Electrical Tape, safe or not?
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i dont know if the glue contains anything that can harm the fish or not. But if you drain the tank and have it dry to presh the tape against what ever surface, like the glass or wat ever you ar doing it will stay. Its designed to protect electrical wires under any condition after its adheased itself to it. So it wont come off.
I am not sure I understand...
The goal is to hide an airtube - to an airstone, perhaps?
And you were thinking of using black electical tape to cover it - to make it less noticable?
I wouldn't use tape - I'm pretty sure that the adhesive would not to be a healthy thing to have in the water.
Here are a few things I have tried in the past to try to hide air tubing:
I tried the green / fake plant tubing. The tube is green and there are artificial leaves on it. To me it actually looked worse than the clear tubing.
I have tied an aitstone to a piece of rock, and then used it behind other decorations. That way I was able to run the weighted tubing perfectly down the corner of the tank - it was hardly noticable - really.
And then you always could try tying it to the back of some driftwood - use brown thread.
But I would think twice about the tape. Then again - maybe I didn't understand what you are trying to do. Could you explain a bit more?
The goal is to hide an airtube - to an airstone, perhaps?
And you were thinking of using black electical tape to cover it - to make it less noticable?
I wouldn't use tape - I'm pretty sure that the adhesive would not to be a healthy thing to have in the water.
Here are a few things I have tried in the past to try to hide air tubing:
I tried the green / fake plant tubing. The tube is green and there are artificial leaves on it. To me it actually looked worse than the clear tubing.
I have tied an aitstone to a piece of rock, and then used it behind other decorations. That way I was able to run the weighted tubing perfectly down the corner of the tank - it was hardly noticable - really.
And then you always could try tying it to the back of some driftwood - use brown thread.
But I would think twice about the tape. Then again - maybe I didn't understand what you are trying to do. Could you explain a bit more?
"Hum, I read you can pait aquarium ornaments with acrylics.Let it cure for a week or so and it should be safe. (ive never done this so I don't know.)"
Umm, just my two cents, but I have worked with acrylic paints, and most are non-toxic, but water-soluble. Therefore in the tank it could dissolve and come off, unless is were on a porous surface, which the tubing is not. Besides, acrylic tends to peel when its on nonporous surfaces, especially flexible ones.
Umm, just my two cents, but I have worked with acrylic paints, and most are non-toxic, but water-soluble. Therefore in the tank it could dissolve and come off, unless is were on a porous surface, which the tubing is not. Besides, acrylic tends to peel when its on nonporous surfaces, especially flexible ones.