The Start of My DIY Cave

[The1and only]

perhaps you can think about coating it with a cement mixture...similar to the way ppl make diy backgrounds...then it wont float and will look more rock like

I tried that once with some DIY caves and it took over 30 pds of cement to make about 2 pds of foam sorta sink. This stuff is incredibly buoyant.

 

[john73738]

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Good Luck

 

[cichlidcody]

i have actually started a background and sides that im going to attach it to. i am more than likely i am going to silicone it all together in the tank and either put cement or grout on all of it.

 

[Redoog]

The one i did, is light, but will not float. I use a couple of suction cups to hold it in place. That and a snug fit. Iused less then half of a 5 gal bucket of mix.


Fyi ,, the mix i used works great, i had no issue with the water, i never soaked washed, anything, and no effect of balance.

Page 12 starts background, page 14 shows product i used. Came from Lowe's, and i am really happy with it. Works great for DIY concrete background over foam.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=262743&page=12

 

[clownie33]

intresting what are the demensions

 

[RBE17]

I've often considered making one of these backgrounds using styrofoam simply for a template. I would then use chicken wire over top of it and put concrete / cement mix over top of that. If buoyancy was a problem I'd just scraped away the foam or, if I was feeling lucky, apply a solvent to dissolve the foam.

 

[redtailshark1]

if if floats you could use it as a turtle dock

 

[cichlidcody]

well i scraped the cave and went all out on building the background im starting a new post on it have pics soon

 

[manlyfish]

do you know how to change the colors of it?