The Foam/rock Projects Here Thread

[yousmellsfishy]

There's a new member to the foam/rock nation - Tahoe Reefer. His 12 G build thread can be found right here.

 

[jasonh]

Here is my build for a 70g. Unfortunately I sold the tank before I ever got water in it after the foam

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=12336547

 

[Giga]

no thread yet but soon.

 

[yousmellsfishy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13227378#post13227378 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Giga
no thread yet but soon.

:eek2: WOW!! nice!!

 

[navyav8tr]

Here's my diy rock project. Standard egg crate, zip ties, foam, and epoxy resin.

 

[Giga]

lol hey navy saw your post on reefchief

 

[yousmellsfishy]

Very nice navya8tr

 

[aww_419]

nice, I will be starting my own shortly

 

[Tahoe Reefer]

Good idea yousmellyfish,
here is my project:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1449804

 

[eng94]

here are some of mine thanks for the thread

 

[yousmellsfishy]

Wow!! very nice!!!

 

[~sp0ok~]

very nice foam work guys..will be doing 1 myself soon i hope lol

 

[customcolor]

updated pics of 1 year old foam

updated pics of 1 year old foam

if some of you have seen my build tread you will notice on page 2 i did foam on my cal flo overflow to hide it. BUT unlike many others i did not use epoxy to cover it. i used the beckett pond foam and its holding up very well! check it out. sorry i couldnt get a good fts put you can see the foam in the center of the tank.
left side

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right (can see the foam better here)

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angle

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[GreenReefer77]

great job. I didn't realize that the pond foam didn't need to be coated with epoxy. That would have made my project much easier since the epoxy part was the longest piece. At least I know for next time.

 

[wsukid12]

good idea yousmellfishy with this thread.

i will soon be starting my rock wall and bought some fiberglass resin thought it would work but now im not so sure. here is the MSDS sheet.
http://www.elmers.com/msds/me770.htm

 

[yousmellsfishy]

One tip I tried with my last build was to use 2 part reef epoxy putty in the really small spots where it was likely the the foam would expand too much. That worked nice.

 

[sixspeed]

very nice tanks

 

[matthewscars]

No build thread yet but:

Cycling

Month 2

 

[marinelife]

I am going to start a small rock wall in my new tank in about a week. A question for you is would the foam be strong enough to support rock if you put foam on the bottom of the tank?

 

[customcolor]

puting foam on the bottom of the tank is risky. you will have to silicone it down and put alot of rock ontop of it cuz that stuff float too well