Hello I'm posting DIY instructions on how to create floating plants for your aquarium. I want to give "Danger_Chicken" some of the credit because his 220 gallon ocscar tank gave me the inspiration to put floating style plants in my tank. This is how I did it..
1. Purchase 1/2" pipe, I found mine at TAP's Plastic. I'm certain you could use PVC pipe or any plastic alternative.
2. Cut the pipe to size. My tank is six feet long so I cut mine to about four feet in length.
3. I then purchased some plastic plants from Michaels Craft store. The two bundles cost me about $16 dollars. I could have done it with one bundle but I wanted some extra coverage. I then separated the bundles so I could share the wealth and place evenly through the tank.
4. I then drilled a series of holes for the sprigs of plants. Once I figured out how I wanted to arrange them I hot glued them into place.
5. Once the plants were glued in I had to keep the plants into place. My particular tank has a piece of glass in midle of tank. I created 2 loops one on each side of the glass piece. I then used two more zip ties and placed over the glass partition to keep into place.
6. Picture of the finished product. I pushed the plants back to the middle of the tank. There is enough space in the tank for fish to get to their food and does not hinder the filtration..
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Bonus....
Here are some pics of DIY foreground plants. I have cichlids and they tend to dig to remedy this I super glued the plant bases to Terra-cotta pot saucers. Then I figured out that I no longer need to buy plants from fish stores I can get similar plants at Michaels...
1. buy plant
2. Cut the stems from the plant
3. Drill holes into Terra-Cotta saucers.
5. Hot Glue into place.
6. Finished product.
1. Purchase 1/2" pipe, I found mine at TAP's Plastic. I'm certain you could use PVC pipe or any plastic alternative.
2. Cut the pipe to size. My tank is six feet long so I cut mine to about four feet in length.
3. I then purchased some plastic plants from Michaels Craft store. The two bundles cost me about $16 dollars. I could have done it with one bundle but I wanted some extra coverage. I then separated the bundles so I could share the wealth and place evenly through the tank.
4. I then drilled a series of holes for the sprigs of plants. Once I figured out how I wanted to arrange them I hot glued them into place.
5. Once the plants were glued in I had to keep the plants into place. My particular tank has a piece of glass in midle of tank. I created 2 loops one on each side of the glass piece. I then used two more zip ties and placed over the glass partition to keep into place.
6. Picture of the finished product. I pushed the plants back to the middle of the tank. There is enough space in the tank for fish to get to their food and does not hinder the filtration..
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Bonus....
Here are some pics of DIY foreground plants. I have cichlids and they tend to dig to remedy this I super glued the plant bases to Terra-cotta pot saucers. Then I figured out that I no longer need to buy plants from fish stores I can get similar plants at Michaels...
1. buy plant
2. Cut the stems from the plant
3. Drill holes into Terra-Cotta saucers.
5. Hot Glue into place.
6. Finished product.
