from my understanding they're all fairly safe. i have not personally tiled a tank yet, but have been reading up because i will be acquiring another big tank and tiling it soon. just find some you like then double check on them. i'm gonna go with black a black tile that has some sort of design. i love black, bare bottom tanks and i think a little bit of pattern would look nice.
TILED TANK BOTTOMS
- Thread starter Gshock
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I think I'd consider using sealer *between* the tiles and making them watertight so there aren't any anaerobic areas beneath them. I wouldn't glue 'em down though, gravity will take care of that bit.
I have decided to just lay the tiles out for now and see how it works out, theres currently nothing in my Q-tank so I think im going to try a small scale test on that first, and if it works out good, then ill move onto a bigger scale. I definitely agree with you austin, black tiles would look sick. I'll be trying to find some plain black glossy tiles, if not the just plain black will do.
Gshock;3679747; said:
i have black granite tiles at home... they are smooth as glass, black with some white crystals, and when you lay them down, you should be able to pack them close enough to get rid of gaps.
im not 100% sure, since i am using them on the floor, its a tad different from an aquarium but just a thought
Something like this?
this is the 220 That I did no silicone. No sand in the joints. but I did use a wet saw to cut the tile so they fit perfect and then I cut a bevel out of the four corners so that the extra silicone wouldn't get in the way of the tiles laying flat and I can get a finger in there to get the tiles out if I wanted/needed.
Also you can't see the beveled corners unless you look hard b/c the tank frame and the tank seem cover it well when casually looking at the tank. and the corners are only cut as much as needed.
this is the 220 That I did no silicone. No sand in the joints. but I did use a wet saw to cut the tile so they fit perfect and then I cut a bevel out of the four corners so that the extra silicone wouldn't get in the way of the tiles laying flat and I can get a finger in there to get the tiles out if I wanted/needed.
Also you can't see the beveled corners unless you look hard b/c the tank frame and the tank seem cover it well when casually looking at the tank. and the corners are only cut as much as needed.
i was thinking something sort of the same but maybe you could use a sucktion cup or 2 and lift it enough to get your finger under?koop171;3679915; said:
stevenrox;3679931; said:
I thought of that too but when you add into it the fact that you have to cut the corners of the tile so they lay perfectly flat with the bottom. and the fact that if you somehow drop the tile into the tank bottom and it hits on the corner of the tile you're most likely going to get wet. and I'm just not willing to chance that. I'll get my arm wet before there is any chance of dropping a tile. They are heavy.
