The relief background gives an unusual color to the home aquarium . When creating an aqua design, you can draw a backdrop of the aquarium as a stony and rumpy terrain with the help of foam plastic alone.
Making a background for the aquarium with your own hands
To create a yellow sheet of ordinary polystyrene, bought in a construction shop, glue for aqua, clerical knife, brush, cement grade 500.
- Mark the size of the background on this sheet.
- Cut the foam with an ordinary knife according to the size of the aquarium. Mark and crop the sheet along the lines along which the background will be cut into three parts.
- On the marker sheet draw the desired relief.
- Relief cut with a stationery knife.
- Assemble the structure, cut out all the details, shelves, relief and gradually glue all the details of the background.
- Place the entire structure in the aquarium and see that everything fits the size.
- For painting, you need 1 kg of cement, stir it with water. Cement after drying is completely non-toxic.
- Prepare a place where the background will be dried.
- Apply the first layer of cement with a normal brush.
- Leave the whole structure to dry and periodically spray with water. The background should dry 5 hours.
- After drying, transfer the elements to the bathroom and under a strong pressure of the soul, the weak spots will be cleared. Better let the cement fall into the bathroom than in the aquarium.
- Transfer the background again to the painting site, make another cement mix and cover the structure and all the weak spots with the second layer.
- So you need to make a minimum of three layers of cement, during the drying spray, so that in the future there are no cracks. Each layer after drying must be washed in the bathroom to identify weaknesses. Add the white grout to the last layer to make the color slightly different. This will give a background of mystery and remove monotony.
- For the last time, carry the entire structure to the bathroom and rinse under a strong head. The terrain is ready for installation.
- The background should be fixed on the back of the aquarium before the water is filled. Since the foam plastic can float, it is necessary to glue the structure onto the rear wall of the aquarium with a thick layer of silicone non-toxic adhesive and press it down. Leave the glue to harden in the aquarium for two days. After adding water, turn on the filter and the day the water let it clean without the inhabitants.
- Then change the water, add soil and you can populate fish and plants. .
The beautiful aquarium background will successfully complete the design of the home pond and create a piece of wildlife in the room.
