Foam Rock Wall!

[mr.badams]

Hi everyone,
I started a foam rock wall project for the 125. I,m kinda impulsive when it comes to the reef and i,m never really satisfied with the look of it. I know this project has been done by 1000's of people a 1000 different ways but, I found one look that seemed to fit what i wanted to do very well. It can be found here on reef central http://web2.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1437901. Ill be uploading pics of everything as
i get them loaded.

 

[Below Sea Level]

Sweet. Been waiting for an update of this. Looking forward to the pics.

 

[techdiver]

I always like to see a nice DIY project. I'll tag along for pics.

 

[mr.badams]

Ok, so here's some starting pics. this "egg crate" is actually a light deflector bought at home depot isle 43 if i'm not mistaken...
the egg crate sheet says it is 2x4 but it is actually short of that... I don't remember the exact measurements but it was not 24" x 48"

 

[mr.badams]

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I cut the egg crate into three parts. Two 17" panels and one 9", I cut the 9" down to 7 1/2"

 

[mr.badams]

Another view of the two pieces that were cut to 17"

 

[mr.badams]

I bought some dry rock and dead coral, thank you BSL!. I also picked up some masonry drill bits, and some zip ties.

 

[Below Sea Level]

woohoo PROJECT!!!

 

[shirley386]

It's always a good idea to wear steel toe boots when working with those heavy power tools. :lmao:

 

[mr.badams]

Haha.. Yes, how could i forget the steel toes!

 

[mr.badams]

Me and my little helper attaching the first few pieces of rock to the egg crate

 

[05grandprix]

Awesome keep updating

 

[mr.badams]

More rocks added!

 

[mr.badams]

I didn't really where to stop but, I think this will work for this piece.

 

[mr.badams]

And yes, as you can tell I used four pieces of fake rock. I was against this but, the fake rocks had great shape...

 

[mr.badams]

This is the layout I'm going with. I am still in limbo rather or not I want to cover the over flows.

 

[mr.badams]

Second piece about done

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Looks good so far,are you gonna use black pond foam to fill in.

 

[Lavoisier]

Looks like an interesting project...I'm following along.

 

[05grandprix]

Looks great