DIY rock cave

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puffcrusader696

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how i made my handy dandy rock cave:

i took a paper cup and cut it in half:

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lay it on a towel you dont mind ruining:

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paste silicone on the sides on the rocks like this to form a base:

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paste the rocks on like this:

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keep attaching the rocks until its covered:

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Then choose some smaller rocks (lighter colored looks better)

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place them in the gaps:

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almost done:

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Then it will look like this:

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let it sit for a good long time, like 48 hours or more for good strength then pull out the paper cup:

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and here it is:

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and something else i made with the other half of the cup and the extra rocks. you can see it on the right:

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and dont use GE silicone... it takes forver to cure and isnt very strong
 
purtty kewl.......can you do it with a 10 gal bucket.......i'll try it.
 
looks great
 
now i got all the pics up... and to make one out of a 10g bucket your gonna half to have a pretty good silicone. and a support underneath
 
Leave the bucket intact.. cover the inside with small pebbles...

a 10g bucket is a bit big for your current tanks puffcrusader696, I think a 1g would be better...
 
i think it would lool cool with some pvc then with an elbow so it goes down into the gravel then goes across the aquarium underneath the gravel with an outlet on the other side... maybe a network of them... ofcourse with a small powerhead so there are no dead spots
 
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