Weird question

[hhughes]

Anyone know what the mesh on the back of floor/wall tile is made of? Anything harmful for an aquarium?

I'm playing with an idea for using ceramic tile in a small freshwater tank, and it would be a lot easier if I could leave the mesh in place. I know that at best it would slowly rot, but if there's nothing actually harmful in it, it should be okay, right?

 

[raz0945]

When we tiled our bathroom we used tiles with mesh. I wanted to change the design so i soaked the mesh off. The mesh might not be the only harmful thing, I would worry what the glue is made of. Holley

 

[ripped tide]

I have bought slate from home depot that had the mesh and glue on it. i removed the mesh and most of the glue. What little glue remained didnt seem to effect anything in the tank. It was freshwater/planted

 

[rbredding]

it should be a pvc mesh.. (but obviously there are probably many different materials used since there are LOTS of different tile manufacturers)

I'm not sure if I'd use tile as it's essentially a brick with a colorful glaze on top of it..

unless you're also cool with using a brick..

 

[ichthyoid]

Of course IF it's 'Hecho en China', like most things these days, they might say it's not, but..............




Caveat emptor

 

[redpacus]

whats your plans for this?

 

[hhughes]

Every so often I get inspired to do something unexpected to a small tank. I was thinking of basically tiling one.

 

[redpacus]

like the back ground. could see like roman type sttuff in there

 

[brian carter]

i used the plastic stuff over in the craft section like for needle point