Caves

Greg Curtis

Cichlid Lover
Feb 24, 2006
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Anyone have any experience making caves for their catfish? I have a lot of thin shale that I would like to make my own caves from. Besides just breaking it over a sharp edged object, is their a way to cut it more accurately. Maybe a circular blade for a table saw or something like that. Would like to cut pieces and use aquarium sealant to glue together to form the cave.
 
Stanley makes a ceramic cutting blade that fits in a hacksaw frame. It's not really a blade more like a rope covered in abrasive material. I've used it to cut clay pots and it works excellent. I'm sure it would cut through shale. I wouldn't try cutting it with a power tool, the way it fractures/splinters it would probably be pretty dangerous.
 
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