lego lol

**Fishyfanatic** · 08-27-2005, 09:22 PM

That would be REALLY cool to have a solid lego tank.

DeFeKt · 08-27-2005, 09:36 PM

LMAO @ THIS THREAD !!!!
haha if u wash it it will be fine,
just remember that the algea will grow inbetween everything, so in a few months time you'll pretty much either need to throw it away or painstakingly clean every piece inside and out.

leafyseadragon · 08-28-2005, 01:49 AM

Since I have corys in the tank, it should be interesting. I plan of burying the boat in the sand. Of course the corys have a habit of digging everything in the tank...

beblondie · 08-28-2005, 01:40 PM

Something no one has mentioned you'll nee to build it underwater to keep the air out -Anne

08-27-2005, 02:31 AM	#1
leafyseadragon Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: May 2003 Location: California Posts: 196 Images: 8	Are LEGOs aquarium safe? I have had this small LEGO motorboat which my sister got from a Happy Meal sitting on my desk for years. Then I thought: this would look cool half buried in the sand like a shipwreck! There are no metal parts like prop axles attached to the plastic which might corrode, as least far as I can tell it's all plastic. So if I clean the bricks thoroughly, is this safe to put in my tank? __________________ Fish are friends, not food.

08-27-2005, 10:18 AM	#2
Fishyfanatic Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,267 Images: 15	I'd say if you clean it very well (without soap) that you shouldn't have a problem. Just make sure you clean all the nuk and crannies of it. __________________ Vote for Aquarium Advice 10 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 29 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 150 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid

08-27-2005, 11:28 AM	#3
malkore Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Nebraska, USA Posts: 6,540	They should be ok. Remember little kids stick lego's in their mouths all the time, and the only issue is a choking hazzard. As long as you don't have a large oscar in there, it should be fine. __________________ Visit my aquarium pages - see specs on my tanks, and photos of how they've evolved My other passion: TheNinja 500R - updated 9/18/05

08-27-2005, 09:14 PM	#6
Felf Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kaneohe, HI Posts: 502 Images: 5	make your substrate entirely out of the single pieces of lego lol __________________ Click here to join the Hawaiian Regional Forum

08-27-2005, 09:22 PM	#7
Fishyfanatic Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,267 Images: 15	That would be REALLY cool to have a solid lego tank. __________________ Vote for Aquarium Advice 10 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 29 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 150 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid

08-27-2005, 09:36 PM	#8
DeFeKt Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: perth australia Posts: 1,435 Images: 18	LMAO @ THIS THREAD !!!! haha if u wash it it will be fine, just remember that the algea will grow inbetween everything, so in a few months time you'll pretty much either need to throw it away or painstakingly clean every piece inside and out. __________________ Dimidiochromis compressiceps, Astatotilapia latifasciata Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos Labidochromis caeruleus Cynotilapia afra 'Cobue' Pseudotropheus acei 'Msuli Point' Aulunocara stuartgranti 'chipoka' Labidochromis freibergi Oreochromis mossambicus Etroplus suratensis

08-28-2005, 01:49 AM	#9
leafyseadragon Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: May 2003 Location: California Posts: 196 Images: 8	Since I have corys in the tank, it should be interesting. I plan of burying the boat in the sand. Of course the corys have a habit of digging everything in the tank... __________________ Fish are friends, not food.

08-28-2005, 01:40 PM	#10
beblondie Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Illinios, USA Posts: 128	Something no one has mentioned you'll nee to build it underwater to keep the air out -Anne __________________ There can never be to many bichir creature keepers

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