Plants,Wood ect...

[newt_guy]

Can i put normal fake house plants into my newts tank or drift wood, rocks, or anything like that?What would i do too make it clean so that i could use it?I want to make a cave out of pvc with rocks glued to it.What type of glue should i use?Thanks.

 

[jennifer]

For glue, you should use aquarium silicone sealant, the kind sold in pet departments. You can use ordinary rocks from outside - I recommend boiling them first. I use fake silk houseplants, but if they are going into an aquatic tank, be sure they don't have metal wire inside - it can rust and/or leech metals into the water. For the fake plants, I just soak them in water for a day before using them.

 

[tyler]

They also sell plastic plants in pet stores, those should work well too.

 

[newt_guy]

There is no pet stores here.

 

[jennifer]

You have a small Walmart, but no pet store. Frankly, I find that a bit difficult to believe, newtguy. Also, even small Walmart stores usually have a small pet supply department.

 

[newt_guy]

The petstore shut the doors a few months ago.The walmart has pet stuff but no fish and that sort of thing just food and that.

 

[ian]

You might have to order online. But is the glue really necessary? Cause I never used those fancy stuffs.

 

[newt_guy]

I just want to weight it down so it dosen't float.

 

[ali]

I think you should do some searching of the yellow pages. If there were NO pet stores, then no one would have pets. They might be buried in a corner of town. They might be in the next town over, but they're there.

 

[joan]

PVC doesn't float in water. I use PVC in all my tanks. You don't need to glue rocks to it to keep it from floating.

 

[newt_guy]

Thanks.Trust me there is no pet stores none for about 200+ miles it shutdown about a month ago.They always had a hard time selling stuff.