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March 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| lawl, I'm doing this. I'll be back in a few days LOL. =P I'll put up pics when I'm done. | 
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March 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| COMPLETE! lol, let me see if I can get a few pics =P bat in camera is almost dead lol. | |
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March 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Here you are =P, By the way, the lego with the little "vent" sticker was removed, and a new lego without a sticker was put on. This took me about two hours, (filling tub, finding pieces, building the little tower, soaking in "stress coat", draining tub, preparing tank, placement, and putting the hood back on.) not bad lol.. the other two hours I was gone was spent with company. lol. anyways, hope you guys like it, and also, I made it completely beta-fin-tear proof. | |
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March 12th, 2008
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| I found this link in another thread on this forum.
I thought it might be very useful as it tells of what materials are safe for use in an aquarium.  http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/46g_construct.htm
Just my  worth...hehehe | |
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March 12th, 2008
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| | Fish Addict
| And now I have this song in my head..sing with me if you remeber...Zack Zack..he's a lego maniac | |
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March 12th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Don't know why it wouldn't. Moss grows on darn near anything. | |
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March 13th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Hi!
I guess it probably would grow on Lego... What a great new way to make a 'mos wall'!
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March 13th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by HatchetHaven  Hi!
I guess it probably would grow on Lego... What a great new way to make a 'mos wall'!
| I'm already ahead of you. I just placed an order for a bunch of solid color (black) legos and plan on making a moss castle !! I think it would look brilliant, with little pieces of driftwood on the outside of it, to simulate a forest. | |
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March 13th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| they use an epoxy in the saltwater coral hobby, it is safe for all types of fresh and salt water | |
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March 14th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Lol. That is a grea idea that i would do, if i had a bigger tank. | |
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March 14th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by FL CommunityFans I'm already ahead of you. I just placed an order for a bunch of solid color (black) legos and plan on making a moss castle !! I think it would look brilliant, with little pieces of driftwood on the outside of it, to simulate a forest. | Hi!
Nice idea. Although not what I'd put in my tanks (Natural, NATURAL, NATURAL!) it sounds pretty cool for people who don't, well, like, um, do planted tanks in every tank but your betta tanks!
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March 14th, 2008
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| I'm not a huge 'natural' fanatic. Who says Atlantis wasn't real and it's not natural?  | |
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March 15th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by FL CommunityFans I'm not a huge 'natural' fanatic. Who says Atlantis wasn't real and it's not natural? | Hi!
Atlantis is SW - not natural enough for me! But, 50% natural - we don't even know if it existed... Lol, I never let anything but rocks, (Only natural looking ones!), bogwood and plants enter my aquariums unless it's a Breeder trap, filter, heater, thermometer, air system, CO2 system, something that Bettas like. (In Malachai's tank - which I can't grow anything but Java moss in! )
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March 15th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| we went to the museum to day and my son got a block of plaster with a glow in the dark mamoth skelton wonder if that would be ok to put in the tank? | |
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March 16th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Tio we went to the museum to day and my son got a block of plaster with a glow in the dark mamoth skelton wonder if that would be ok to put in the tank? | Hi!
As long as there is no plaster on it, it should be OK.
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March 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| This is a great idea, and a great way to get children involved in the aquarium setup. Next time I'm at my parents house I'll snag some old Legos from childhood and give this a shot.
Very creative. | |
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March 27th, 2008
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| I'm not quite sure if this will work, but why not drill a small air release hole in the top of each lego before putting it together. I know there are some small tubes in the bottom, but if you have enought weight you just minght be able to ovecome the buoyancy forces and sink your Leog ship (I mean cave). My gut fealling is this won't work but Engineers have been wrong before, and I don't think being wrong in this case will hurt my liability insurance 
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March 27th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Seacoll I'm not quite sure if this will work, but why not drill a small air release hole in the top of each lego before putting it together. I know there are some small tubes in the bottom, but if you have enought weight you just minght be able to ovecome the buoyancy forces and sink your Leog ship (I mean cave). My gut fealling is this won't work but Engineers have been wrong before, and I don't think being wrong in this case will hurt my liability insurance
Seacoll | Physically, that should work. I thought of the same thing. The only thing you'd have to do is make sure that the bottom was very porous...possibly attach the structure to some sort of mesh at the bottom. If you put the structure in very slowly and at an angle to let water run through, then it might sink easier than trying to weight it down. | |
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March 29th, 2008
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| fishperson......your sunken ship is FANTASTIC!! very effective! i am sooo jealous! i so wish i was creative! the only lego i can build is by following the step by step guides that come with a pack, and even then i usually go wrong, take it all apart and rebuild it!!!shame you had to remove it though! nice while it lasted eh? disappointed at the lack of pics here from everyone else!!! did anyone else complete their project? we should have a lego tank contest and vote for the best! i love pics! | |
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March 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by tan.b fishperson......your sunken ship is FANTASTIC!! very effective! i am sooo jealous! i so wish i was creative! the only lego i can build is by following the step by step guides that come with a pack, and even then i usually go wrong, take it all apart and rebuild it!!!shame you had to remove it though! nice while it lasted eh? disappointed at the lack of pics here from everyone else!!! did anyone else complete their project? we should have a lego tank contest and vote for the best! i love pics! | Hi!
Wait- why make the decor out of Lego, when with a little bit of silicone sealant you can make the entire tank out of lego?!
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March 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| would have to transparent lego of course or you wouldnt be able to see the fish!! | |
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March 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by tan.b would have to transparent lego of course or you wouldnt be able to see the fish!! | Hi!
Well, I've got lenty of that from when I was an even younger kid. I could make a 1/2G out of all my transparent lego!
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March 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| HOW COOL IS THAT?! I have enough Legos left over from my kids (who are now 16 x 2 and 19, although every now and then we still get them out and play with them!) to fill my 29g!
I'm thinking maybe you could build a compartment, maybe under or on top of the structure that would HOLD rocks in it. Find a 9 year old kid, they are the BEST Lego engineers!
Another idea I might try when I do a major tank cleaning is just a pile of dishes, maybe tea pots, cups and saucers, stacked up in a jumble like a bus boys tray. Then, when I'm tired of it, it can go right in the dishwasher!
I might do the same with rocks. Living on the water, I have a huge variety of smooth stones in all sizes and shapes.
But the Lego idea is now on the agenda, my kids will LOVE it, and I'll let them do the engineering (they're a little miffed that I keep bringing home fish 'without them', but I'm as impulsive as I am impatient...).
Last edited by Bluefish; March 30th, 2008 at 08:40 AM.
Reason: speling (it's early!) | |
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June 24th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| for my platy fry, i made a lego box with small holes, like if you have any of the dome windows(like from most harry potter lego sets) and put those on there. just make openings small enough that only the fry can get in or out. I'm actually trying to make something where the fry can only get in, and not out. it would make catching those guys easier | |
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June 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Addict
| you all got some serious lego fever | |
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July 16th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| Ah lego, I used to love playing with that, I had loads of it, sadly no longer. Come on peeps lets see some more pics | |
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September 17th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| heres a idea to try to weigh them down buy some aquaruim glue and some plexy glass glue the base of the legos onto it and if you want a lil glue of each piece and when done cover the plexy glass in the tank with gravel | |
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January 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| My fish did not like the first two structures at first but now I put in a little half boat with one mast and a minifigure. I once saw my bloodfin tetra peck at the minifigure. I bet he thought it was food! | |
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Oh, and I think for your next fish, up your tetra schools to 6 each. That should turn out a nice tank.