Show me your Pillar's
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Reef or Die
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I wish I found this thread a couple of weeks ago before I drilled my rock, this thread is the s&*^ !!! you guys have your pillars down to a science, every tank on this post is unbelievable. It was my first time doing this so I used the 3/8 acrylic rods and did half my tank. Haven't gotten to trhe rest of it though. Now I am inspired again.. I will be trying to imitate some of the formations I just saw. Nice job....
Here is an early shot of the columns I am placing in my 75g. Since this pic, the one on the righ has been scrapped for a duplicate / mirror of the one on the left. I will try to get a better shot. I plan to use the pegging method like Carl on reefvideos. The plates are the ceramic plates from Aquaroche, hard to beat at $15 each. By doing this, it will give me a lot of room for corals and yet maximum room for fish to swim as well. When I take a better shot, I will try to get a top down shot to show all the surface area for corals to sit.
DamnPepShrimp
Moved On
Here's the start of my 120g upgrade.
savethereef
SCRK
Konad0g i need to set something up with you man so i can see your tank. i plan to upgrade to your dims for my next tank.
tankslave
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13525316#post13525316 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by EnFuego
Does anybody know how to make this stuff:
That was made out of a stucco mix, but it has the same problems as any other concrete; you have to cure it in fresh water. It leaches into the water and turns it very alkaline. Look up the "DIY rock" thread. Lots of ideas there. I actually gave up on this project and just took some marine 2 part epoxy and glued a bunch of LR together.
cybrsufr
In Memoriam
figured I would show my pillars since I have been lurking in this forum for quite awhile. These are from about 2 months ago when I first upgraded to a 180 from a 90. I will post some newer ones in this weekend when I take some.
I have nothing but the rocks themselves holding them together. I had the opportunity to sort through an entire pallet of dry Puccani rock to get the one that fit just how I envisioned it. In the end it turned out pretty good, or at least I like to think so. I really got lucky with the center pillar as that is one rock that is about 18" across, The cool thing is dry it only weighed 22 lbs, cured it is almost 40.
I have nothing but the rocks themselves holding them together. I had the opportunity to sort through an entire pallet of dry Puccani rock to get the one that fit just how I envisioned it. In the end it turned out pretty good, or at least I like to think so. I really got lucky with the center pillar as that is one rock that is about 18" across, The cool thing is dry it only weighed 22 lbs, cured it is almost 40.
