Glue and rocks?

fishwanabe

fishwanabe

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Hello,
I am going to have a dead spot on the one end of my 90g that will be up against the wall and not veiwable. I was thinking that I would glue my rocks base/live all up and down this side with what ever will hold. I hope to make a cliff effect. I have one tube of "aquastik" which says it works on glass and one tube of "holdfast" which also says it's ok for glass, I realize I'll need more, but new to all of this it's hard to know if it will hold and stay put in a tank full of water and powerhead movement. I don't want the cliff to someday fall. Thanks in advanced
 
sk8shorty01

sk8shorty01

Active Member
Sorry, never used them. I would say wait until you do a water change and have to pull some of the water out. Better safe than sorry.
 
fishwanabe

fishwanabe

Member
sorry, maybe I was not clear, I do not have the tank set up yet, looking at July(finally:). I plan to glue the rock on the end before I ad water or anything. Thanks for you reply though....
 
sk8shorty01

sk8shorty01

Active Member
Oh ok. When you were talking about the powerheads and stuff blowing on the rocks, I thought you meant while the glue was drying or something. It should be fine, and hey, if it does fall down, you can always fix it! Good luck...
 
nietzsche

nietzsche

Active Member
i think using epoxy would be fine. look into the type of epoxy that's out there though. i read a book somewhere about gluing your rocks with epoxy, letting them dry and then putting them in the tank
 
fishwanabe

fishwanabe

Member
Thanks all, I think the cliff affect will look fantastic, can't wait!! does anyone know what type of base rock will be best to use? I'm asuming that there are a few types of rock that you can not use ie, lime stone... but what about the flat slate type, I hope to make the cliff look like it is larger at the top and then decend smaller to the bottom so fish can have a spot to hide if they want to.
 
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