my diy cave

[mrnewbie]

heres an attempt at a diy cave for my fish ,took me about 2 hours to prepare and cover the plastic pipe , and decprate it , just waiting for it all to cure hopefully should be able to put in my tank tommorow

(sorry the pictures not 2 good my digital camera kind of sucks)

items used 1 piece of 4 inch plastic pipe , gravel from lfs, and plastic plants from lfs,and aquarium safe silicone, pond sealer

 

[Dragons Bay]

Wow! It looks really good! I'm planning to get a cave myself....

 

[Jo]

Nice cave!

 

[Cory Keeper]

Looks really good

 

[MAM]

awesome diy cave!!!!! looks great! i like the plants, nice touch.

 

[Yenko]

That's a nice cave. I make mine out of stacked rocks; but, I might try something like that in the future.

 

[scott76]

Very Nice!

 

[fozzy_wozzy_woo]

Great picture and i will take this idea and apply it to my whole tank.

Im going to line the three sides with loads of plastic caves, tunnels and ledges. i will then do what you did by siliconing stones and rocks onto it. this will then give loads of places for shrimp / fry /eggs to hide.

Great work thanks for the Idea

 

[Inchworm]

Hi mrnewbie

What a beautiful cave.

IMHO, hand made things are so much nicer than store bought ones. You can be really proud of this.

 

[mrnewbie]

i use it in my guppy brreding tank , they seem to like it especially when giving birth , they hide behind or in it ,

 

[Exiled]

MrNewbie-- I'm impressed! I love it!

 

[Aquarian]

Excellent job! Is there more than one entrance?
Did you have to seal it afterwards with the pond sealer? I take it you're not done once you've glued it all together with the aquarium silicone?

 

[mrnewbie]

yes its got 3 ways in , i glued it altogether then allpied 2 coats of pond sealer , just to be safe ) its in my guppy tank

 

[sunbot]

did u use proper fish tank glue because i want ago at this building a cave this weekend.

 

[Jen]

i know we live in different countries.... but where did you get the pond sealant? at a hardware store? im having difficulties finding it.