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Fake Aquarium

How to make an aquarium without real fish.

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/fake-aquarium • Posted by

I always wanted a real fish aquarium, but this is maybe better, lol.

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

1 h 40

Difficulty

So-so
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Description

I always wanted a real fish aquarium, but this is maybe better, lol.

Instructions

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    Make some fish with clay and paint them. Add 2 layers of nail hardener so they will survive tha water ;)

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    Fill the fish bowl with some stones and water.

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    Now you can use fake plants for the decoration!

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    And also shells are nice to decorate.

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    Maybe it's weird, but I used a hair for this, cause that's the most invisible string I had. Now stretch the long hair over the fish bowl and use invisible tape to hold it on both sides

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    On the picture you see red lines, those are the hair. The thickest is the main hair. And at the arrows there is tape. Hope you understand how the fish swim now in the middle of the bowl and not at the sides. Now it's more realistic when they swim in the middle. The hair is invisible! (almost)

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    And now you should have a fake aquarium. And if you did it well, it wouldn't look fake at all!