pool tile finish

[ldmii23]

so im setting up another tank and i have a question. its going to be an anemone only tank maybe a few fish but i was wondering if anyone has ever tried puttin the pool sample tiles in their tank as frag disk or anything like that .. i work at a plant that makes the sample tiles and the bad ones just get thrown out an i think they would be pretty sweet as a bottom instead of sand or bare bottom. i just dont know what it would do the water in the tank release chemicals from the cement or not. i know ceramics have been used but wasnt sure if anyone has tried anything with cement or these tiles before.

 

[rajkovich207]

I know floor tiles are ok, but you would have to seal them to the bottom to keep the gunk from building up under them

 

[ldmii23]

but arent floor tiles ceramic also.. i mean i could always try it as im cycling and see what it does but i wouldnt know what to check for to see if it was hurting anything

 

[o2manyfish]

I used tiles for growing out Zoas and Xenia. They worked great. Easy to clean algae off of and easy to slice the colonies down from as well.

Dave B

 

[ldmii23]

I used tiles for growing out Zoas and Xenia. They worked great. Easy to clean algae off of and easy to slice the colonies down from as well.

Dave B

what kind of tiles, the ones im talking about? the little pool sample tiles

 

[o2manyfish]

I've used glass tiles, ceramic tiles, and Japanese ceramic. the ones that come on the mesh just soak for awhile and give a lil scrub so all the adhesive is gone.

Dave B

 

[Liquid360]

I use pieces of scrap Corian as frag plugs so I'm sure tile would work.

 

[ldmii23]

well im going to give it a try and see what happens. annd keep posted on the progress and results.
thanks for the input