Building pedestal for Mag nem

[dieselkeeper]

Like the title says, I have a flat piece of rock that I want to use for the top of the pedestal. The problem is it has a lot of holes in it. Some are big, too big to fill in with putty. I was thinking of filling them in with some fiberglass resin. Which are reef safe? Lowes has something from Bondo. which would you recommend? Thanks in advance

 

[mnchartier]

Post a picture of the rock, could help to come up with other ideas. How about using PVC end caps and epoxy putty them in, that way you don't have to be concerned if it's reef safe

 

[Smokey Stover]

Might want to try the Reef Welder plastic epoxy/resin glue from Marine Depot. it's some neat stuff. It's not really epoxy or glue but little plastic pellets with a low melting temp. Put some in a bowl with (I use ro/di) water and microwave a couple minutes and you can form it any way you like. when cool its solid and reef safe. If you push it into holes/cavities in rock and join them together it ain't coming out. Leftovers can be re-heated/re-used.

 

[top shelf]

^^^^^^ +1Its really great stuff and easy to work with. I used it for my entire scape.

Here's the link
https://www.marinedepot.com/AquaMax...7_1uh7i0eBdR0To6LiKLrOiV16EHi3WBoCTmEQAvD_BwE

 

[pfan151]

Might want to try the Reef Welder plastic epoxy/resin glue from Marine Depot. it's some neat stuff. It's not really epoxy or glue but little plastic pellets with a low melting temp. Put some in a bowl with (I use ro/di) water and microwave a couple minutes and you can form it any way you like. when cool its solid and reef safe. If you push it into holes/cavities in rock and join them together it ain't coming out. Leftovers can be re-heated/re-used.

This works well but can be ordered much cheaper under the name ThermoMorph. Identical product without the jacked up aquarium product price.

 

[dieselkeeper]

What third party photo hosting website are you guys using?

 

[davocean]

What third party photo hosting website are you guys using?

I'm using smugmug myself, not free but not expensive, and very user friendly, nice image quality.

 

[dieselkeeper]

This is what I started with

This what I ended up with using Macro rocks cement

Ended up being close to a hundred dollar rock. Does anyone know if this cement has to cure in freshwater first?

 

[dieselkeeper]

Turning into a monster. 10 inches across