Just put new tile in my tank
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Looks great and natural. Have you siliconed the tiles so nothing can get between them or under them?
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Lol....I wasn't referring to the tank with the fugly gravel.
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Thanks guys.
I haven't siliconed the tiles or anything. I just laid them flat. The tiles leave a space that's about 1/4" empty from the back of the tank and sometimes food or poop falls into the empty spaces. My eartheaters get those pellets though and I have a strong 1500 gph powerhead that blows any turds out from those empty spaces into the filter intakes. I think siliconing it would be too much work and I don't want to move my fish while it cures. My plan is to put some sand in there to cover any of the small gaps and I'll try to vacuum up any of the fish waste.
Here's the tile I bought from Home Depot.
http://www.homedepot.com/MARAZZI/h_...yword=granite+tile&storeId=10051#.URWhzWfkL3M
It's porcelain and it wasn't expensive at all -- just $1.65 per piece. I have a 7 x 2 x 2 tank and the acrylic is 1/2" thick. This tile was actually 11.75" x 11.75" not 12 x 12, so it was just a simple cut of 1" from 7 of the 14 pieces. I laid them all out and it came out just about right.
http://www.homedepot.com/MARAZZI/h_...yword=granite+tile&storeId=10051#.URWhzWfkL3M
It's porcelain and it wasn't expensive at all -- just $1.65 per piece. I have a 7 x 2 x 2 tank and the acrylic is 1/2" thick. This tile was actually 11.75" x 11.75" not 12 x 12, so it was just a simple cut of 1" from 7 of the 14 pieces. I laid them all out and it came out just about right.
