mellowvision
Seafood Lover
pink foam, just grade it back, maybe glue some gravel on it for grip, and then pour your substrate for the whole area from the point you want the hut. it will pile naturally around the area and build your hill.
DIY Slate wall
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the pink foam is a bad choice since it just wants to float back up. In the wall i had to glue some tile pieces to the bottom to give it more balance and make it more sturdy. I will have to see how regular white foam goes.. if it holds with 2" of gravel above it then its good.
I was thinking of just having the gravel flat where the hut is (or maybe on a slight slant) the only hill would be is where the walkway is.
The more inches i add to the ground the more gallons i take away from the tank..
mellowvision
Seafood Lover
it's worth it in the end, more boring fish is not better than less, interesting fish. any foam is going to float, just silicone a piece of slate to it.
ill work something out today..
I was thinking of adding an oscar to there... lol j/k
From my current stock i will probably keep the ram, sailfin molly, pleco in there, maybe add another ram or angel fish.
Looking good (sounds like nice stocking too). I'm not sure if weight is much of a concern but bricks may work as filler for areas where you don't want to use tons of gravel. There have got to be more big things that sink... bricks came to mind first.
:wall: lol why didnt i think of that?! i was thinking white styrofoam with a big piece of slate glued on top to hold it down.. and covered in 2-3" of gravel..
hmm now im thinking more and i think a brick will add 2 much height but will see.
okay i just measured if i decide to use 2" of gravel behind the wall i will need 1-1.5" of blank material. The tile is 1/2" thick so would need 2-3 more tiles to make up that blank space behind the entire 2 walls and shaping the tile for the wall would be a pain in the you know what.. so i would just rather use the 1" styro with a heavy enough piece of slate on top to hold it down. And since its 2" of gravel the styrofoam has no chance of being exposed.
what you did was perfect !! do not change a thing, I wish you lived here I would pay you well to do one for me. you are an artist, good eye for detail and I love it!!!
