My Tank Cracked:(

[australia]

my bottom of my 4 foot tank slowly cracked becuase i had to many caves made from slate ect, im guessing it was to heavy, what are some other options to make caves out of besides rocks,slate, and hard materials that might damage my tank? i need alot of caves becuase i have lots of MBUNA

 

[Ilya]

Bogwood. Smaller pieces as well as larger pieces make good caves .

 

[australia]

Bogwood. Smaller pieces as well as larger pieces make good caves .

does it stain your water like driftwood?

 

[Ilya]

Depends. But tannis can be good for your fish. It's only a slight yellow. You can keep on soaking or even boiling you wood to take the tannis away. But eventually the filter should remove the tannis.

 

[afishdude]

you can also use coconut shells or styrofoam with rocks or sand glued to it.

 

[znk]

That"s weird because tanks can take tons of rocks. I have like 100+ lbs of rocks in my 75 gallon tank.

You can put some "eggcrate" (plastic light diffuser) on the botom of your tank before you add your rocks and substrate. That's what I did and it realy helps mounting solid rock formations.

Cover the bottom of the tank with the eggcrate.
Add a bit of substrate to fill the holes.
Place all your rocks.
Add the rest of your substrate.

 

[jourdy288]

Sorry about your tank. Maybe you can make a terranium.

 

[Maximus]

Also, the bogwood would lower your PH, not exactly ideal for mbuna.

 

[heymickey94]

I have these lock rock things that I use in my tank, they are plastic rocks but they look real and they snap into each other to make cool rock formations. I will see if I can get a link of for you so that you can see what I am talking about.

 

[heymickey94]

Here is a link to them:
http/www.petco.com/product/4630/Penn-Plax-Lok-Rocks.aspx

 

[starrynightxxi]

That really sucks about the tank. I suppose it's possible there was a fault in the glass to begin with. Or maybe you had too much weight concentrated in one place rather than spread out across the bottom?

 

[Chrispixx]

Here is a link to them:
http/www.petco.com/product/4630/Penn-Plax-Lok-Rocks.aspx

Wow! Lok rocks.. I didnt know they still made those i used to have them like 18 years ago.