So.....I buy alot of European dart frog books/magazines, etc, cause I like their style of vivs. On alot of tanks I see, rather than using cork, or GS/peat method, it appears they use Epoxy grout smoothed onto the sides. Epoxy is safe once cured, rough....allowing moss and plant growth onto it...

I have seen so many posts about how Polystyrene may be unsafe for amphibians and so many posts with backgrounds made of it. I want to make a background but don't want to use GS like I did for my last one. I was going to use Polystyrene, covered in grout and then sealed with drylok. Should I...

Hey Everyone more questions for you. I am building a waterfall by carving it out of greatstuff to avoid using styrofoam and any bad health benifits associated with it. I am going to grout the water way and have a few questions. 1. What type of grout works best, sanded or unsanded 2. Is...

Kind of frustrating, I used the expanding foam and covered with tile grout. I spent hours painting my rocks now the grout is starting to crack. I used about 4 or 5 thick layers of grout, but still cracking. The weather is starting to change, so I'm guessing the foam is expanding and contracting...

Hey guys, I need some advice from people who have used various forms of cement to build backgrounds before. I'm building a 29 gallon viv inspired by the movie Avatar. It will mimic the rainforest of Pandora, and will have a rock wall with waterfall. I constructed the background with Polyfoam...