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What things do you use to build one of those artificial rockwalls? I think they look good and want to make one so i need a list of stuff to use and what to do

Find some kind of rock is a decent quantity, preferably a shale like rock or Lava rock, that is non-porous and very natural looking. Go to a hardware store and get some 100% Silicone (the stuff that's not poisonous) Bust some rocks up into thin, fairly small chunks. Get a caulking gun. Take your tank and clean it big time and lay it on it's back. Take the silicone and glue those rocks down really well to the back of the glass forming a big puzzle like pattern all the way to the top with the big rocks toward the bottom. Cover the entire thing....A glass tank can take this weight no problem. If you have a huge tank it could be a problem....these rocks greatly increase the overall weight of the tank-obviously. Then when the rock dries for a few days...fire your tank up and go to town. Stuff anubias and what-not in the cracks the rock forms and get a planted tank going...it is absolutely
breathtaking.

My fake rocks didn't turn out to bad
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Nick and Drayko

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yellowfox Jun 08, 2005 01:08 PM

Hmmm my sig is getting messed up...

Heres a link of my fake rock.

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Nick and Drayko

yellowfox Jun 08, 2005 01:09 PM

ok sorry i apologize but i'm going to high jack your thread for a second to test my signature LOL
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Nick and Drayko

yellowfox Jun 08, 2005 01:11 PM

ok
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Nick and Drayko

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yellowfox Jun 08, 2005 01:13 PM

???
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Nick and Drayko

yellowfox Jun 08, 2005 01:15 PM

ok i give up, i can't make that second pic smaller.
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Nick and Drayko

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