where else to get Handi-foam?

[A. Grandis]

Please let me know where to get that Handi-foam.
I have found Dr. Foster&Smith (they don´t ship to Hawaii) and AquaticEcoSystems (too expensive to ship!!).
Please help. My new tank is waiting just for that.
Aloha,
Grandis.

[redox]

lowes or home depot

[Fiziksgeek]

Any place that deals with Koi ponds or other water features will likely have it.

[A. Grandis]

Nope, not here!
No Home Depot, no Lowes, no pond places have it. They´ve got other brands, but not for ponds.
I was thinking to order on line ...

Is there any other non-toxic brand safe for the saltwater system?

Please keep trying to help me.
Thanks a lot
Alooooha,
Grandis.

[Fiziksgeek]

I would think other brands of foam would be just fine. If its made to go in a koi pond, its going to be safe for the fish. I know there are at least a couple other brands out there people have used. Hopefully some of them will chime in here.

I believe Great-Stuff foam by Dow is one of them, but it does not come in black if i recall.

[RickD1]

Fastenal has it

[A. Grandis]

Hello:

Hey Fiziksgeek... We do have the Great-Stuff foam by Dow here at Home Depot. I didn´t know we can use that in the aquarium... I thought it was toxic for the fish.

Can anyone here let me know if they used before in a fish tank?
thanks a lot for the help.

Any other tips by users?

Any additional links regarding the use of the foams in aquariums?

Thanks!

Aloha from Hawaii
Grandis.

[wsukid12]

i too would like to know if great stuff is safe because i am making a rock wall with cable ties and egg crate and would love to use GS seeing that i already have it and its cheaper...i know when i had poison dart frogs i used it in there set up to create a waterfall...but dont know if saltwater is different

[spookey]

great sruff is safe for sw...A. Grandis try your (LHWS)

[A. Grandis]

LHWS?

I´ve got a foam: Rockin Foam.
Will try out soon.
Grandis.

[darkarcher]

LHWS= Local Hardware Store

[A. Grandis]

I´ve used the Rockin Foam and loved it! I´m so happy with the results. It really looks like rock. I believe it´s just like the other types of pond foam. Now I need to find time to start the system!
Thanks a lot for the help guys!

Any other tips or sites with foam work in aquariums please post.

Aloha,
Grandis.

[RONCGIZMO]

I thought that stuff was very buoyant?

[logiktest]

Tiggsy was using it in this thread:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...readid=1188352

Sorry, I dont know how to hyper link that. I hope this helps.

[logiktest]

Oh... It hyper linked by its self! Man I'm good...

[A. Grandis]

Well... today I found only about 25% of the foam still on the glass. The tank is still empty. The foam shrinked around the edges and came off the glass.
Anyone knows?
What did I do wrong?
Grandis.

[A. Grandis]

Is it the first time that this kind of thing happens?
Anyone?
I took the foam out of the tank.
Maybe it´s the brand / type of foam?
Grandis

[A. Grandis]

Well, I have to believe that´s the first time anyone hear about the foam getting off the glass by itself. The size now is about 70 to 75% of the initial area covered. I think the thing is still shrinking...

I promess to you guys that I didn´t put it in the dryer!

Grandis.

[RyanBrucks]

wow that is strange

Sidewinders tank uses handi-foam all over the back, and I am contemplating covering my overflows with it.

azreef.com - display tank

[A. Grandis]

Could it be the brand that I´ve used?





It´s just too bad I can´t find the Handi-foam around here!
Well, I´ve got another idea and will try a thin concrete wall to cover the back. More work...

Hope this thread helps others when they choose the foam.

Grandis.

[tgreene]

I just used the 2-part Handi-Foam on Saturday, for a 1000g reef system that I'm currently building.

http://www.foampower.com/store/two_component/index.html

I first siliconed eggcrate to the walls, then after 24 hours of silicone curing, I sprayed the eggcrate with the foam... Once the foam was cured, I painted it with epoxy resin and covered it all in sand.

[RyanBrucks]

very cool idea. eggcrate gives it more surface to grab onto

I like what you've done, mixing the foam+resin+sand.

I think I'm going to head more that route, but I'm going to fasten a few pieces of base rock in there to break it up (probably with pvc fatened to the eggcrate

[tgreene]

The foam alone would easily pull away from the tank as it cures, but the eggcrate keeps that from happening, since it's alreay well secured. Also, since eggcrate is polystyrene, the eggcrate and foam will basically become one.

The 2-part Handi-Foam that I used is a closed cell foam, and it becomes rock hard in a matter of seconds, not hours like open cell Great Stuff does. It also gets very hot due to the chemical reaction that takes place when the 2 parts are combined at the spray nozzle.

I had every intention of stuffing a lot of rubble in the foam, but it wasn't possible due to how quickly it set up... The entire tank took all of 3-4 minutes to spray!

-Tim

[A. Grandis]

I thought about that tgreene, but my problem would be the type of foam, I would think. I´ve thought about lots of possibilities.

It´s very nice to have your pictures here and and know that it is possible to do with the egg crate + silicone.

Well, 2 days ago I´ve got some egg crate and white cement to make the back wall of the tank. Hope I won´t take too long to cure, once sometimes that´s the problem with cement!

Maybe the other tanks worked better with the foam because they were acrylic?

My foam looks concave now and is history! Can´t use for nothing!

Aloha,
Grandis.

[tgreene]

A few years ago I tried foaming directly to the glass, and the results were exactly as you described... I've done a ton of research since then, to learn about what does and does not work.

-Tim