PVC Heater guard

[nmadsen4]

I want to add a home made heater guard made out of PVC for my moms ray but I hate the plain white look.

I was thinking about gluing some fake plants to it. What are some safe adhesives I can use to get this project done?

And maybe some safe paint to make the pipe brown or black?

 

[bbenjamin21]

Go to the pluming section of the hardware store and get well pipe. It's PVC that is black. That's wut I have

 

[fishkeeper4244]

if you cover the heater with pvc i dont understand how the heat will get out and maybe melt your pvc or insulate your heater so it gets too hot.

 

[bbenjamin21]

U drill a ton of holes

 

[DB junkie]

Cause you make so many slits in the PVC that theres more removed pvc then remaining.

Aquaruim silicon for the plants. Krylon fusion for the color.

Drilling holes is for bored people. Busy people get jiggy with a chopsaw.

 

[nmadsen4]

ok thanks. should be easy. maybe i'll post my end product. Has anyone else ever tried to glue plants to the pvc?

 

[valderi123]

chhhoopp ssaaww

 

[rayray]

Marine paint is suppose to be safe also, a friend paints all his tank bottoms with it.

 

[nmadsen4]

thx for info, has anyone melted the pvc before? how can i prevent that?

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

if you cover the heater with pvc i dont understand how the heat will get out and maybe melt your pvc or insulate your heater so it gets too hot.

Water flow

thx for info, has anyone melted the pvc before? how can i prevent that?

I think if your aquarium water temp is hot enough to melt PVC, you most likely are gonna find dead rays in the tank already.