Glued Sand Bottoms?

[Funky_Fish14]

Hello Everyone,

I am posting today because im wondering what types of glues and methods people have used to have glued sandbeds. I would like to lay a thin layer of glued crushed coral/large grain aragonite on the bottom of my 75g tank, so that I can have high flow, yet still replicate the sand-bottom look and be able to syphon detrius off the bottom fairly easily.

I was thinking about using silicon, however I think that will take alot of silicon to do. Im not sure what types of glues have been used in the past, maybe epoxy resins? I was even thinking maybe even 'foam in a can' for example 'great stuff'.

Thank-you for any help or suggestions!

Take care,

Chris

[dirtyreefer]

I think you can use epoxy resins, do a search for "Faux sandbeds" on ReefCentral. There's quite a few posts about it there.

[Funky_Fish14]

So I have found! Thanks for the tip! I think im going to try and find an appropriate epoxy resin!

Chris

[Chin_Lee]

I can't remember the name brand they used on that tread on reefcentral but they sell the same ones at most plastic stores (plasticworks/industrial plastics) and also at Michael's craft store

[Ruth]

You know I was thinking about doing this as well but decided against it because after reading through quite a few different threads it seems that you are just going to get coralline growing on it anyway so at the end of the day you are going to end up with a bumpy bottom or a smooth bottom on your tank. Maybe I just missed something but somehow that made sense to me. Anyway just my 2 pennies worth.

[deacon hemp]

Im going with starboard because as ruth said its going to become coralline covered anyway,and starboard doesnt grow bad algea because its smoother.

[Ruth]

I went with starboard as well (black).