Playing With Slate

So I've been looking into different caves for my German Blue Rams because they are fighting over one area under a log!!
I had some slate tile around and I had heard of people just stacking it but that seemed like it would fall and crush someone if it got bumped. so I picked up some aquarium silicone and this is what I came up with.
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The Rams love them! so I guess I will be making more  and I feel better knowing that the slate is secure and wont crush a fish.

Awesome! I like seeing people taking the time to make their own hard scape.

Thanks! Buying caves was just way too expensive, slate is only a couple dollars and you can customize it.

I have used a bunch of slate before. All my slate is now in the aquarium rock bone yard (flower garden, lol) along with petrified woods and stuff.

In the first page of this link is a slate structure I built. I cut the slate into strips, used silicone to attach the rock to an acrylic sheet. The acrylic sheet is buried so all u out see is the rock structure. This made a safe haven for breeding dwarf cichlids, or small females trying to get away from larger fish.
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cool! I didnt cut my slate I just went at it with a hammer, really fun when you are in a bad mood   

MorganEA wrote:cool! I didnt cut my slate I just went at it with a hammer, really fun when you are in a bad mood   

  

KaraWolf wrote:That looks fantastic!!!! Makes me want some XD But I have a million lbs of scrap granite instead lol an nowhere to put it anyways.

try and sell it on CL then go buy slate, it was only a 1.48$ per 12"x12" tile