lego decorations

[jonny p]

for my next tank i get, i want use no gravel or sand and do a complete underwater lego land, with buildings and roads, and a helicopter tied down with wire so its floating near the top of the water,

But I’m wondering how feasible the idea is,
My main concern is would it be to hard to clean the tank, as the fish poo would be inside the buildings and stuff,

what do you guys think or has anybody done anything like this?
I know the Lego would float but there’s lots of ways around that.

 

[happychem]

I've heard a couple other members talking about it from time to time.

I don't think that it would be too tough to get the fish poo and stuff out, just place the vacuum near the entrance of any caves and it should be pulled in. On the other hand, getting the algae off might be tricky, or maybe you just pull off the infested bricks for a good bleaching.

Anyway, it sounds like a neat idea. I would sterilize the pieces in a mild bleach solution, followed by lots of dechlorinating, before putting them in the tank. Also, I don't know about your legos (and I always kept mine immaculate) but my cousins had pieces with bits of gum, play-doh, miscellaneous gunk, etc. crammed in here and there, anyway, I would not put pieces like that in the tank, but otherwise clean and disinfected pieces should pose no problem.

 

[Soulcoffr]

I would wonder about the spaces in the Lego blocks trapping nasty water within them. You could end up with problems down the road with anaerobic bacteria making hydrogen sulfide and such...

Although I could be wrong. ;-)

 

[happychem]

While there would be water trapped, I don't see a whole lot of organic matter getting in there. There needs to be a source of organic matter for there to be H2S production. Plus the individual spaces are small, so O2 diffusion, while poor, will probably be sufficient to support any minimal aerobic respiration hapening.

 

[Kasakato]

Cool Idea! I have a empty 5g that needs decor and I have 1000s of lego blocks. Il try it once I get home from school.

 

[Malachite]

Lego Substrate

LOL! You could always use thousands of those tiny little single piece lego to make a nice substate. Of course they would all float so it wouldn't really work but it would be cool. Or just let them float up top and have an upside down tank with substrate on the top.

OK. I'll end my silliness now.

 

[Lauren]

first problam I forsee:

legos float.

 

[A7ESF]

first problam I forsee:

legos float.

Not with enough silicone they dont! ;-)

 

[Kasakato]

O man it does

*Tests it out*

^%%^ It does. Maybe with a little gravel on it, it will stay down :idea2:

 

[Lauren]

O man it does

*Tests it out*

^%%^ It does. Maybe with a little gravel on it, it will stay down :idea2:

tried that, didn't work, they still floated. I think you would either have to glue metal weights inside them (like plant wights) or glue them to the bottom to get them to work.