If your using gravel the biggest concern with the design is how to gravel vac easily wityhout moving the structure.You don`t won`t nooks and crannys when food gets trappped its never getting out.The flow of the output and possibly a power head could be very important in this type of setup .
My Giant Slate Cave Project
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i have taken that into consideration, i have eco-complete substrate and am gunning for a heavily planted tank. I will probably be putting in a powerhead just to help flow, i droped fish flakes in to see what the current looks like and its not too strong, it's moving, but i think the tank will benefit from a powerhead. the food breaks down anyways, so in the end, its not tooo big of an ordeal
ok, i cleaned al of my slate yesterday and last night after class i rebuilt my cave. The cave is completely different than what is above for 2 reasons. 1. it was to diffucult to clean, dry and rebuild what i originally had and 2. i wasnt too fond of the original design. i will be siliconing the new design tonight and i wil upload pics that i took last night.
I want to get a cobalt lobster as my centerpiece so i am trying to make something that both the fish and lobster can swim and walk through.
i also am a tad worried about the weight of the cave, the bottom is tempered glass, it could be able to hold it alright right?
I want to get a cobalt lobster as my centerpiece so i am trying to make something that both the fish and lobster can swim and walk through.
i also am a tad worried about the weight of the cave, the bottom is tempered glass, it could be able to hold it alright right?
The tank should be fine since it looks like the weight is pretty distributed. If you are to worried you could make some braces along the bottom of your tank. Tanks can hold a surprising amount of weight for glass.
To avoid this, you could add some fish.
Hey, it looks a lot taller in those front-on photos than it did in the earlier ones.
To avoid this, you could add some fish.
Hey, it looks a lot taller in those front-on photos than it did in the earlier ones.
He said he rebuilt it...
I like it much better the second time around-- you have inspired me sir.. im building one for my 55g lol
