I decied to use the full strength 'slab mix' of concrete to patch the joints between the slabs to make the whole thing like one big piece. I did that because I didn't have much faith in those little zip ties holding the heavy pieces for very long, and I didn't want the joints to crumble and open up when the zip ties start to fall apart.
Remeber this piece?
Using the same recipe for the concrete live rock, I made up a big batch of the 'salty concrete' to cover over the structure to try to make it look less fake, and around the base to blend the slabs down in to the sand. I had hoped to get it to stick to the more vertical areas, but it kept crumbling off and falling to the bottom. So, the whole structure didn't get veneered in salty concrete quite like I was hoping.
This is more or less what it'll look like until the end of time. There are some differneces in the colors of the different mixes, and the lace rock, but that should more or less be hidden once life starts growing over everything.
I also took that same 'live rock' mix and mounded it on top of anything I thought might stick up above the sand.
By the way, that's what the stuff looks before the salt has been dissolved out of it.
Remeber this piece?
Using the same recipe for the concrete live rock, I made up a big batch of the 'salty concrete' to cover over the structure to try to make it look less fake, and around the base to blend the slabs down in to the sand. I had hoped to get it to stick to the more vertical areas, but it kept crumbling off and falling to the bottom. So, the whole structure didn't get veneered in salty concrete quite like I was hoping.
This is more or less what it'll look like until the end of time. There are some differneces in the colors of the different mixes, and the lace rock, but that should more or less be hidden once life starts growing over everything.
I also took that same 'live rock' mix and mounded it on top of anything I thought might stick up above the sand.
By the way, that's what the stuff looks before the salt has been dissolved out of it.
