Here are a couple of various fish tanks and or aquariums I made. Soooo simple ! After checking online, blogs, websites, tutorial sites... I found a few that really answered the questions I had about creating one for myself. Etsy also had a couple of aquariums at the time. My first attempts were using a " Fish bowl" or candle holder from Michael's Crafts. It was a great starting point but I wanted something bigger and with more pizzazz! next I found a couple of play-scale aquariums online. They had tops which looked far more real then the bowl I had just created. Only problem with these aquariums was the tiny hole in which to put the water or simulated water, and getting anything by way of decor for an aquarium was next to impossible. After a long time searching online I finally found tiny and to scale glass boxes at a miniature store in the U.K, they were perfect! I made sure to reseal all the seams on the glass so it wouldn't leak while I was pouring in the simulated water... I learned this the hard way the first time. I found another blog where they used a simulated water product from Walmart of all places... It was only $5.00 ! much cheaper then craft or jewelry resin, that sells for quite a bit more. I used micro beads as gravel, natural seashells, tiny plants that I purchased when I bought the glass boxes, tiny resin fish I bought on ebay. I also learned that when placing the fish it is best to use clear stringing which you can get in the jewelry section at your local craft store... I could stand to perfect these aquariums, but my first attempts were a great stepping stone for me.
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