hiya~
I was wondering about this as I was thinking about doing a red theme in my fish tank are the glass stones the ones they use for the ivy plants in water safe for my tank and goldies? as i do not want to put something in my tank that isnt safe

I have glass shells in my tank. I use to have those flat marbles too. Glass should be fine.

I have a glass bowl in one of my tanks

thanxs glitterfish~
i just wanted to make sure it was safe dont like putting things in tank unless i know for sure i had to take the gravel out of my tank as my fish were constantly eatting them

hiya blue~
I just always double check everything for my fish they are like my children and want to always make sure it is safe for them

I just had a bad experience with the flat glass marbles that I have in my tanks. They are safe of course to be in the tanks but as your goldfish grow, which I have a calico oranda that has gotten huge, those marbles can fit in their mouths. Day-Zee was picking up the marbles and got one stuck in her mouth. I kept watching her and could tell she was having trouble. So I finally had to get tweezers and gently reach in her mouth and take it out. I was not terribly excited to do this.

So needless to say I took all the marbles out because I did not want this to happen again. My tanks are barebottom with only scattered marbles for appearence so I knew pulling them out all at once would not upset my bio load and water chemistry.

Eeek! That wouldnt be a good time! Day-Zee must be huge!! I had a bunch in there but none of my fish were big enough to get one stuck. I no longer have the flat marbles but large, over 1" glass shells.

ouch hmmm thats not good i wanted to get the marbles not the flat glass stones hmm i guess i will just have to go with the river stones or sumthing i'm going just think about what type of decor i should do

i have a whole bunch of crap in the bottom of my tank, marbles, rocks and even beach glass:

oh, and i even have a little antique bottle in there...

I am concerned about that glass bottle >>> sharp edge. Good luck.

definitely not putting anything with sharp edges in my tank as i dont want to filet my goldies let along a glass bottle only will stick with stuff that is safe for them

Both of your tanks are very pretty! I have green gravel in mine but im slowly removing it,

woo woo they arent my tanks they are Fred Sambo tanks i took the gravel out of my tank as my fish were eating the gravel

nah, the glass is actually pretty smooth from the waves at the beach, and it's been in there for several years without any trouble. goldfish are tough creatures.

Just make sure the glass does not have a metailic glaze.
That can leach into the water and become toxic or flake off and can be very harmfull.

this is true that goldies are tough lil creatures my goldies i think mine have iron guts and they can eat too funny even after i feed them they will go and eat my live plants they already up rooted one of my plants in the tank

I have used Japanese pebbles in my barebottom tank both black and cream ones.Heres a pic.

blue i like your tank setup

i just took a buffer and buffed some rocks from the lake and put them in my barebottom hospitial tank.

I know jillian i was saying that your tank and freds are nice tanks

I love blue's tank!!

Blue your tank reminds me of Othello (Reverse) for some obvious reason!

I wouldn't really recommend glass marbles in my opinion. I had severals in my tank but a few of them broke into tiny sharp pieces. Thank goodness my fish never noticed the small parts otherwise they would've swallowed them. I prefer river stones or something similar to what Blue has in the tank. Real pretty and natural!

yeah i skipped the glass marbles i just went to AC Moore & bought 10 pounds of black river stones will be doing my tank later on tonight i think it should be enough for my tank

You know what to do when you're done! Post pictures!! ^_^

yep yep i was wondering though i have bamboo stalks are they able to go into the tank with the river stones and the the fishies? if so that would be awesome and then i'm going to get a pagoda tower for the tank on monday
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definitely not going with bamboo after reading the forum on it

I don't think bamboo isnt so bad as long as the leafs are out of the water. i wonder if some place sell fakes bamboos. I'd like to get my hands on some if there's fake ones in the market! Same goes with lillypads!

Those bamboos that are popular (lucky) are not true aquatic. They will rot in the water if kept under excessive waterline. Its not recommended for use in aquariums. However, there are fake bamboos, either plastic or silk, that you may consider. There was one, online, a fence of bamboo stalks (brown), but I lost the location to it. I was wanting to get several and line them up in the corner of the tank and fill up the gravels. Its like an upper layer. If anyone ever finds it, contact me or post on here. Hopefully, if someone finds it, that I'll see the info.

I know Trinket has that bamboo fence in one of her tanks.

I went with the fake real bamboo, not the lucky variety. I love it!

Can anyone recommend a site that has the fake bamboo where i can purchase it rather go with fake then with the real i mean i got lucky bamboo but way to big plus wouldnt put it in the tank as my fish like to eat everything lol

"Fake Real Bamboo" ? Which is it, fake or real?

I just did a search and on the 2nd site, I found it!!!

http://www.pennplax.com/Pages/Aqua.pages..../Aqua04F.html

Scroll down and you will see the Bamboo Wall.

I think "Fake Real Bamboo" mean a real looking bamboo made of plastic/silk. ^_^

No. I meant the stuff that grows in the wild that pandas eat.

I got mine at Petsmart.com Jillian. Free shipping on it too.

i know what you meant i have whole bunch of it in my home

yipeeee i found the fake bamboo on petsmart site http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_det...Text=bamboo&N=2 looks just like the lucky bamboo think will work great with the pagoda tower and all that i am going to get

Here is what it looks like. You can seperate them too. Its a BIG bunch.



Here is some on my tank.




lol, or there is that kind too.

hmm i like both maybe i'll get both and then decide lol as i can decorate my other tank too it is just sitting there wasting space lol hubby is getting a lil concerned now as I am spending all my time on the tank

lol Tell me about it. My bf thinks Ive gone nutso.

Boyfriend? Your picture is a male. I like that fake plant.

yeah my hubby says man jill you got an expensive hobby and so fourth and i said yeah and your point being i love my hobby and if my fish need it they are going to get it they are like my children just aquatic i spend just as much $$$ and time with them as i do my daughter my daughter is into the fish now tooo now my hubby is really concerned

Me?! LOL. No it says FEMALE!

I thought the picture was you.

The page isnt available at the moment, or so PetsMart lead me to think that....

hmmm i always have that prob i just go to petsmart web site and did a search for bamboo selecting fish from the drop down

Thats so funny. No thats just someone I have a crush on. LOL

~blushes~ Glitter you naughty you.

Yup, thats what I did, Jillian. I found some nice bamboo stalks, quite expensive....

expensive but well worth least doesnt hurt the tank or fish plus to top it off they are silk noticed tonight one of my males is getting his breeding stars on the gills

Now Im thinking that I want those stalks when I switch to gravel in my 55 gallon. Have to look and see how tall they are.

It shows the height and I believe one is 13 and the other is 15 inches.

hmm i'll prob do 13 inches in my tank everyone is getting bamboo fever