Wolfgang8810

so im giong to be making a terrace out of slate in my new 10 gallon and i was wondering what kind of silicone i should use. send a link from homedepot.com so i have a visual thank you! ill have pictures up as soon as i finish it

COBettaCouple

Something like http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...62&pcatid=3962 might work.

Dino

GE Silicone II CLEAR is what you are looking for.
It should also say 100% silicone.

tkfury

A little not exactly off-topicish question if you don't mind. I'm trying to put together a lava rock cave and attach fake plants to it. I had the 100% silicone but kinda "broke" the gun and busted the bottle open Would a glue gun be safe for auqarium use? I know it might be a little messy and doesn't always dry clear but if it'll work it sure will beat having to pick new stuff up. Not sure if there is anything in the regular glue or not.

gremlin

I would stick with the 100 % silicone...glue gun glue doesn't always hold and I don't know if it would be completely safe in the water.

tkfury

Alrightly then, thank you very much ^^ Brother picked some a squeeze bottle of the silicone for me after work so I'm set but either way, good to know either or not the glue gun would work.

Wolfgang8810

got my terrace done and silicone dried for 24 hours here are some pictures of it so far.

COBettaCouple

the terrace looks great

gremlin

Can't wait to see it with fish in it!

Wolfgang8810

I have the bio filter burried in the gravel ov one of my other established aquariums. this should helop the cycle right?

COBettaCouple

i think so.. anything that you can load up with good bacteria, then transfer over is a plus.

MudHog

Nice retaining wall you built. I can see it now I will have to get another tank. I'm getting so much idea for these shelves, terraces, retaining walls I will run out of room in my current tank.

Dino

Loods good.
Great job!!!

Wolfgang8810

more plants added today Baby tears, Bronze Wendth Crypt, Dwarf Hair Grass, and a small shoot of Westeria.

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Tom

Looks great, I think I might have to use that in on of my tanks. lol
Tom

Wolfgang8810

lol fair enough. Diddnt i seal one of your stocking plans :-D. Ill call this even

Tom

Really, what was it?
Tom

Wolfgang8810

cardinal tetras, angels, corys, and rams

Tom

But I have very large plecos(about 3-4") instead corys, but I might be getting rid of them and getting some otos and corys instead. In all honesty, I don't even remember approving that. lol
Tom

MudHog

If you plan to put some shrimp in there, those grasses in the bottom left corner could be moved and the shrimp would have a natural ramp to get to the top of the terrace.

You don't have algae problems being directly in front of a window like that?

Wolfgang8810

nope no algae it is freshly set up but the blinds are closed 80% of the time. My room is like a cave really lol. I will be getting some amano or cherry shrimp. I saw on ebay that there are lime green shrimp which are amazing!!!! also there is a natural ramp on the other side of the terrace too. eventually i will have background put on the tank and background plants so i think ill get the algae under control if i get any to begin with

Tom

Go with an all shrimp tank. I can give you this guys email who knows so much about shrimp and breeds them for a lot of pet stores in Canada. The only thing is, he speaks French(from Montreal, Quebec, Canada(if you don't know, that's the French part of Canada)) and if he goes to type something, it might be a little hard to understand because it is based on the computers translations and his rough translations.
Tom

Wolfgang8810

cool. The store by me said that they will order me whatever i want since im such a frequent customer. yay

MudHog

thats a big plus and the joys of working with a single local store. where did you get your rocks from?

Wolfgang8810

for the terrace home depot lol the gravel is eco complete

MudHog

i need to go to mine and see if they have any, but i want to find some dark slate.

Wolfgang8810

that is wat i was origionaly looking for but i think it looks good with the layers being different colors. I live in florida and usualy there is darker slate in stores further north.

MudHog

yeah, the thick different colored layers came out great.

MudHog

Wolfgang,

Do you still have your receipt for the slate? I'm looking for the item number. I went to both Home Depot and Lowes and couldn't find anything. Now the people I talked to didn't sound to informative, but even I didn't see it on the racks.

I want to take the item number to my store and have them search their system to see if they have any in the store. Worstcase, see if they can get some from another store.

Wolfgang8810

nope i dont sorry. but the stuff i got was attached to a black plastic mesh that people would just grout in between the stones to make a pathway. It was 9 dollars. Sometimes walmart will ahve it aswell. look in the garden area and in the worse case jsut ask them to order some slate im sure they will.