rock aquascaping??
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GPhiAce
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Can anyone confirm this or have some say so in this?
From the little that I have found, one way is to do a frame using eggcrate. Connect the eggcrate using some epoxy (not sure what kind would be safe) in what ever shape yo want. Use a spray adhesive to attach either sand or rubbled rock. This way, if any i left out, it wont have a whitish appearance and may grow coralline on it. This frame is then covered by smaller rocks that you want in your tank. This way you can add coral to the unattahed rocks. One hint that I found was to build in some way for your frame to "hold" the loose rocks. One guy had small pieces of what looked to be broken pvc covered in rock rubble sticking out of the frame to hold the loose rock.
I have also found articles of people who have just glued rocks to each other to form what ever aquascape that they wanted, but this does not seem to be smart with a reef tank, unless you builld in some way to add and remove coral when you want or make it in several pieces.
From the little that I have found, one way is to do a frame using eggcrate. Connect the eggcrate using some epoxy (not sure what kind would be safe) in what ever shape yo want. Use a spray adhesive to attach either sand or rubbled rock. This way, if any i left out, it wont have a whitish appearance and may grow coralline on it. This frame is then covered by smaller rocks that you want in your tank. This way you can add coral to the unattahed rocks. One hint that I found was to build in some way for your frame to "hold" the loose rocks. One guy had small pieces of what looked to be broken pvc covered in rock rubble sticking out of the frame to hold the loose rock.
I have also found articles of people who have just glued rocks to each other to form what ever aquascape that they wanted, but this does not seem to be smart with a reef tank, unless you builld in some way to add and remove coral when you want or make it in several pieces.
Have you seen this thread???
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1300282
Most of the people I see use either pvc or egg crate to get the rock up off of the glass... They use egg crate, epoxy, fiberglass/acrylic rods for support to build off of... And they use sand, pvc shavings, epoxy, and foam to fill in the gaps...
Hope this helps...
Oh, and you can also pre-drill holes in your rock so that you can just insert frag plugs should you decide to add corals in the future...
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1300282
Most of the people I see use either pvc or egg crate to get the rock up off of the glass... They use egg crate, epoxy, fiberglass/acrylic rods for support to build off of... And they use sand, pvc shavings, epoxy, and foam to fill in the gaps...
Hope this helps...
Oh, and you can also pre-drill holes in your rock so that you can just insert frag plugs should you decide to add corals in the future...
AquaVolGP
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heres a good one...i based my formations of this...
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=957071
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=957071
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