AndyL Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Well I decided today I should really get some slates for my angels... Too much caviar of late... I'm not a fan of the normal products used, The ceramic spawning cones/slates absorb meds (ie meth blue), are porous and never come completely clean... And I didn't really want to fudge around with unknowns. I had some 3mm acrylic lying around (a 4' long x 8" wide strip), cut that into 8"x18" strips. Cleaned up the edges a bit. (They ain't perfect - but they don't have to be) Then I layed them all out on my desk, with roughly 5-6" of overhang, and slapped some 2x4's down so they wouldn't move (much). Got out the propane torch, warmed up the underside of the acrylic, then the top, took a couple minutes but in time each piece just 'dropped' to 90 degrees. I pushed it a wee bit further, and held with my finger for 5 minutes while the acrylic cooled. At this point I decided it would be fun to flame polish the edges (I get so few instances to play with the torch, gotta make the most out of each). Then, deciding I didn't like clear, I took them outside and gave them a splash of Krylon Epoxy Enamel (I've found it to be fish/reef safe - YMMV) And le voila! We have spawning slates that can be sterilized as needed! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish_man Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 looks sweet man, u should make sum more and sell them off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Neat idea, let us know if the fish like them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted April 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Well the marble x silver pair likes em - I hate the paint... So now version two will be coming up - with a few modifications. Going to leave it clear - so I can see the eggs before wiping them off doing daily tank maintenance... I'm also going to add a step - a place for wrigglers to collect near the bottom, to keep the wrigglers on the slate until they go freeswimming (help the parents in the loosing battle to keep them in place). Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 (edited) Looks exactly like the picture frame i have from wal-mart js Edited April 18, 2005 by fatpuffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garhan Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 Good idea Andy, I like it. I am in the process of building an egg tumbler for those sudden egg batches that show up in the 150 community tank. Cheers, Garhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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