Tiled my tanks!! And . . . .

[Latlaw]

I love them! I switched from repti-carpet to tile. Such a clean look and so far giving a nice heat distribution. The gang are still on the fence about them though. They are suspiciously smelling and licking all over their tanks. Very cute! I have five 20 gal longs and used 2 12x12's and had husband cut a 12x12 in half for the additional 6 inches. Made a nice tight fit. I may end up using some sort of grout or caulking and having them become a permanent part of the tank. All in all very pleased with the new renovation.

 

[SLB1989]

Looks very nice

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

That looks great.

 

[infamousJokeR]

looks good. :main_thumbsup:

 

[Khrysty]

I'd recommend grout over caulking. I caulked my tile into a 10gal that I had and it was just ridiculously messy, impossible to clean when i messed up, and didn't look as sleek as I'd hoped. Grout should be less of a hassle, at least in that manner

 

[infamousJokeR]

i used sanded caulking and it turned out just fine, nor was it hard to clean up.

 

[Khrysty]

i used sanded caulking and it turned out just fine, nor was it hard to clean up.

..maybe that would have been a better choice for me, heh

 

[geckobeginner22]

Hey great tank.. I might change to tile from reptile carpet tooo soon... how much did the tile cost.. and what is grouting and caulking......I also have a 20L .. do you find that it gives off heat better than reptile carpet. Thanks alot

 

[Leomyster]

Very nice I love it

 

[steve905]

I'd lean towards the caulking. Grout is by nature porous and you could get some nice bacteria strains going on there...

 

[TheRed]

I just switched from carpet to tile too. I just used sand in the cracks, instead of grout or caulking. I think it looks way better plus the worms and roaches can't sneak underneath

 

[enigmaslim]

I use tile and sand, I did what one member on here did which was brake the tile and put it together like a puzzle and fill in cracks with sand. I was worried about the edges put my lil buddies have been on it for over 2 months and the are doing fine. I might go from the heat lamps and go with UTH's under the tile