Show your tiled tanks!

[johnnycoolxx]

I was just wondering, what looks better: porcelain tiles or ceramic tiles? Is there any difference in how they look or their quality?

 

[Natalie]

Wow, everyone's tanks look great. I'd love to put tile in one of mine, except my cichlids love moving substrate so much. It must make cleanup so much easier, though!

 

[KnifefishFan]

I was just wondering, what looks better: porcelain tiles or ceramic tiles? Is there any difference in how they look or their quality?

“Ceramic” or non-porcelain tiles are generally made from red or white clay fired in a kiln. They are almost always finished with a durable glaze which carries the color and pattern. These tiles are used in both wall tile and floor tile applications, are softer and easier to cut than porcelain, and usually carry a PEI 0 to 3 rating. Non-porcelain ceramic tiles are usually suitable for very light to moderate traffic and generally have a relatively high water absorption rating making them less frost resistant and they are more prone to wear and chipping than porcelain tiles.

Porcelain tile is a tile that is generally made by the dust pressed method from porcelain clays which result in a tile that is dense, impervious, fine grained and smooth, with a sharply formed face. Porcelain tiles usually have a much lower water absorption rate (less than 0.5%) than non-porcelain tiles making them frost resistant or frost-proof. Glazed porcelain tiles are much harder and more wear and damage resistant than non-porcelain ceramic tiles, making them suitable for any application from light traffic to the heaviest residential and light commercial traffic. Full body porcelain tiles carry the color and pattern through the entire thickness of the tile making them virtually impervious to wear and are suitable for any application from residential to the highest traffic commercial or industrial applications. Porcelain tiles are available in matte, unglazed or a high polished finish.
Apart from our saltillo (clay) tile BuildDirect chooses to offer our customers only the highest quality glazed and full body porcelain tiles to ensure years of worry free use, at prices comparable to or less than non-porcelain ceramic tiles.

If you like the tile that has a bumpy surface (which i think looks nicer) then ceramic is your tile. If you like the tile to be shiny then porcelain. Just matter of your preference in look. I am putting ceramic in my new tank set up cause i like the bumpy look

 

[CWB]

cool idea, never even occurred to me to tile a tank

 

[TroutFarmerGal]

Bump for more pictures!! Really interesting concept. I especially like tile as an alternative to bare bottom tanks

 

[Madding]

Very cool tiled tanks. Love the idea, but can't convince myself to do it for some reason.

 

[G4series]

It took me 5 pages to figure out that this thread said "show your tiled tanks", and not show your filled tanks ^.^
Cool tanks though...
I might try it because sand is hard to clean :S

 

[knobhill]

Hey guys, I just got a tank and want to tile it. I know the tile is safe, butthe netting holding it together, is that ok?

WARNING!!!!

Tiles like this with a mesh backing have a glue on them that is water soluble and toxic to fish. We lost our puffer after I made a background from this EXACT tile! Don't want anymore fish dead because our mistakes.

 

[soul_assassin]

bump

 

[haynchinook334]

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