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HELLO FISHKEEPERS 
I am setting up a large corner brackish aquarium 230 u.k gal tank and water level at 180 u.k gal with monos, archers, scats and spotted puffer. I want to plant mangroves in the tank and I also want to make a sloped structured background in the tank at the rear corner. I have seen some articles on a Malawi website that used Styrofoam and glues and paints to create structured background. I am hoping to make it so it has large cavities in it to plant the mangroves going up the bank. Do you know if using normal Styrofoam to create a structure is safe in the aquarium? I find it hard to believe the glue and paint is but that is what it said on the site cichlid forum.com. I recently read of an eco friendly marine retailer in the u.k who creates live rock by using a type of cement, and then growing the organisms on it.
Thanks for any advice you can give on safe materials to construct a background
Best Regards Ben
I am setting up a large corner brackish aquarium 230 u.k gal tank and water level at 180 u.k gal with monos, archers, scats and spotted puffer. I want to plant mangroves in the tank and I also want to make a sloped structured background in the tank at the rear corner. I have seen some articles on a Malawi website that used Styrofoam and glues and paints to create structured background. I am hoping to make it so it has large cavities in it to plant the mangroves going up the bank. Do you know if using normal Styrofoam to create a structure is safe in the aquarium? I find it hard to believe the glue and paint is but that is what it said on the site cichlid forum.com. I recently read of an eco friendly marine retailer in the u.k who creates live rock by using a type of cement, and then growing the organisms on it.
Thanks for any advice you can give on safe materials to construct a background
Best Regards Ben
