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cdawson
05-14-2003, 11:25 AM
What does everyone use for an authentic brackishwater lagoon look in their tanks?
Pufferpunk
05-14-2003, 1:36 PM
Petsmart has some pretty cool realistic looking mangrove root ornaments in 2 sizes. See my tanks: http://arctic.photoisland.com/servlet/com.arcsoft.LoginNew?com=arcsoftBanner&awp=index3.html&DIRECT=show
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kablam
05-14-2003, 4:59 PM
I ordered some untreated cypress knees off the net. just do a google search and you can find some place that sells them.
cdawson
05-15-2003, 1:35 AM
Originally posted by Pufferpunk
Petsmart has some pretty cool realistic looking mangrove root ornaments in 2 sizes. See my tanks: http://arctic.photoisland.com/servlet/com.arcsoft.LoginNew?com=arcsoftBanner&awp=index3.html&DIRECT=show
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funny you mention them I already have all of them, theres three actually =)
I was just looking for more decorations seeing as three aren't going to cut it for a 135g.
I was thinking of making some artifical mangrove roots.
There is a great example!
http://www.donraystudio.com/jpgs/snook2.jpg
Check out this site: http://www.livingcolor.com
cdawson
05-15-2003, 11:16 AM
I was thinking the same thing, like using an old piece of wood as a base model and molding chicken wire around it then molding plaster around the chicken wire. After it had dried I could paint it any way I'd want and Voila! instant mangrove root entanglement. I just don't know how much that'd cost.
"I" wouldn't use plaster.
What I was going to do is get flexible tubing and fiberglass arond it and add bark texture with marine body filler. Then paint it with an epoxy paint tinted to a bark color.
In the paintingn above the roots look like tubes.