SillyCichlid Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Im thinking of giving this a go http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breedi...gitt_rocks.html Interested to know if anyone has tried it before? Any comments or thoughts? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 i got a bit of sandstone and hollowed it out , very messy ,thanks for the info...ron sydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekStylez Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Very good article. However curing? what's that about; dropping pH level? also, I don't understand how to make the holes and caves etc... anyone have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canerod Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I gave it a go about 6 months ago for my malawi tank, i cured the rocks for about 3 weeks with 100 % water changes every 2 days but after that my ph was still going thru the roof so i put them in the garden . one day i'll get a yen to soak them and see whether their cured yet. To get the caves and holes etc put cement in by hand (with rubber gloves) and lay in wet sand where u want caves etc , once the concrete sets wash the sand out of it then dump the whole thing in a water trough til its cured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23Skidoo Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 I just get a whole bunch of little rocks and silicone 'em together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fins Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Skidoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 I've been meaning to do the cement / sand holey rock thing for years. I was planning to cure them in the ocean for a few months. Just take them on a dive where I know most people don't go and let them sit in the water until much of the alkalinity has leached out. Then I'd give them a soak in fresh water for a week or two (or even boil them).A nice fresh water mountain river would be better, but you use what you have. It will still always remain high (pH), but after a few months in moving water it will stabilise somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHOGG Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 I was also thinking of doing this and curing the "rocks" in the river. Why do you think it would take months to cure the rocks? I was only going to leave the rocks in the river for a week. With the action of the tides I thought that would be like changing the water once a minute. Has anyone had any disasters from making rocks from cement? regards.. jdhogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita_ozfish Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 THIS is good for a home made background. It's been on here before but I just saw it on the PCS and pinched their link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekStylez Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 arghhhhhhh anita link doesn't work, and i was so looking forward to it meanwhile andy (or anyone else) can u recommend a specific type of cement? does anyone know where to get white sand? there are no problems with it i am assuming? i want to keep plenty of african malawis with these rocks any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siklid Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Hi Greekstylez I think this was the link Anita was trying to give you. Link to backgrounds Hope this works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita_ozfish Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 HAHAHAHA thanks for that - and I just went and fixed my link as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekStylez Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 That looks unbelievable, anyone tried that? LOL how many goes u think it took him before he made it look like that? must be an artist of some sort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SillyCichlid Posted April 25, 2004 Author Share Posted April 25, 2004 REEF SAND Here is a link for a place I have bought white reef sand from but it isnt cheap im trying other ATM to see how it goes first. I have the reef sand in all my tanks and its great as I never have to clean the bottom of the tank as the sand is so compact nothing gets into it and the fish go around cleaning the top of it all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious Camel Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 even better, check this link out. would have to say it is the greatest DIY project i've ever seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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