Slate floor ?

[rickyjjuk]

Hi All

I was wondering if anyone has used the slate tiles people use for caves to lay on the aquarium floor? Rather than having sand. stones or bare bottom? Just thinking I could lay some in there and put sand or stones around edges to fill any gaps?

Regards

Ricky

 

[JoePlec]

Hi All

I was wondering if anyone has used the slate tiles people use for caves to lay on the aquarium floor? Rather than having sand. stones or bare bottom? Just thinking I could lay some in there and put sand or stones around edges to fill any gaps?

Regards

Ricky

Are you talking about large pieces or chippings?

 

[Tener ds]

hi ricky,i have done this in my edge.it does look good but was a pain in the **** to get the right size bits and then to get them to fit ok.then i just used sand to fill the gaps:

looks a bit diff now tho,added 3 more small plants,fined out the jave ferns too.
my galaxy rasboras seam happy in there home.

ps.didnt use flat slate,that would of looked borring.

 

[rickyjjuk]

Thanks for sharing tener I can cut the slate to whatever size I want

 

[Tener ds]

1 tip tho,get a nirite snail or 2,will help clean off the alge on the slate.i have 1 in my edge and he does a great job keeping the floor and back wall clean.

 

[bigbird]

wow the slate looks good. maybe half slate and half silica sand...cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Lornek8]

There are those that use/d slate bottomed tanks to keep plecs.
Problem i'd worry about is cleaning under the slate tiles & even between for that matter. Unless you sealed around the bottom of each piece with silicon i'm not sure i'd go this route.

 

[rickyjjuk]

Yeah I was wondering about waste etc. I thought if I put a fine layer of sand under and also around edges it couldn't then get under? The slate tiles I have are quite flat?

Regards

Ricky