Coty
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I have been a little bit concerned about my baby corn in her 20 g long tank. It has been a little bit difficult trying to compromise between too much open space and too much clutter. Depending on what source you refer to, either one could be considered a bad thing (I am sure everyone has their own opinion but I am not overly concerned with these musings at present).
I recently acquired a 55 g fish tank from craigslist ($50.00 for the tank, stand, and a ton of filters ph stuff i didn't really need). To be honest, it needed a lot of scrubbing because I think that the previous owner was less than diligent with his cleaning regimen and the lid was unusable (I need a screen lid or I may make one and solder dozens of ventilation holes into it) but I feel like it was well worth it.
Anyhow, I have been wondering how to create some sort of "shelf" so my corn has a place to climb and possibly hang out (as a baby she likes to sit on top of a piece of treated wood that I have been using still). I have read about people using PVC pipe to create shelves or ledges and this intrigued me to try to figure out a similar system:
Basically, it is a corner shower rack w/ large suction cups on the two 90 degree sides which fits perfectly into the corner of a fish tank/aquarium/critter cage. It is currently placed on top of a tall plastic cup, and I intend to use aquarium silicon to secure the suction cups. I bought a long vine of fake silk leaves and wove it into a grid on the 'front' of the shower rack - it is relatively secure and it will hold my corn's weight but i will most likely use some more silicone to help hold it in place. I had some extra fake plant leaves and vines and I just kind of stuck them into any hole that I could squeeze them into and would not pull back out without a lot of work. There is also metal wire which poked through the plastic of the vine, and i again used a big glob of silicon to cover the exposed ends.
I am going to try it out in my 20 g tank with the cup that is in the picture. If I decide that it works I will be most likely be looking for something more aesthetically pleasing than my faux chinese restaurant cocktail glass. :cheers:
I will make sure it is safe and secure before I let my girl play around on it, but I wanted to see if anyone that that it would (or wouldn't :headbang
work out. If not, I may be very interested in checking out a pvc system if anyone could be so kind.
P.S. I did not intend for this post so be so long or involved, but I got caught up in it (as I desperately procrastinate the writing I should be doing lol)
I recently acquired a 55 g fish tank from craigslist ($50.00 for the tank, stand, and a ton of filters ph stuff i didn't really need). To be honest, it needed a lot of scrubbing because I think that the previous owner was less than diligent with his cleaning regimen and the lid was unusable (I need a screen lid or I may make one and solder dozens of ventilation holes into it) but I feel like it was well worth it.
Anyhow, I have been wondering how to create some sort of "shelf" so my corn has a place to climb and possibly hang out (as a baby she likes to sit on top of a piece of treated wood that I have been using still). I have read about people using PVC pipe to create shelves or ledges and this intrigued me to try to figure out a similar system:
Basically, it is a corner shower rack w/ large suction cups on the two 90 degree sides which fits perfectly into the corner of a fish tank/aquarium/critter cage. It is currently placed on top of a tall plastic cup, and I intend to use aquarium silicon to secure the suction cups. I bought a long vine of fake silk leaves and wove it into a grid on the 'front' of the shower rack - it is relatively secure and it will hold my corn's weight but i will most likely use some more silicone to help hold it in place. I had some extra fake plant leaves and vines and I just kind of stuck them into any hole that I could squeeze them into and would not pull back out without a lot of work. There is also metal wire which poked through the plastic of the vine, and i again used a big glob of silicon to cover the exposed ends.
I am going to try it out in my 20 g tank with the cup that is in the picture. If I decide that it works I will be most likely be looking for something more aesthetically pleasing than my faux chinese restaurant cocktail glass. :cheers:
I will make sure it is safe and secure before I let my girl play around on it, but I wanted to see if anyone that that it would (or wouldn't :headbang
work out. If not, I may be very interested in checking out a pvc system if anyone could be so kind.P.S. I did not intend for this post so be so long or involved, but I got caught up in it (as I desperately procrastinate the writing I should be doing lol)
