wow looks great! nice job

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125g african cichlids making it work
75g rimless Reef in progress

Looking real good. Like that one,but the paint and foam are not hazard for the fishes?

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55 Gals. Plants Anubias,Amazon Swords and more. Tetras: 6 Sarpaes.4 Red Eyes,5 Black Skirts,4 Giant Danios,2 Lemons, 2 Emerald Cory,4 German Blue.
10 gals. tank : Plants, Full of Guppies; 20 Gals. Tank planted Full of Guppies: 1 gal tank filled with Guppies

Thank you

The background is inert, will cause no harm to the inhabitants

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It is foam or other kind of material? I really like this,and I can do a lot of different shapes.

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55 Gals. Plants Anubias,Amazon Swords and more. Tetras: 6 Sarpaes.4 Red Eyes,5 Black Skirts,4 Giant Danios,2 Lemons, 2 Emerald Cory,4 German Blue.
10 gals. tank : Plants, Full of Guppies; 20 Gals. Tank planted Full of Guppies: 1 gal tank filled with Guppies

The 1st pics posted show the foam prior to being coated with render All is then sealed to make it inert

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1x350L Goldfish, 1x 286L Planted, 1x190L Cherry shrimp, 1x140L Feeders, 1x130L Planted, 1x119L Peppermint BN breeding colony

This is awesome,Rebecca!Love how it turned out.I have seen several of these made.I was wondering,will this not raise the PH?On several I have seen there was several months of letting it set,and doing 100% changes on the tank as it leeched.I will one day make one myself.

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"Come to the dark side....we have cookies...and filters/heaters/and water changes!"

that looks freaking awesome, GREAT JOB, I'd like to try this myself.
just a few questions. is that just like styrofoam?
and the Render is just like a coat of cement right?

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5 gallon hex, Blue Crowntail Betta, 1 nerite snail,

Thank you :D

The background wont leach as it is fully sealed The ones that leach generally are not actually sealed.

Yes the foam is styrofoam

Render is similar to cement, different composition though i believe

I am making another one soon, but will be sealing it with epoxy to see how that goes

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Cant wait to see that one too!Ill look for some of the materials when i get a chance

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"Come to the dark side....we have cookies...and filters/heaters/and water changes!"

Very nice looking background, Im doing a DIY background myself right now. Im useing quikrete and there acrylic sealers though, I had the same exact problem with the water clouding. But the clouding is starting to subside I've decided to throw some carbon in the tank to try and soak up whatever the clouding is. the problem is most likely the white coloring in the acylic sealer leaching out.

I really like the idea of the pond sealer, it kind of bypasses the whole soaking stage i have to go through. I would just be a little paranoid about a crack forming and the cement being allowed to leach anything out. but im sure it will be fine.

WOW!! That is absolutely phenomenal!!! Great work! I aspire to do something like that!

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heres a pic of my tank.

Once that clears up it'll look excellent!!



Thought i'd add a pic here of the tank with fish, just to finish the thread off

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Excellant job Alasse.
I cant stop watching these progress vids on youtube.
How many litres do you think you have lost with the background in now though?
Dan

Thanx

I wont have lost too much, no worse than adding other types of decor As for exact amounts i've not calculated it

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wow i like that a lot the fish really pop with the background. you said you are going to do another one soon, you planing on changing your method or doing a diffrent style ???

Trying a different sealer, everything else will be the same though :D

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wow that looks awesome! Great job!

Looks great!

Are u used regular shipping foam or styrofoam. I mean the foam that u could make like snowing rubbing one to another.

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55 Gals. Plants Anubias,Amazon Swords and more. Tetras: 6 Sarpaes.4 Red Eyes,5 Black Skirts,4 Giant Danios,2 Lemons, 2 Emerald Cory,4 German Blue.
10 gals. tank : Plants, Full of Guppies; 20 Gals. Tank planted Full of Guppies: 1 gal tank filled with Guppies