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lachie1998 Shrimp Breeder

lachie1998

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Hi Guys

I came up with this little cave thing for my female red dragon to hide from the male when he gets agro.

1. Buy a pot, the pot i used is 23cm across.

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2. Soak the pot in water for 5 minutes to soften the pot.

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3. Use a pencil to mark how big you want your entrance to be.

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4. Get a hack saw and cut your marked lines.

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5. Use a hole saw to finish off the entrance, the hole saw will make a arch at the top of the entrance.

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6. File off the edges so there will be no harm done to your beloved flowernorn.

Here is the finshed product:

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It is big enought for the female to fit in but not the male so she can escape from him if need be.

Cheers Lachie

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Dean Shrimp Master

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coll idea mate, so many interesting and different ways to do things with DIY. i use do do the exact same thing for my bristle nose when i had them years back.

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How did you find it on the saw blade?

I cut a couple in half to make BN caves and found that after each pot the saw was pretty much done.

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a 4 inch grinder with diamond blade worked for me best and fastest lol i never tried the hacksaw way as im to lazy :)

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a 4 inch grinder with diamond blade worked for me best and fastest lol i never tried the hacksaw way as im to lazy :)

I tried the dremel and ran through about 10 discs on that too :beaten:

Eventually resorted to cracking them with a cold chisel and using a belt sander to flatten them out

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the dremel are only good for little cuts and Handy man stuff. the dimond blades on the 4 inch greinder are made for cutting tiles and stone etc very easy and fast. those dremel blades cost a small fortune :) could buy a cheap grinder and blade from bunnings for the price of 10.

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I'm tempted to buy a tile saw there are cheapo ones for <$150 figure it would pay off itself pretty quick.

-Sorry for hijacking your thread Lachie - I'm off to to go watch a beer pong tournament so I wont annoy anyone any more tonight

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-Sorry for hijacking your thread Lachie - I'm off to to go watch a beer pong tournament so I wont annoy anyone any more tonight

Its fine, these are very good questions.

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