3-D background - Aquarium Advice

enviraMENTAL · 02-01-2005, 12:11 AM

Hi
Trying to post a picture of the background I just completed for my 72 [acronym:89f88e1ece="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:89f88e1ece] bf. If it's there, what do you think? It still has to cure, that's why there are no fish.

PatM · 02-01-2005, 01:28 AM

Pretty cool, what did you use to make it? Is it concrete. I've been thinking of doing something similar for an amphibian tank I have, though I want to make cliffs and ledges and places to pot plants. I have made live rock out of concrete, always fun. :P

enviraMENTAL · 02-01-2005, 01:46 AM

HI
I used colored, sanded grout over an expanded polystyrene foam model. I first made the model, then distressed it, then coated with up to 3 coats of grout in varying degrees of runniness(slump). Before I put the grout on I cut the model into pieces that I could easily put in and out of the tank. After grouting it,I siliconed it to the tank and put a last coat of grout on the silicone seam. Now I am waiting for it to cure as has been decribed on this site by others.

PatM · 02-01-2005, 01:51 AM

Hmmm, is grout going to leach anything into the tank, I know when I use concrete your supposed to cure it for awhile, like weeks, until the pH goes down. Just a thought. Nice work though.

PatM · 02-01-2005, 02:02 AM

Oh yeah, sorry, I see you are curing right now, duh!

02-01-2005, 01:28 AM	#2
PatM Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: St. Charles Il Posts: 231 Images: 16	Pretty cool, what did you use to make it? Is it concrete. I've been thinking of doing something similar for an amphibian tank I have, though I want to make cliffs and ledges and places to pot plants. I have made live rock out of concrete, always fun. :P __________________ Long Live [acronym:413fd03051="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:413fd03051] 55 [acronym:413fd03051="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:413fd03051] reef 45 [acronym:413fd03051="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:413fd03051] turtle/fish tank 75 [acronym:413fd03051="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:413fd03051] planted/cichlid tank

02-01-2005, 01:46 AM	#3
enviraMENTAL Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: BC,Canada Posts: 8	HI I used colored, sanded grout over an expanded polystyrene foam model. I first made the model, then distressed it, then coated with up to 3 coats of grout in varying degrees of runniness(slump). Before I put the grout on I cut the model into pieces that I could easily put in and out of the tank. After grouting it,I siliconed it to the tank and put a last coat of grout on the silicone seam. Now I am waiting for it to cure as has been decribed on this site by others. __________________ Have a nice day!

02-01-2005, 01:51 AM	#4
PatM Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: St. Charles Il Posts: 231 Images: 16	Hmmm, is grout going to leach anything into the tank, I know when I use concrete your supposed to cure it for awhile, like weeks, until the pH goes down. Just a thought. Nice work though. __________________ Long Live [acronym:413fd03051="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:413fd03051] 55 [acronym:413fd03051="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:413fd03051] reef 45 [acronym:413fd03051="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:413fd03051] turtle/fish tank 75 [acronym:413fd03051="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:413fd03051] planted/cichlid tank

02-01-2005, 02:02 AM	#5
PatM Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: St. Charles Il Posts: 231 Images: 16	Oh yeah, sorry, I see you are curing right now, duh! __________________ Long Live [acronym:413fd03051="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:413fd03051] 55 [acronym:413fd03051="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:413fd03051] reef 45 [acronym:413fd03051="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:413fd03051] turtle/fish tank 75 [acronym:413fd03051="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:413fd03051] planted/cichlid tank

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