My DIY Rock/Foam Reef
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Fishingpcola
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Styrene is marine toxic. ALWAYS READ THE MSDS! That will tell you the chemical makeup.
flyingclay
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looks great, and all the info has been a great help, I hope I will have something to offer in the future
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Hey Fury - any idea where to get "dairy-grade" vinylesters?
I can't find it with google. Thanks for all the input everyone.
I can't find it with google. Thanks for all the input everyone.
Hi Ocean,
Here are two suppliers which should have it. Although, they may have it listed under a different "grade name." It has been several years since I have used it.
Both of these sources are good for epoxies, polyesters, gelcoats, glass cloth, supplies, etc. also. Polygard is the best when ordering pails and drums of material. Fiberglass Coatings for smaller quantities.
They both also carry the expandable urethane foam in cans which you mix yourself also. .. 2lb to 15 lb densities.
Fiberglass Coatings -- St. Pete, FL www.fgci.com
Polygard -- Tampa, FL www.polygard.com
Good luck with your project!
Here are two suppliers which should have it. Although, they may have it listed under a different "grade name." It has been several years since I have used it.
Both of these sources are good for epoxies, polyesters, gelcoats, glass cloth, supplies, etc. also. Polygard is the best when ordering pails and drums of material. Fiberglass Coatings for smaller quantities.
They both also carry the expandable urethane foam in cans which you mix yourself also. .. 2lb to 15 lb densities.
Fiberglass Coatings -- St. Pete, FL www.fgci.com
Polygard -- Tampa, FL www.polygard.com
Good luck with your project!
This is what you want:
http://zap.supergluecorp.com/pt40.html
and this is where to get it:
http://www.hobbylinc.com/cgi-bin/s6.cgi?cat_s=&str=paapt40&I1.x=13&I1.y=8
http://zap.supergluecorp.com/pt40.html
and this is where to get it:
http://www.hobbylinc.com/cgi-bin/s6.cgi?cat_s=&str=paapt40&I1.x=13&I1.y=8
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Giga
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This the foam to get. I can literly walk to the store
http://doitbest.com/Weather+stripping-Convenience+Products-model-4001140440-doitbest-sku-261228.dib
http://doitbest.com/Weather+stripping-Convenience+Products-model-4001140440-doitbest-sku-261228.dib
Wow, that is awesome. I bet it is a hella lot cheaper than live rock too.
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I thought the best (least toxic) would be pond foam (already made for freshwater fish) with vinyl ester resin to hold the sand/crushed coral?
Good to know there are different substances that can work; I'm just probably going to err on the side of paranoid
I was glad to read a month of curing helps ensure non-toxicity in foam/resin rocks.
This is such a fantastic new method - great thread.
Good to know there are different substances that can work; I'm just probably going to err on the side of paranoid
I was glad to read a month of curing helps ensure non-toxicity in foam/resin rocks.
This is such a fantastic new method - great thread.
5 minutes difference in dry time. The one set of bottles was good enough for my entire project. And, the bottles are marked so that you can easily mix equal amounts. I used about 1/8 of the product at a time. That would cover a foot or so which took about tem minutes. Then I would sprinkle the sand on it and go make another batch.
Fishingpcola
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I'm having to use two boxes of the stuff. There is no order and dries fast, especially 85 degree weather here in FL.
Tahoe Reefer
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thnx for the links, i ordered some 2 part for my nano project.
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Keep the pics, questions and comments flowin'...
seaskraP
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I also am a victim of mis-identifying those damn majanoes. keep feeding them and watched em take over the tank. should have realized that hardly anything desirable grows that fast.
broke the tank down, and am going to do a foam rock/background wall.
heres a pic of my rock/foam wall in a little 5-g on the 1st day with water.
not a great pic, but this was made by laying the tank on its back, directly spaying the foam on the back wall, they pressing rocks and sand/course gravel into the foam.
as the foam expanded i would press more and more sand into it, creating a very solid wall. you can also mold the background better once you get a slurry of substrate and foam going. when dried hardly any foam was exposed, and it felt very solid and was very porous. this nano ran for about a year with no problems, livestock was fine and no disintegration of the foam.
the plan for my big foam background would be the same-no epoxy, just lots of substrate pressed into the wet foam, except obviously built it outside the tank first.
though i would post this since i saw several people ask the question about no epoxy, and applying sand to the wet foam.
will post some pics after some progress is made.
broke the tank down, and am going to do a foam rock/background wall.
heres a pic of my rock/foam wall in a little 5-g on the 1st day with water.
not a great pic, but this was made by laying the tank on its back, directly spaying the foam on the back wall, they pressing rocks and sand/course gravel into the foam.
as the foam expanded i would press more and more sand into it, creating a very solid wall. you can also mold the background better once you get a slurry of substrate and foam going. when dried hardly any foam was exposed, and it felt very solid and was very porous. this nano ran for about a year with no problems, livestock was fine and no disintegration of the foam.
the plan for my big foam background would be the same-no epoxy, just lots of substrate pressed into the wet foam, except obviously built it outside the tank first.
though i would post this since i saw several people ask the question about no epoxy, and applying sand to the wet foam.
will post some pics after some progress is made.
