I have been toying with the notion of tiles as well. I am looking at it from a heating stand point. The tiles would serve as a thermal mass once warmed. Hopefully creating a more stable and evenly temp'd environment..... -FM
TILED TANK BOTTOMS
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If only I didnt read your gestation thread FM LOL, now im tempted to just wrap my tanks in insulation to save some money thus having no point tiling the bottom since I wouldn't be able to see through the side panes anyways LOL. To tile or to insulate...such a hard decision...FireMedic;3680004; said:
Gshock;3680317; said:
you could alway tile it and insulate all sides but the front panel. I don't see why you would want to cover the tank completely unless you were simply using the rays for breeding or you have them in a unheated room in cold weather.
Most of my rays are in the basement (unheated), with the except of my q-tank which is in the kitchen so I have a close eye on it. Insulating my tanks would probably save me a TON of money. Maybe ill just tile it anyways and leave a side panel uninsulated and probably wont be insulating the top either anyways. I guess I'll still tile my q-tank first to try it out, see how it goes.koop171;3680370; said:
I am planning on getting the 12" Absolute Black Granite tile from Home depot to do my 200 gallon. They are smooth on both sides so nothing can get under them. They are cheaper than at Lowes. They are $5.99 a tile here. I am just not ready to fork out the cash to buy 15 of them just yet. Feel free to do you tank with them and then I can see how they look LOL!
Looking to tile my 75 q-tank first, so Im thinking money is not an issue for this tank. I have about $100 to spare for tiles so Im hoping thats more than enough LOL. I'll head to home depot to check out the tiles mentioned first and then make a decision. Also need to see how thick these tiles are, I wouldn't want them cracking the bottom of my tank LOL.Ade;3681991; said:
I was thinking i was gonna tile the bottom of the 180gal that im getting and just use Selley's Aquarium friendly silicone sealant to permanently seal the tiles to the bottom and make it flush the whole way round has anyone on here done this before????
My tank is also tiled (ceramic), and I did like koop171 did, no silicone, no sand, just cut the tiles with a wet tile saw. I haven't had any issues with debris building up in the tiny gap inbetween them. The only thing I don't like is my choice of tile color.... it was much darker when I bought it at the store, but once I put it in the tank under the daylights I use it was much brighter than I wanted. It was good to bring out the pattern in my rays, but it washed out the pattern of my bichirs. I have since then let brown algae purposely take over the tile to darken it up, and the rays color has stayed nice, and the bichirs actually darkened up a bit. Eventually I plan on replacing the current tile with straight gloss black tile (which was the plan originally).
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