goldmaniac
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Show me your Pillars!!
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fireball198
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aaron1987
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Thanks! Would you believe I've been able to roughly duplicate it repeatedly? Tank gets moved about every 9 months. It's a nightmare, the rocks are a freaking jigsaw puzzle! As a for the picture, a little bit of both. I'm running a 14k halide, 3x Blue+ and 1x KZ Fiji purple overhead. The camera's nothing special, just a Nikon D40. Getting the colors to saturate and show properly takes some practice and some luck!
Coral shading. I increased my usable surface area considerably when I went with the pillar aquascape but as my tank matures I run into a lot of issues with tabling corals growing out and shading what is below them. If I had the space I would make a thin pyramid rather than a straight pillar, if you will, to counteract the effects of the tabling. Also in my case it makes maintenance a PITA with such little space between rock, coral, and glass.
goldmaniac
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agreed - as the Thread Starter - More please!! i love this look...
davocean
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This is how I do mine.
I start w/ 1/2" to 5/8" acrylic rods, and bend them using a cheapy HD propane torch.
I use one solid rod, and form a V base, and then make a 90 degree bend at both ends of the V going up for rocks to stack on top of.
I attach the V base to a flat piece of acrylic w/ zip ties, and add a bunch of weldon #16 to secure this.
I then make a template of my tank on plywood, marking my overflow, and begin to stack rocks to where they fit in a way that somewhat locks into place, and also looks cool, maybe make some ledges.
When I find something I like, I drill rocks using a cheapy masonry bit, over size for rods, so 1/2" rods get a 5/8" bit, 5/8" rod gets a 3/4" bit...
Some I use 2 bases to form an arch.
I let rods run wild, then I just cut excess off after I find a cool fit, then cap rods w/ a small rock, usually using epoxy for that.
I usually lay down eggcrate on bottom of tank for a buffer from glass/rock, add some sand since I like DSB's(and I keep sand dwellars) set pillars in, adjust, and add more sand to lock in.
I start w/ 1/2" to 5/8" acrylic rods, and bend them using a cheapy HD propane torch.
I use one solid rod, and form a V base, and then make a 90 degree bend at both ends of the V going up for rocks to stack on top of.
I attach the V base to a flat piece of acrylic w/ zip ties, and add a bunch of weldon #16 to secure this.
I then make a template of my tank on plywood, marking my overflow, and begin to stack rocks to where they fit in a way that somewhat locks into place, and also looks cool, maybe make some ledges.
When I find something I like, I drill rocks using a cheapy masonry bit, over size for rods, so 1/2" rods get a 5/8" bit, 5/8" rod gets a 3/4" bit...
Some I use 2 bases to form an arch.
I let rods run wild, then I just cut excess off after I find a cool fit, then cap rods w/ a small rock, usually using epoxy for that.
I usually lay down eggcrate on bottom of tank for a buffer from glass/rock, add some sand since I like DSB's(and I keep sand dwellars) set pillars in, adjust, and add more sand to lock in.
