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Is Hot Glue Aquarium Safe?


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I stuck small EPP foam inserts all over a fry net, as a spacer so I could double skin the net.

I think it'll last because the glue actually melts the foam a little and bonds really well (I've made RC planes out of this stuff, and the foam tears before the glue joins break), and I pushed down so the glue goes right through the the netting before it sets. I'll post some pics when I get home, you'll see :)

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Righto, here's the pics. I ended up with a good 2cm gap between the two net layers. I've got some Bolivian Ram fry in, and they seem safe from the rest of the community. The glue worked well, had to pull really, really hard to get one spacer off, and it actually left foam behind - the glue bond was still intact...

Gluing foam spacers on

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Finished and installed, with fry nice and safe. Other fish are ignoring the net.

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Bit messy on top - the outer net is actually a "Delicates Washing Bag" I scored at Countdown for $5, and I had to gather up some extra material and glue it down.

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-Simon

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Yeah, I mistakenly thought a fry net was safe in a community tank. My Platies and Tiger Barbs proved my wrong, and in one night I lost the Bolivian Ram fry I put in it. :cry:

Luckily a second female spawned this week, and I got most of the fry in the modded net yesterday. It's working well, no losses in 24 hours, and the other fish are ignoring the net :D You can't miss it - it's the big white thing...

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