1st attempt at making decorations

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Fred T. Washington
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1st attempt at making decorations

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Hello everyone,
I decided to whip this little structure up today from the pieces of slate I have in the landscaping around my house (and silicone, of course). It's kind of small (3.5" tall) but I think corys might like it.
test.jpg
Comments and suggestions please. I'm sure I'll be making more.
Photos of similar projects would be awesome. Thanks all.
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hi fred,
looks good...maybe a bit too high...a lover construction will give more shadow...what corys like the most to hide :)

keep up the good work!
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Post by L number Banana »

Oo! Very elegant! Nice pieces too, mine are all flat and machined, those look much more natural.
My corys would be all over that. They gave up bottom-feeding-only when I stopped overfeeding :oops:
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very good job! :thumbsup: looks really nice!
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Lucky you for having nice pieces of slate just lying around your house :wink: :D

Very creative piece :thumbsup:
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Post by Fred T. Washington »

Hey everybody,
I put my slate decor in my Q tank and got three corydoras paleatus and one unidentified cat (posted in "What's my catfish" under "free cat thaat's 1/3 tail").
THEY LOVE IT! :D I'm surprised how much time they spend on top searching the nooks and crannies. They go all over, around and through it. I hope it's not because it's the only thing in there. :(
Q-tank-rock-1.jpg
Again, those silicone blobs only show up with flash photography.
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Fred T. Washington
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Post by Fred T. Washington »

If anyone is interested, I'm selling this cave at this site:

http://aquatropicalfish.com/forum/index ... w.html#new
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