Hello All, I have thought about doing this for a while and have looked at a number of others online and haven't been too happy with what I saw for one reason or another.
My goal is to create a rock formation out of...ROCKs that my fish can swim around, hide in and play with. I started out by gathering some 30 rocks of different shapes and colours from my backyard and cleaned them then boiled them.
![ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554726.627297.jpg ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554726.627297.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/213/213868-c0d16ef60afb5c6319ef259c477e1ebf.jpg)
![ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554748.160384.jpg ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554748.160384.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/213/213869-493b529ef0c85a06a137b6e77d43c160.jpg)
I then started playing around with them and took pictures to see what looks as natural and useful as possible. I soon came to find almost everything looking fake so decided instead to make " building blocks" out of the rocks to in the end place in different configurations.
![ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554903.283629.jpg ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554903.283629.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/213/213872-5b54b23d012957b0d28823cd93a23a81.jpg)
I used gel superglue because one of the looks I didn't like was the tonnes of silicone among the rocks. As you can see from the below picture, just a little gel superglue was able to stick the rocks together ( after leaving over night to completely dry) without barely any visible glue.
![ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412555020.643800.jpg ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412555020.643800.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/213/213874-afd62f15f6a820b29f48a460499b4a03.jpg)
After the groups dried, I spent time working different configurations and took pictures to remind myself of the different options
![ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412555082.340408.jpg ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412555082.340408.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/213/213875-ad37c777f00c23d7d0bacc68e1c6c22b.jpg)
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My goal is to create a rock formation out of...ROCKs that my fish can swim around, hide in and play with. I started out by gathering some 30 rocks of different shapes and colours from my backyard and cleaned them then boiled them.
![ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554726.627297.jpg ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554726.627297.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/213/213868-c0d16ef60afb5c6319ef259c477e1ebf.jpg)
![ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554748.160384.jpg ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554748.160384.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/213/213869-493b529ef0c85a06a137b6e77d43c160.jpg)
I then started playing around with them and took pictures to see what looks as natural and useful as possible. I soon came to find almost everything looking fake so decided instead to make " building blocks" out of the rocks to in the end place in different configurations.
![ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554903.283629.jpg ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412554903.283629.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/213/213872-5b54b23d012957b0d28823cd93a23a81.jpg)
I used gel superglue because one of the looks I didn't like was the tonnes of silicone among the rocks. As you can see from the below picture, just a little gel superglue was able to stick the rocks together ( after leaving over night to completely dry) without barely any visible glue.
![ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412555020.643800.jpg ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412555020.643800.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/213/213874-afd62f15f6a820b29f48a460499b4a03.jpg)
After the groups dried, I spent time working different configurations and took pictures to remind myself of the different options
![ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412555082.340408.jpg ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1412555082.340408.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/213/213875-ad37c777f00c23d7d0bacc68e1c6c22b.jpg)
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