How do you tie fishing line to river rocks? - Page 2 - Aquarium Advice

onebettanewbie · 05-09-2008, 05:29 PM

I wasn't concerned with the metal in the wire affecting the water. I was concerned that it might injure my betta if he swam into it.

Electrical/zip/cable ties are fine when hidden but I've used them before and didn't like it when I could see them. They stood out too much. I don't have this really lush tank of plants where everything is hidden.

I just bought the hair net and the weave is wider than I imagined so it won't hold aquarium gravel. I'll have to think about the best approach for the wisteria. I'll let you know what I end up doing.

pitt420dude · 05-09-2008, 05:53 PM

Normal thread may be your best bet, it should hold and unless you're putting an entire spool in there, You should not have any problems with the dye affecting your water quality.

onebettanewbie · 05-11-2008, 03:10 PM

Well, that was fun!

The hairnet I bought was labelled "light." I never bought hairnet before so I was hoping "light" meant clear nylon. It turned out to be a sort of light brown thread that showed up a lot against the black river rock. I had some thread which perfectly matched the river rock so I tried that. Well thread on wet river rock turned out to be as hard to tie as fishing line.

I was going to go back to the store and buy black hairnet but the river rock came in a black nylon net bag so I decided to try that. I tied it to the river rock with the fishing line and then tied the fishing line to the plants. Success!

I'd post a picture but couldn't get one that showed the netting (black on black).

I really wanted something that disappeared more against the rocks but now that it's in the tank I'm happy with it and, while I'm sure thread is fine, I feel happier using plastic.

Reading what I wrote here, it sounds pretty simple but it was actually about three hours of experimenting around and getting frustrated before I came up with an approach that worked.

Thanks again for the suggestions.

05-09-2008, 05:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
pitt420dude Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pittsburgh! Home of the 5 Time Superbowl Champs! Posts: 949 Images: 11	Normal thread may be your best bet, it should hold and unless you're putting an entire spool in there, You should not have any problems with the dye affecting your water quality. __________________ Thank you so much for all your help. I'm now going green. LOOK! A NEW LEAF!!!!!

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05-09-2008, 05:29 PM	#11 (permalink)
onebettanewbie Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 75	I wasn't concerned with the metal in the wire affecting the water. I was concerned that it might injure my betta if he swam into it. Electrical/zip/cable ties are fine when hidden but I've used them before and didn't like it when I could see them. They stood out too much. I don't have this really lush tank of plants where everything is hidden. I just bought the hair net and the weave is wider than I imagined so it won't hold aquarium gravel. I'll have to think about the best approach for the wisteria. I'll let you know what I end up doing.

05-11-2008, 03:10 PM	#13 (permalink)
onebettanewbie Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 75	Well, that was fun! The hairnet I bought was labelled "light." I never bought hairnet before so I was hoping "light" meant clear nylon. It turned out to be a sort of light brown thread that showed up a lot against the black river rock. I had some thread which perfectly matched the river rock so I tried that. Well thread on wet river rock turned out to be as hard to tie as fishing line. I was going to go back to the store and buy black hairnet but the river rock came in a black nylon net bag so I decided to try that. I tied it to the river rock with the fishing line and then tied the fishing line to the plants. Success! I'd post a picture but couldn't get one that showed the netting (black on black). I really wanted something that disappeared more against the rocks but now that it's in the tank I'm happy with it and, while I'm sure thread is fine, I feel happier using plastic. Reading what I wrote here, it sounds pretty simple but it was actually about three hours of experimenting around and getting frustrated before I came up with an approach that worked. Thanks again for the suggestions.