So I’m adding rocks and wood to my new 158L tank and I wanted to build a rock cave for my Featherfin catfish, but it’s the first time stacking heavy stones on top of each other.
I’m worried about breaking the bottom of the glass of the tank with too much weight, so I was wondering how it’s normally done?
I have a soft garden mat under the tank under the stand too.
Posted by watertrashsf
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You can use all sorts of materials to spread out the load and glue wood and rocks to.
https://youtu.be/F-cYEn8bwfk?si=smwxuf1SwFD8P3o-
In this one, it’s glued to a foam mat. It can also be more load bearing, like the bottom of a plastic box, or anything else you can find lying around. Sometimes you can find plastic bottoms from boxes that has a honeycomb structure. These are good! Just make sure there’s no metals and that the material is clean.
Sand below the hardscape and foam sheet below/beneath the glass of the tank(sorry for bad english).
Have a look at eggcrate
2 inches of aquasoil under 1 inch of sand.
hard to see from picture, but do you have a foam mat underneath your tank?
Personally love plastic egg crate
https://a.co/d/c5bkBeY
Ibe used the plastic egg crate wrapped in or covered with screen, vinyl not metal. And pcv tubing below that with holes drilled for air flow. Zip tie all together makes a great base for substrate and great for aerobic bacteria.
Ever consider removing some of the rock you will not see to reduce weight?