Aquarium decorations can be expensive and aren't customized to your own aquarium. Today I am sharing with you all how to make an Underwater Cave that cost me only $20 and that can be scaled up or down depending on the size of your tank. It is also super cool to be able to look into the cave and see fish that you normally wouldn't see hiding or just living life.
Building aquarium decorations takes a little bit of time but you can customize what you make to your fish tank and the fish tank decorations can blend in just as well as your other decorations. You can make seamless fishtank decorations with your aquascaping rocks or with local river rock.
Get creative and have fun making a one of a kind DIY aquarium decoration. As no two will every be exactly alike everyone coming over and seeing your homemade aquarium decorations will be in awe of what you made.
In this build I utilized sandstone from a local quarry, but that is not the only type of rock that you could use for this project. You could use typical aquarium rocks sold in store, you could use slate, sandstone, and granite without having it affect your pH. If you already have high pH and don't mind rocks that will release carbonates and hardiness into your tank, the world is your oyster. Just exercise some caution and do some research before choosing your rocks. And when you actually start attaching your rocks together you want them to be relatively clean of debris, meaning a goos rinse, and they need to be dry in order for the adhesives to stick to them well.
As for the adhesives that I used in this build, I utilized the Flex Glue because it holds the rocks together really well, which I tested before using it and you should as well, and have not seen any issues with using it in my other tanks for other projects. I have used it in my breeding tank for CPDs and haven't had any issues. I also utilized the Great Stuff Cracks and stuff because I needed to fill in the gaps between rocks and needed control so I wanted a smaller nozzle for application. I am sure you could utilize any number of other adhesives including silicone or super glue, but I have not used those directly so I can not say you will end up with the same results. These were what I had on hand and had used previously, you might have other adhesives that you like better and you are more than welcome to use them, again, I just can't say with what success you will have as I have not used them.
Materials I used for this Project:
Flex Glue White: amzn.to/3a3VriW
Cracks and Gaps: amzn.to/3dTEx7L
Twin Walled Polycarbonate: amzn.to/3uGS3lY
Dragon Stone (if was were to use a stone it would be this): amzn.to/3uTpGkX
Chapters:
0:00 Intro How to Build Aquarium Cave
0:32 Supplies you'll need to make Aquarium Cave
1:57 How to get started and plan the Underwater Cave
2:26 Doing a dry setup to see how it looks
3:44 How to mount the cave for easy maneuvering
4:58 Finished Underwater Cave Outside the Tank
5:10 Explaining Tips on How to Build the Underwater Cave
7:00 Revealing Underwater Cave in the Tank
7:34 Showing the Vision in the Final Product
8:45 Outro
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Camera
Iphone 12 Mini: amzn.to/3nL4BHd
Microphones
Rode Video Micro (shotgun mic): amzn.to/2Y5p6Wo
TRS to TRSS (necessary for microphone to phone 3.5 audio jack): amzn.to/2ZGkBlC
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Phone Holders
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Laptop for Editing
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Editting Software:
iMovie
Davinci Resolve 17
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