I'm basically doing the same thing as veronica. I did a fish tank a couple months ago. I used styrofoam like she used but used quikrete mason mix (cement) to put over the styro. I added acrylic fortifier which helps seal it and harden better. If you just put normal cement on it more than likely flake off (since you don't want to put layers an inch thick, more like 1/8"



Quikrete makes the fortifier also. They also make cement dye which is where the color comes from. I got a tan color and black. Used the black on my last background for the fish and am using a mix of this tan and black to get a couple different colors.

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• Draykos new enclosure is almost done, take a look - yellowfox, Sun May 22 15:51:04 2005
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• RE: Draykos new enclosure is almost done, take a look - lele, Mon May 23 12:52:57 2005
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• yes, thanks...(more) - lele, Mon May 23 14:18:17 2005
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