Dangerous Ornaments

Hi,

I want to create a functional ornament for my arquarium which houses two
goldfish. What I want to do is glue various seashells to a plastic or metal
tube. The ornament will be placed in the corner of the tank to hide an
air-stone and air-line. My question is what material and glue can be used
that will not affect the health of the fish. I was thinking of using a 6
inch (length) plastic tube, like the the kind that plumbers would use, but I
have no idea about the glue. I want it to be non-toxic to the fish, but be
strong enough to hold the shells onto the tube base.

Has anyone attempted something like this before? Any ideas on how I should
go about making it.

Thanks

"sjacques614" wrote in message
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Hi,

I want to create a functional ornament for my arquarium which houses two
goldfish. What I want to do is glue various seashells to a plastic or
metal
tube. The ornament will be placed in the corner of the tank to hide an
air-stone and air-line. My question is what material and glue can be used
that will not affect the health of the fish. I was thinking of using a 6
inch (length) plastic tube, like the the kind that plumbers would use, but
I
have no idea about the glue. I want it to be non-toxic to the fish, but
be
strong enough to hold the shells onto the tube base.

Has anyone attempted something like this before? Any ideas on how I
should
go about making it.

Thanks


Maybe you could use that silicon sealant stuff,don't know
its proper name.You know,the stuff that holds the glass
together on your tank.
John




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On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:32:07 GMT, "sjacques614"
wrote:

Hi,

I want to create a functional ornament for my arquarium which houses two
goldfish. What I want to do is glue various seashells to a plastic or metal
tube. The ornament will be placed in the corner of the tank to hide an
air-stone and air-line. My question is what material and glue can be used
that will not affect the health of the fish. I was thinking of using a 6
inch (length) plastic tube, like the the kind that plumbers would use, but I
have no idea about the glue. I want it to be non-toxic to the fish, but be
strong enough to hold the shells onto the tube base.

Has anyone attempted something like this before? Any ideas on how I should
go about making it.

I would use the hard tubing made for aquariums (the stuff used for
uplift tubes in UGFs or similar - I see it for sale in our local
aquarium store by the foot) and silicone sealant for repairing tanks.
A bigger problem might be what seashells can do to the pH of the water
in the tank. They are fine for marine tanks, of course, and for
freshwater fish that prefer hard, alkaline water; but they might cause
some issues for goldfish, depending on how big and how many they were,
and how much water is in your tank.

Regards,
Tracy R.

100% pure aquarium silicone sealant. shells are fine, altho if your water isnt hard
they will dissolve (LOL). which will give a nice buffer to the water. glass is
usually safe. PVC would be fine.
Ingrid

"sjacques614" wrote:

Hi,

I want to create a functional ornament for my arquarium which houses two
goldfish. What I want to do is glue various seashells to a plastic or metal
tube. The ornament will be placed in the corner of the tank to hide an
air-stone and air-line. My question is what material and glue can be used
that will not affect the health of the fish. I was thinking of using a 6
inch (length) plastic tube, like the the kind that plumbers would use, but I
have no idea about the glue. I want it to be non-toxic to the fish, but be
strong enough to hold the shells onto the tube base.

Has anyone attempted something like this before? Any ideas on how I should
go about making it.

Thanks




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You should be able to use Aquarium Silicone just fine...(what they glue the
tanks together with). It can be found at Petco (I think), and even Home
Depot.


"sjacques614" wrote in message
ers.com...
Hi,

I want to create a functional ornament for my arquarium which houses two
goldfish. What I want to do is glue various seashells to a plastic or
metal
tube. The ornament will be placed in the corner of the tank to hide an
air-stone and air-line. My question is what material and glue can be used
that will not affect the health of the fish. I was thinking of using a 6
inch (length) plastic tube, like the the kind that plumbers would use, but
I
have no idea about the glue. I want it to be non-toxic to the fish, but
be
strong enough to hold the shells onto the tube base.

Has anyone attempted something like this before? Any ideas on how I
should
go about making it.

Thanks

To hide our airline and airstone, we surrounded the stone with creek rocks
(from a creek) and bought one of those large fakey plants from the LFS and
mounted it in front of the airline....

"ITSME" wrote in message ...
You should be able to use Aquarium Silicone just fine...(what they glue the
tanks together with). It can be found at Petco (I think), and even Home
Depot.


"sjacques614" wrote in message
ers.com...
Hi,

I want to create a functional ornament for my arquarium which houses two
goldfish. What I want to do is glue various seashells to a plastic or
metal
tube. The ornament will be placed in the corner of the tank to hide an
air-stone and air-line. My question is what material and glue can be used
that will not affect the health of the fish. I was thinking of using a 6
inch (length) plastic tube, like the the kind that plumbers would use, but
I
have no idea about the glue. I want it to be non-toxic to the fish, but
be
strong enough to hold the shells onto the tube base.

Has anyone attempted something like this before? Any ideas on how I
should
go about making it.

Thanks

Hi

Im sure someone has answered you question already but if they didnt i
would suggest silicone becasue it is non-toxic but be sure that you
let it dry for atleast 24 hours (a day) and your fish should be fin
and as for the plastic tube make sure that you scrub it off with just
water and a cloth because if you use cleaner it might kill your fish.


tyson