Thinking about making a custom DIY silicone gravel mat for my solo ADF to fix the "dirty rocks" issue. Has anyone tried this?
"Hey everyone! I have a solo female ADF in a 10-gallon tank. I absolutely love her, and she’s super interactive, but I hate cleaning loose rock substrate because waste and pellet dust always sink into the cracks and make her lethargic before cleaning day.She loves traction and is trained to eat from a sunken dish, so I don't want a totally slippery bare glass floor. I’m planning to design a custom 19"x9" removable floor mat. I want to take a food-safe green aquarium gravel and smooth glass pebbles, puzzle them tightly together on wax paper, and fuse them from the back with 100% aquarium-safe silicone. I’ll leave a perfect cutout hole for her vintage porcelain feeding saucer so it sits deep and flush on the glass.My goal is to keep the bumpy texture she loves for grip, but seal the bottom so waste sits right on top for easy siphoning, and I can just lift the whole mat out during deep cleans. Has anyone here built a custom silicone rock mat for their frogs? Any tips on curing or structural durability under water? Thanks!"