What foam to use

[Jinsen]

I bought this one at home hardware
It says fish safe.
Thanks evryone!


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[smokinreefer]

Interesting, I'm about to tackle some rock structure building as well.

Never occurred to me to try using foam.
I suppose it's easier than going about mixing cement.

Wonder how strong of a bond it has with the rock. What kind of weight it can hold up? Think arches and overhangs.

Research time!

[Reef.ductionist]

I purchased pond foam at Gardenworks for 23.00. It was uv resistand and non-toxic. They are the only store that I know of that also sells those tiny water pumps for like 10.00, which are great for really small nano tank setups. Cheers!

[smokinreefer]

Originally Posted by Reef.ductionist

I purchased pond foam at Gardenworks for 23.00. It was uv resistand and non-toxic. They are the only store that I know of that also sells those tiny water pumps for like 10.00, which are great for really small nano tank setups. Cheers!

Thanks! I'll check them out.

[smokinreefer]

Wth you guys buy up all the foam?!

The HH I went to didn't have any. Nor the garden works I went to, and haven't seen the pond version at HD.

😠

[smokinreefer]

For anyone else looking, northwest landscaping had stock of 2 brands of pond foam (not, great stuff brand)

[Jinsen]

Originally Posted by smokinreefer

Interesting, I'm about to tackle some rock structure building as well.



Never occurred to me to try using foam.

I suppose it's easier than going about mixing cement.



Wonder how strong of a bond it has with the rock. What kind of weight it can hold up? Think arches and overhangs.



Research time!

It holds like a champ haha foam goes thru the hole of the rock and that what makes the bond really strong, and i used crochet hook to clean the excess. I might put some glue and add some sand to hide the black stuff



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[smokinreefer]

Wow.

Nice.

Off to home hardware!

[1bigfish]

I used the e Marco cement from j&l. A little pricy but it goes a long way. It works really well. Maybe that will work for you

[smokinreefer]

I'll check out that e Marco stuff!

And which home hardware did you find the pond foam?