Marc`s DIY 900g Inwall System
- Thread starter Fudge
- Start date
outprowllin
In Memoriam
Very impressive....this is the old style of tank building taken up a knotch....You should feel very proud......are there any problems that you have run into once it was set up that could have been avoided during the building process???
Jasen Hicks
Premium Member
Thats awesome... thats all i can say...
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=5915292#post5915292 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Fudge
Thanks guys,
Chelsey,
I used a truck load of black zipties, about 70% of my remaing useful vertebrae....and a good portion of my sanity.
Holds it together pretty well.
Marc.
I'd be a little concerned about relying on zipties to support the rock structure. My experience has been that they get brittle and break after a long-term exposure to heat, bright light, stress and saltwater.
Greg
Hello all,
Sorry so long without an update.
I really havent done a whole lot other than add some corals, and a little more aquascaping.
I could give you a few more recent pics, and answer some questions though .
Steve,
Im hoping that when they get that big ill toss another couple rock bases in for support.
FWIW, Im sure that its more sturdy already than any reef structures ive had before.
Get-r-done,
-A good 10+ hrs in the first session probably an additional 5+ in the second......and i still play at it all the time.
I couldnt guess how many i spent just trying to draw and envision the scape before i placed the tabs.
-I have about 270 lbs in there, in total.
Itsmee and asnatlas,
I placed the rock where it needed to be placed, and looked then where it needed to be drilled/chipped/supported...ect. then ziptied after the work was done.
Placement was intended to hide pvc only for both side and face views,
There are still many spots open with exposed pvc, just in views that are not seen.
Sparkss, 1" pvc was used.
Outprowllin,
Yeah..lol a couple come to mind..
one problem is i dont like the top down views i get, due to losing my light once the canopy is slid out of the way to take a pic or view it.
Lucky i can just add a couple small halides to the ceiling, and kick them on when the canopy is retracted.
Tabndust,
The 1" spa flex doesnt really have a lot of give, when peices are relativley small in length.
GSchiemer,
The ties do not really support any structure, nor carry any significant rock.
They are simply used to hold the rock onto the structure.
The wieght is carried by the 1" pvc, and a few well placed supportive rocks underneath.
A few of the pieces bleached out a little soon after the removal of the sand bed, but are making a nice recovery.
A couple interesting pics, this one i found about 4 or 5 yrs ago.
I believe it came out of the solomans or Vanuatu ?
I had thought it to be some kinda Stumpy Hoek, but with corralites that dont seem to have any direction,lol.
It growths thicker than most acro`s ive seen.
Here it is spawning in the tank,
More.....
Sorry so long without an update.
I really havent done a whole lot other than add some corals, and a little more aquascaping.
I could give you a few more recent pics, and answer some questions though .
Steve,
Im hoping that when they get that big ill toss another couple rock bases in for support.
FWIW, Im sure that its more sturdy already than any reef structures ive had before.
Get-r-done,
-A good 10+ hrs in the first session probably an additional 5+ in the second......and i still play at it all the time.
I couldnt guess how many i spent just trying to draw and envision the scape before i placed the tabs.
-I have about 270 lbs in there, in total.
Itsmee and asnatlas,
I placed the rock where it needed to be placed, and looked then where it needed to be drilled/chipped/supported...ect. then ziptied after the work was done.
Placement was intended to hide pvc only for both side and face views,
There are still many spots open with exposed pvc, just in views that are not seen.
Sparkss, 1" pvc was used.
Outprowllin,
Yeah..lol a couple come to mind..
one problem is i dont like the top down views i get, due to losing my light once the canopy is slid out of the way to take a pic or view it.
Lucky i can just add a couple small halides to the ceiling, and kick them on when the canopy is retracted.
Tabndust,
The 1" spa flex doesnt really have a lot of give, when peices are relativley small in length.
GSchiemer,
The ties do not really support any structure, nor carry any significant rock.
They are simply used to hold the rock onto the structure.
The wieght is carried by the 1" pvc, and a few well placed supportive rocks underneath.
A few of the pieces bleached out a little soon after the removal of the sand bed, but are making a nice recovery.
A couple interesting pics, this one i found about 4 or 5 yrs ago.
I believe it came out of the solomans or Vanuatu ?
I had thought it to be some kinda Stumpy Hoek, but with corralites that dont seem to have any direction,lol.
It growths thicker than most acro`s ive seen.
Here it is spawning in the tank,
More.....
Michael7979
New member
So very nice!!!!!!!!!
Rurouni Kenshin
New member
I have a few questions about the Pvc work, it looks amazing and I'd like to copy it as much as possible in my little 29G. In this first pic of the Pvc w/o the LR it looks like the left hand arch has a foot to hold it up that is buried in the sand. What did you do after you removed the sand?
Or mabye you can just help me out Click here designing somthing else?
Or mabye you can just help me out Click here designing somthing else?
Last edited:
smokinprice
New member
Wow! That thing is huge but stunning!! Nicely done. Now I have to pick my jaw up from the floor.....
