Its.Evannn
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I like the idea of using natural sea water. Tank looks so awesome so far. Good luck with build
7,000 litres Natural reef tank - Thailand
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Thanks for your kind word.
tmantaylor18
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Are you going to cover the tank, so no pool water gets in there?
koranangel32
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this is going to be a awesome build definitely going to follow this one fairly new t salt water fish started a 150 gallon tank of my own
No , there won't be any cover as the tank is too tall for pool water to splash through .
Thanks and I hope you enjoy the marine hobby for years to come
tmantaylor18
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Slow process of aquascaping. We have to stack the rocks so that the height would eventually reach 56 inches and we have to wait for each layer to dry before stack another layer. My calculation , if we stack the rocks everyday then it would take us up to two weeks . We are using dead rocks from my past venture in marine aquarium which was about 15 years ago. But we did give these rocks a thorough wash and left to dry out in the sun for 2 weeks.
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tmantaylor18
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What are you using? Have you looked at Marco rock cement?
dave.m
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If you wait to assemble all your rockwork outside the tank it will weigh a TON when you try to lift it up into the tank. Better to assemble the rockwork while it is inside the tank.
It's a good idea to dry-assemble the rock outside the tank while you figure out how you want the pieces to go together, but then move the pieces into the tank one at a time for final assembly.
Do you know Chingchai Uekrongtham in Bangkok (user chingchai here on RC)? He introduced this forum to a product called EpoPutty by Alteco for assembling his rockwork.
Dave.M
It's a good idea to dry-assemble the rock outside the tank while you figure out how you want the pieces to go together, but then move the pieces into the tank one at a time for final assembly.
Do you know Chingchai Uekrongtham in Bangkok (user chingchai here on RC)? He introduced this forum to a product called EpoPutty by Alteco for assembling his rockwork.
Dave.M
Dave , Thanks for your advise. Yes I do know him in cyberspace but not personally. And yes it is a good idea to assemble rocks inside the tank as these rocks are to heavy to be lifted in such a tall tank. I am not using Epoputty but using a special type of cement that will not contaminate the sea water but need to apply when dry and not underwater .
Using a special formulated cement made locally . I think it will do the trick as it has been tested in many tanks here in Thailand.
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