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    I've seen people doing silicone with coco-fiber, bark, spaghnum and the like, but has anyone tried working with silicone and sand?

    I'm looking to do a natural water feature in my vivarium, including a small waterfall. I do not want to attempt to coat the foam on the water feature using fiber, as I know it will wick moisture. I don't really want to use a lot of stone, because the "concept" of the vivarium is almost a "biotope" - and our local rock is very porous sandstone. This will not be a "rainforest" viv - considering that it'll be a habitat for a couple of Leopard Frogs.

    It's my hope that the sand would wick and carry far less moisture, meaning that I could butt the waterfall directly against the coco-fiber'd back wall without soaking the whole thing. It's also my hope that I can coat the surface with local red sand and gravel, giving it the natural, local, look I want.

    So, has anyone? Would you? Can you think of problems that might arise?

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    bshmerlie
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    I've never tried it....do a test panel first and see how it sticks. You would need a lot of it to really push it in to cover really well. Rinse your test panel with water to see if it comes off.

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    I think I'll do a test this weekend, and see how it works. I figure I can test it on just about any surface, so long as the silicone is in place. I'll update with the results here ASAP.

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    Maybe you can see my waterbedding in the photo album , not sure if I did put it in.
    Here some use silicon as well, even for an entire back wall.
    I use epoxy raisin for that purpose .
    It's far more durable and easier to work with, especially for you're water feature and waterfall.

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    I've used sand to coat silicon, but I only did a very small area to try it out, but it looked quite durable actually. I'm looking forward to hear the results!

    By the way, I have used sand mixed in acryllic paint, and that worked out great.

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