DIY fry wall

[Photorah]

So i went to michaels yesterday and in michaels they have a veriety of clay pots all sized from 1" up.

SO i started thinking, and decided fry wall or stack

First go to michels in small packages above the pots are some verry tiny pots 1 inch and one size more up 1 3/4 inch

Get a piece of plexi the size of the back of the tank for the inside as it will be submerged.

Glue the tiny pots to the back like this with silicone or a poly resin

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Then cover in sand, gravel rock or as i like Pool filter sand creating lots of tiny little fry caves for them to hang out in

[abenez]

can you post a picture of yours? This sounds super cool!:smoke2:

[jennigypsy]

oh yah...my gears are turning now......!!! VERY cool idea!!!!

[Solace]

I just bought a ton of pots at our local Michaels around 27 cents per pot. If you give your plan a shot I would like to see some pics of it. :) Good luck!

[Photorah]

Had a project party with seedy last night ran out of silicone
Will post pictures soon
I am bad at having color film developed.

[abenez]

Wow, what an idea ...a project party! You must be single!

Can't wait to see the pictures.

In the meantime, I'll live my fantasy fish life vicariously thru yours Photorah! :D

[Heyguy74]

LOL,
I was in Michaels yesterday and saw all the small pots you were talking about. Great idea. Def post a pic when ur done.

[PedroPSK]

Originally posted by abenez
Wow, what an idea ...a project party! You must be single!

Can't wait to see the pictures.

In the meantime, I'll live my fantasy fish life vicariously thru yours Photorah! :D

LOL!!

I wanna see some pics come out of this party too!!
That fry wall sounds really cool - I'd like to give it a shot too but I would like a bit more of a detailed idea...ie...a picture or two or five.
:D

[abenez]

I was at Rag Shop yesterday - don't ask.... :yikes: and I saw the same little clay pots... my son and I started discussing the idea and didn't follow thru since my tank is visible 360 degrees...

But today I got to thinking what if instead of attaching the bottom if the pots to an acrylic board, what if I attached them bottom-to-bottom with another pot... continue this in much the same way as you described.
This would result in a wall that can be placed in the center of the tank... Maybe make the bottom row from larger pots to mak it more stable and work up to smaller pots.
I guess the bottom pots could be half filled with sand/substrate....

I guess an even more creative twist would be to get a 2" piece of PVC pipe and silicone the little pots to it going around in a spiral, then when it dry and cured, coat the exposed part of the PVC with silicone and sprinkle it with your sand/substrate... Stand it up and you'll have a little clay pot condo building!

:2xmas: I think I'm getting carried away - I better stop before they come to carry me away ! :2xmas:

Well, either way - great idea - post pictures!!

[Photorah]

Originally posted by abenez

But today I got to thinking what if instead of attaching the bottom if the pots to an acrylic board, what if I attached them bottom-to-bottom with another pot... continue this in much the same way as you described.
This would result in a wall that can be placed in the center of the tank... Maybe make the bottom row from larger pots to mak it more stable and work up to smaller pots.
I guess the bottom pots could be half filled with sand/substrate....

I guess an even more creative twist would be to get a 2" piece of PVC pipe and silicone the little pots to it going around in a spiral, then when it dry and cured, coat the exposed part of the PVC with silicone and sprinkle it with your sand/substrate... Stand it up and you'll have a little clay pot condo building!

:2xmas: I think I'm getting carried away - I better stop before they come to carry me away ! :2xmas:

Well, either way - great idea - post pictures!!


What a great Idea
So many great ideas So little time

[Seedy]

Ok, so here are the pics from our "pot party" (the terra cotta kind of "pot")
http://www.cichlidgallery.com/albums/album111/29597380229_G.sized.jpg
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http://www.cichlidgallery.com/albums/album111/29597538565_G.sized.jpg
http://www.cichlidgallery.com/albums/album111/29597604613_G.sized.jpg
http://www.cichlidgallery.com/albums/album111/29597380229_G.sized.jpg

[PedroPSK]

:jaw: WOW!! :jaw:

Thats an awsome little setup for them!!!
very very cool!

[abenez]

way cool ! I'm inspired!

[Seedy]

Thank you both, I'm quite pleased with how they all came out as well...can't wait to put them in the tanks...can probably do that tonight

[DewDropPony]

I want to make one of those. I've always wanted to make my own tank decorations. Very cool.

[ticman]

LOL I feel like the Emperor's New Clothes

couldn't see any pictures that you posted. Clicked on the little square and nuttin happened

Help!!!

thanks

[Seedy]

Sorry, I "broke" all the links when I re-did my gallery...there should be pics of the finished project both in my gallery at cichlidgallery.com and in the "finished" thread I posted in this forum...

THe original post is too old for me to edit, or I'd just update the links...http://www.cichlidgallery.com/album126

[ticman]

Seedy,

WOW looks great. Thanks for the pics. I may attempt that myself.