I'm about to start another build in a new tank. My last effort, although I'm pleased overall with it, made me aware of the problem of securing the wooden embellishments. As careful as I could have been in firstly putting heavy stone anchors on them to prevent them floating, then really pushing them into the substrate, I find there's still movement when I inadvertently knock them whilst doing in-tank cleaning etc.
Now, after a night of dreaming answers, yes - literally, I think I may have the answer. A rectangle of slate to firmly attach all the wood to so that they are all on the same base and therefore unable to be moved relative to other bits of wood on that base. Naturally the slate would be covered with substrate.
PROBLEM
Slate of the dimensions I need isn't readily found. Roofing slate should be fine but a Google for it sends out shock waves to my wallet as it tends to be sold in packs.
ANSWER?
I wonder if I paid a trip to a tile centre and got a large single tile instead. Would that be acceptable for use in a fishtank? A large tile should be OK for size and weight. In fact I think I may have a spare tile from my recent kitchen floor makeover, somewhere in my garage. I nearly forgot that.
Now, after a night of dreaming answers, yes - literally, I think I may have the answer. A rectangle of slate to firmly attach all the wood to so that they are all on the same base and therefore unable to be moved relative to other bits of wood on that base. Naturally the slate would be covered with substrate.
PROBLEM
Slate of the dimensions I need isn't readily found. Roofing slate should be fine but a Google for it sends out shock waves to my wallet as it tends to be sold in packs.
ANSWER?
I wonder if I paid a trip to a tile centre and got a large single tile instead. Would that be acceptable for use in a fishtank? A large tile should be OK for size and weight. In fact I think I may have a spare tile from my recent kitchen floor makeover, somewhere in my garage. I nearly forgot that.
