rustyjames
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hllywd, thanks. That's good to know Gorilla glue has worked for you and been safe. Today is moving day, I'll let you how it went in a couple hours.
Gorilla glue rock wall
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rustyjames
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I've been seeing a good amount of foam/rock wall threads lately so I figured I'd bump an old thread to maybe give people an alternative to foam. Tank has been running for a year or so with no problems from the glue.
janes_mw
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lockdown52
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I read this post just in the nick of time! I'm working on my 210g build and will surely be using Gorilla Glue for aquascape. Great idea guys and thanks!
rustyjames
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Good luck. Show us what you come up with.
janes_mw
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Yes for the faux bottom and "blast" with no sand blow. The only issue would be the corraline algae build up over time (purple, greens, and reds). If you want white bottom, then this would not be white after a while. Kind of the same with using like the large coral rubble, doesn't blow around, but it will color up with the corraline's.
FraggledRock
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This is the First rock wall i think looks Awesome!
rustyjames
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janes, looks great. Are you going with a deep sand bed? I've only done this on a small tank, any tips doing it in a large tank?
janes_mw
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Thanks Rustyjames. Not going Deep sand bed, I just don't bother running the foam wall all the way to the bottom since I have my live rock work going above the area I didn't foam. Just lazy I guess :spin2:
I have always done a fresh water fill (RO) to test the system on my new builds and run carbon for about a week just to make sure I pull anything that might leach out of the system. Other than that, I just go for it! I run Zeovit so the start up is a little different and the sand bed is shallow with 3-5mm Aragonite. If you use alot of dryrock on the foam wall you build, just watch for leaching phosphates as some of them are known for that. I used very little real rock in my foam wall this time. Have fun! that's what this is all about!
mike
rustyjames
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Lenny, mine has held up fine in the year or so it's been running. Sand and rock go on while the glue is wet.
Kafuda, I like it but looks like you knocked your beer in the tank
Kafuda, I like it but looks like you knocked your beer in the tank
Thanks. It did not start off this way in my mind but ended that way in the tank.
As far as beer that bottle would hold maybe one ounce of beer.
Just a fyi and it cannot be seen very well because of the shell but regular table salt can be used to stop the spread of the glue. There is a narrow valley between the two rock structures.
As far as beer that bottle would hold maybe one ounce of beer.
Just a fyi and it cannot be seen very well because of the shell but regular table salt can be used to stop the spread of the glue. There is a narrow valley between the two rock structures.
Chasmodes
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Here's what I'm trying to duplicate with my slow going oyster reef build. This is a real oyster cultch:
and here is a pic of my home made version, using Gorilla Glue:
I have done a lot more since then, so I'll take and post a pic soon.
I will say it's fun, like gluing a model or puzzle together. It's more like art than anything. Sorry to hijack from the wall idea, but just showing what else this glue can do. It was your original post Rusty that gave me the idea to use GG rather than foam.
and here is a pic of my home made version, using Gorilla Glue:
I have done a lot more since then, so I'll take and post a pic soon.
I will say it's fun, like gluing a model or puzzle together. It's more like art than anything. Sorry to hijack from the wall idea, but just showing what else this glue can do. It was your original post Rusty that gave me the idea to use GG rather than foam.
