GS Pond foam for the water area ?

[Cerberus]

Hi All !
I've hung around here for awhile and looked at all the beautiful work that everyone is doing and am now finally getting around to do a palu. This one is going to be a little different than what I've seen other people do because it's going to be for a Central American Ornate Wood Turtle ( Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni) Toby:



Here's my dilema, I'm siliconing a glass divider across the tank to keep water out of the substrate on the land side. I want to use GS to build a removable sloping beach to the divider. Can GS be used underwater, or am I going to have to seal it with some acrylic paint or silicone? I'm also planning on using a block of floral foam to build a back wall with a seep wall like this:
on the water side of the tank, so what brand acrylic paints would be best to seal?

[Cerberus]

Oh yeah. Another question. Can an aggregate or aquarium gravel be sprinkled on wet acrylic paint ? Or would black or brown silicone be best on the foam thats in the water?

[beckdg]

afaik you don't need to look for any specific brand acrylic. as long as it's non-toxic it should be fine (which i believe most if not all are).

your aggregate would have to be tiny to adhere to acrylic paint i'd think. especially once there's critters trampling it.

not sure i've said this to you yet, but welcome to the site.

[RecycledAgain]

I have a concern that may or not matter,, Gs Floats very high on the water.

I was thinking that that could be a problem that may need to be considered.

Dan