oyster shells

Hello to all, has anyone glued oyster shells to the back glass to simulate an oyster bed?

no i havnt but i have dropped a few oyster shells in my tanks to help raise alkalinity slightly..

I was thinking the background would have a nice 3-d effect with big clumps here and there plus some of the half shells could hold corals.
thanks for the reply.

yeah thats true it would be kinda neat, were you thinking of ataching them with some sort of glue? and are you gonna get live oysters???

I would use glue. I would not use live oysters, to hard to keep alive they need a nutrient rich environment so I will just be using shells and gluing them together in realistic looking clumps then mounting them on the glass. Yeah it's gonna be a lot hard work.
So it looks like I'm off to the raw bar for sliders and beer. It's amazing the hell we put ourselves through to feed our hobby. YUM

haha true.. just make sure you get fish safe glue!!

any advice on glue?

im not sure, i would look up aquatic safe glues on google.. i've never used any

I will be doing that for sure...

thanks Bossman

how big of a tank do you have?

12 nano soon to be..

GE silcone 1 should work fine

MarkM wrote:

GE silcone 1 should work fine

For Windows and doors, cure for 72 hours before contact with water.

LOL ......
all you have to do is seal them from the inside of the house,this way they stay dry.

thats what i used when imade my first tank i believe..

silicone is safe after its cured but make sure you do not use the silicone with mildew inhibitors. maybe a better alternative would be epoxy, JB water weld for potable water is safe in reef tanks as well as super glue I use a combination of the two to glue my corals to the rock work.