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What are aquarium ornaments made from, making them safe for aquariums & freshwater fish?

8 April 2009 342 views 3 Comments

Aquarium Ornaments

I’d like to go to my local craft store & perhaps find one of those little buildings that you paint yourself. But I don’t know what aquarium ornaments are made from. Also, if I were to find the right item made from the right material, what kind of craft paint would be safe to paint them with? The ones we buy have to be painted with something. Any information is appreciated. Thanks!

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3 Comments »

  • col000 said:

    Usually aquarium ornaments are ceramic or made from a plastic resin.

    It just has to be something inert and basically food safe.

    The tricky bit is painting the ornaments, make sure that its completely waterproof and can last cleaning after being in the fish tank for weeks

    col

    # 8 April 2009 at 9:34 pm
  • ronda said:

    usually ceramic paint thats been treated with AquaSafe will good enough.

    # 9 April 2009 at 10:12 pm
  • juicr said:

    plastic

    # 11 April 2009 at 12:09 pm

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