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Title: Creating Faux Stone Caves for Aquarium Fish !!
Post by: jee on May 30, 2006, 02:02:01 PM

I tought it would be a great idea to share this whit everyone here who like to do it themselfs like me
Take a look, ideal for cichlid who like to hide or any other fish type
Perfect for ppl who doesn't want to net their fish
just take out the cave whit the fish in the bocal and VOILA fast fish pickup whitout even chasing the fish around the god damn tank! :)
Creating Faux Stone Caves for Aquarium Fish
http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/jen/fishbowls/fishbowls.html (http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/jen/fishbowls/fishbowls.html)
Have Fun Doing this!! :)
make your aquarium look like this !! :o WOW
(https://www.ovas.ca/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apocalypse.org%2Fpub%2Fu%2Fjen%2Ffishbowls%2FFinal-lit.jpg&hash=d637ff87b62d6628b2c5e2e9af96233185c33e08)

Title: Re: Creating Faux Stone Caves for Aquarium Fish !!
Post by: sykomonkey on May 30, 2006, 03:06:42 PM

That has to be one of the more interesting uses I've seen

I may have to make one or two of these.

Title: Re: Creating Faux Stone Caves for Aquarium Fish !!
Post by: darkdep on May 30, 2006, 03:39:24 PM

I kinda like this idea. Would love to see if anyone can make them look a LITTLE more "natural", but a great idea for sure.

Title: Re: Creating Faux Stone Caves for Aquarium Fish !!
Post by: repeej on May 30, 2006, 03:41:33 PM

I like the idea but I'm not too crazy about the final look of it.

Might be a good idea to add natural rocks in there to give it a more natural look.

Title: Re: Creating Faux Stone Caves for Aquarium Fish !!
Post by: darkdep on May 30, 2006, 03:42:42 PM

Same here, the final look is pretty...well...utilitarian. Even with the effort to attach the sand...The concept of large one-door-in caves to help with captures is VERY appealing tho.

Title: Re: Creating Faux Stone Caves for Aquarium Fish !!
Post by: BigDaddy on May 30, 2006, 03:43:17 PM

Okay Is it just me... or does that look more like a Kitty condo ...

Title: Re: Creating Faux Stone Caves for Aquarium Fish !!
Post by: Mettle on May 30, 2006, 05:05:56 PM

And what if they tumbled, fell and broke?

Lots of glass to clean up... Better make sure they're stacked securely!

I do personally like the look. I think if stacked properly it could lead to a very interesting design in the tank. Maybe even use a few filled with eco-complete to add some swords or something to the tank. Overall makes for a non-traditional yet appealing look.

But I don't like the fact that one cannot scrub algae from these...

Thanks for sharing!

Title: Re: Creating Faux Stone Caves for Aquarium Fish !!
Post by: DavidJohnson on May 30, 2006, 09:15:25 PM

I used the same method to attach gravel to some PVC pipe to create nice caves for my loaches to hide out in. It makes for a much nicer and more natural look than plain black PVC pipe. You can probably enclose one end if you wanted to as well. And PVC piped don't break. Here are some more ideas. http://www.petfish.net/articles/Do-It-Yourself/PVC_cave_tower_instuctions.php

Title: Re: Creating Faux Stone Caves for Aquarium Fish !!
Post by: darkdep on May 31, 2006, 08:43:25 AM

I like those PVC caves a lot better than the glass.

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