Make Your Own Small Scaled Pillars for Your Aquarium!

Hi Everybody!

Let's get in Roman Style!

Today we would be making some Pillars which would be a decor for our Aquarium!

Some Simple and easy to get Materials which had cost below $3 for me !

These Look Great in your Aquarium and your could even make a full Scene of Rome by making different castings from cardboard.!

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Warning Before Attempting: These pillars are made of Portland cement and Portland cement changes the pH of water, I suggest to keep only hard fishes ( Like Cichlids) for some 3-4 months in the tank in which these decor are kept . Wait Until all pH in the cement is little down to keep soft water fishes in that tank . Other than this you can also keep the casted pillar in tub full of water for 3-4 months with regular water changes!

The Above Picture of pillar was kept in my Aquarium for some seconds only to click a picture and show how beautiful they are! :)

Gather all the Right Materials :

1) Cardboard ( which have groves in between for strength ) ( Could be procured from cardboard containers of Air conditioners / Other Appliance Boxes )

2) White Portland cement is a must, to make pillars white! :P

3) Cello Tape / Duct Tape

Start by Removing the Upper Layer of Cardboard.

( My Cardboard was Having 2 Layers ,Just Remember to remove layers until you get the groves.)

There would be an Upper Layer under which there are groves

To make the cardboard soft , you may need to remove the other side layer too!

( Just to make it soft and roll it )

So , As we all know .. We are making a pillar and Pillar would be cylindrical shape.

Diameter and Length could be any of your like!

Make Sure to tape the whole roll with cello tape / duct tape.

This Holds the cardboard when wet mixture of portland cement is added.

Now , We Would be taping the Roll to a plastic base , as portland cement would not stick to plastic when dry.

Do Remember to Tape the roll firmly to the base because the mixture might leak if there is a big gap.

Make the Mixture a little bit thick and pour in in the cylinder.

Now after 5 Hrs. of Drying , Remove the tape because cardboard would have been wet and needs to be dried!

Cardboard might feel sticky at this time :P

Now you could remove the cardboard by hand.

Fill a small tube with water and submerge the pillar .

Leave it for 2 Days .

This would not affect the pH of the Pillar but it would help it to Remove Powder which is given out by portland cement time by time!

And if you want it to put it inside your Aquarium Immediatly , then you could use Aquarium safe silicone and coat it with a painting brush on the pillar,

This might give a glossy finish which i don't like..

Decision is up to you only.. :)

Guaranteed your friends would appreciate your work and beautiful thing created by you...