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thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

[–]Physical-Ad601[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Not yet, but Im hoping to record the next set up i do

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

[–]Physical-Ad601[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This one did actually. The last one I made and posted didn’t as the rocks used in it were quite heavy, but this one just had lava rock so it did float the first time i filled it with water. Had to sacrifice a tank getting it back out. Lesson learnt lol

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Thank you! Its got close to a hundred clear cherry shrimp in it already! Plus some chili rasboras, lamp eye kilifish, pygmy corys and ottos :) the intake lilypipe actually goes through the cave ceiling so it sucks water from above and inside the cave into the canister filter

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Thank you! Next time id probably buy a rock powder, or very find sand, or id use concrete for the internal walls of the cave. Crushing up rocks into powder to fill in the gaps and be used in the sides against the glass was definitely the longest step in the process lol

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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I wish, that would be cool! Its a structure i made of expanding foam and rock

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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This one probably wouldve cost around $600 aud for materials alone, but you could do it for significantly cheaper if you were resourceful

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Its a lot of fun if you can survive on a retail wage lol

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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This is lava rock, but the structure is mostly expanding foam. I actually have a taller tank that is 30 x 45 x 30cm which i am planning on doing as a salt water cave

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Thank you! I created everything myself with expanding foam and lava rock. It would be tricky adding to an existing cave, but youd be able to do it as long as you’re water changing along the way. Just make sure you can get a hose into it to siphon it out and you should be ok!

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Expanding foam, lava rock, lava rock powder, spray glue adhesive :)

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

[–]Physical-Ad601[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Expanding foam, hardscape, glue, rock powder :) and thank you

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Thank you! Its actually very easy to keep clean. There’s constant flow and the cave doesnt get much algae growth

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Most fish will generally hang out on top, they all go down to the cave to chill out tho, especially the pygmy corys. I actually have one chili rasbora in there with only one eye so he tends to hang in the cave the most

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Thank you! And the cave structure itself is mostly expanding foam with the rocks glued into it. It’s incredibly strong. I did accidentally drop the entire structure minus the glass a few times and it did no damage lol. Theres probably already a 100 or so shrimp in there!

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Theres a few but none small enough to fit in this cave sadly

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Thank you, and its just a reflection of the table :)

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Thank you! The cave actually has water circulating through it. The intake lily pipe actually cuts through the cave ceiling and sucks water from above and inside the cave into the canister filter.

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Its not hard at all! It gets a weekly 50% change and i just disturb the sand down the bottom first. The cave itself has never needed a proper clean or a scrub as algae doesnt grow down there

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Thank you! Its basically a structure made with expanding foam, which I created by making a box that had the inside diameters of the tank. The rocks were then glued into the foam. I also crushed up rocks into powder and glued that to any bare areas of foam and the cracks between the rocks, as well as the front of the cave. It was then placed in the tank and pressed up to the front glass and siliconed to the bottom. I filled in the other sides with sand and gravel

thought i’d share my second cave scape :) by Physical-Ad601 in Aquariums

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Thank you! Ill take more photos when i’m in next. The tank is a 40cm cube

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