Foam Rock Wall!

[mr.badams]

First two live stock! There doing great, Thank you BSL!

 

[05grandprix]

Looking great

 

[Nanodoc]

that picture with the two clowns showed a beatiful backwall!
Imagine that covered with coralline algae and and such, great job!

 

[mr.badams]

I know! I can't wait for some color!

 

[05grandprix]

Brian did you say that you wanted to do my tank also

 

[mr.badams]

Haha! Ummm... Its a process, but sure!

 

[05grandprix]

Lol when I find a new home I will let you know

 

[techdiver]

I bet it feels good to have your project completed. It will look nice when the color fills in.

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[mr.badams]

Oh, it does! Need coral frags now

 

[mr.badams]

Quick update, everything is going well with the new tank setup. no diatom bloom yet.

 

[TheReefaholic]

Looks good Brian. I'm really thinkin bout puttin one in mine before I add the water over the next few days. Ahhhhh decisions decisions

 

[mr.badams]

If you have the time, do it! Its well worth it. You wouldnt have to buy as much live rock then

 

[TheReefaholic]

How much total $ did u put into it. And how much time?

 

[mr.badams]

A little over $200 i think, i didnt really keep track of it. I remember the pond foam best because it was the most expensive. I think one can costs around 14 with tax included, I ended up using 8 cans. The gorilla glue was $20ish, sand was $15, light deflector sheets(egg crate) was $25, rubble rock or dry rock was around 60-70, and then the zipties and masonary drill bits were another 10ish. It didnt take that long to actually construct if u have all of your stuff needed together. I broke my tank down and had it back up and running in a month. I took my time with everything just to make sure i did it right and made sure that everything that needed to dry, did.

 

[05grandprix]

That's not bad

 

[mr.badams]

Alot better then buying $8 per pound live rock and trying to cover the back of the tank up.

 

[TheReefaholic]

That's not bad. The are on the back of my tank is a little less so it should be cheaper. And plus if you pile LR agains the back it creates dead spots in flow.

 

[mr.badams]

Yes, another good point. I really like the extra space I have on the bottom

 

[Nanodoc]

You should give a talk at one of our meetings about "how I did it"!
Judging from the level of interest, it would go over very well.
There is your next month topic, markus!

 

[Nanodoc]

You should give a talk at one of our meetings about "how I did it"!
Judging from the level of interest, it would go over very well.
There is your next month topic, markus!