Fish room flooring question:

[jlnielsen13]

What do you guys think of these "exercise tiles" for my fish room? They wouldn't go under the tank but around the stand just on the floor where I would be walking.


http://www.amazon.com/ProSource-Puz...id=1420409120&sr=8-1&keywords=rubber+flooring

Any other suggestions??

 

[dkeller_nc]

If you're talking "dedicated fish room" where water on the floor is a definite possibility/certainty, I'd go with something else. The mats you linked to appear to be solid, so any water that got between it and the (concrete?) floor might promote mold growth. And I'm thinking it'd be a royal pain to take them up to let everything dry out.

If you can find it, something made out of rubber that has holes through it (sort of a "mesh") would allow you to spill water on the floor and not have to worry about mold, since the holes would allow water to evaporate.

By the way, if you decide to go with solid rubber, horse stall mats from Tractor Supply would be considerably cheaper than the exercise mats you linked to.

 

[billdogg]

I went with painted concrete for mine. Cleans up nicely, and if it gets wet, I don't realyy care!

 

[jlnielsen13]

I went with painted concrete for mine. Cleans up nicely, and if it gets wet, I don't realyy care!

What about the electric charge issue with standing on concrete floors??

Thanks,

JIM