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Old 08-26-2008, 12:50 PM
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Greetings,

My partner and I have decided we want to create our own waterfall for my BP's new tank. I am setting him up with a 75g fish tank, recently just finished building the top for it. Really nice top too!!

However, we are struggling with how to make the waterfall. Want it in the corner and it will come down into a pond like pool. We do have a filter that would work perfect for it. It would have to be hollow inside so i can take care of the filter when needed, cleaning it and such.

We have an small idea of building a pyramid like frame, even then me personally is still unsure of how to make it work.
It's just building the actual waterfall that we are struggling with. Naturaly we don't want something that will be to complicated, somewhat cheap supplies. Already have a crap load of rocks. (Between 2 reptiles and a few fish, gotta have rocks!! Never enough rocks!!)

So yea, any ideas would be awesome.

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Old 08-26-2008, 01:14 PM
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I made mine from Great Stuff foam that I carved out after it cured. Then I covered it with silicon and then with a sand/pebble mix that stuck to the silicon. Works great but I used a cheap silicon so I am having some issues with the silicon peeling in areas but I am in the process of building a new one using good silicon with a proper curing time.


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