Dragonmommy
Aquarium Advice Regular
OK here is my idea, i would like to know if its possible.
For my Lake malawi tank I wanted to make lots of rock formations, but large rocks are hard to come by around here. I have tons of smallish river rocks (3 inch diameter). Now I know I could just stack them up in the tank to make caves, call me crazy but I worry about fishie cave-ins.
Is it possible and safe for me to construct caves and stick them together with silicone? I know silicone is soft but my idea is just to stick them together not to make them rock solid.
If I can do this, how long will my "creation" need to cure before I can stick it in the tank? And besides washing the rocks do i need to do anything special to them before adding to the tank? I know from pondkeeping that limestone is a bad type of rock to use (and ironically the one rock I have an unlimited supply of) are there any other rock types I should avoid?
For my Lake malawi tank I wanted to make lots of rock formations, but large rocks are hard to come by around here. I have tons of smallish river rocks (3 inch diameter). Now I know I could just stack them up in the tank to make caves, call me crazy but I worry about fishie cave-ins.
Is it possible and safe for me to construct caves and stick them together with silicone? I know silicone is soft but my idea is just to stick them together not to make them rock solid.
If I can do this, how long will my "creation" need to cure before I can stick it in the tank? And besides washing the rocks do i need to do anything special to them before adding to the tank? I know from pondkeeping that limestone is a bad type of rock to use (and ironically the one rock I have an unlimited supply of) are there any other rock types I should avoid?