CrayolaViolence
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While still dealing with a brown algea bloom (anyone know how to get rid of this stuff, seriously, I scrub the glass and it's back in a day) I have had the opportunity to get a cast acrylic tank for basically free from a friend. Only problem is it's a good 40 gallons larger than I have now, but MUCH shallower which is what I desperately needs as my arms just won't reach the bottom of my tank and when stuff falls behind rocks it's a night mare, even with a grabber I often find myself playing a game of operation.
Anyhow, this will be a 100 gallon acrylic tank, which I am very excited about. I've really wanted an acrylic tank because I have this relatively unrealistic fear of glass breaking. I realize acrylic can break, but it's less likely to shatter. And with glass being tempered now days I fear coming home to a flooded living room full of washed out coral. Improbable, yes, but I've heard to many horror stories. Any how, I am wondering how I should do this re-set up. Add water first? Rocks, then sand? Then put the coral back? I also want to make my reed structure more stable than before. I tried some of the reef putty to bind some smaller rocks together without much success. But I think I was being conservative with it. I've also had the luck of (or unlock depending on how much you like playing in junk) in getting buckets of throw away coral, rocks, etc from a local place and have actually pulled out some very expensive SPS corals that look like they might actually live. There is a lot and I mean a lot of small pieces of live rock in these buckets too and I'm having the time of my life with them. Been gluing many together to make them larger and into interesting shapes. If anyone has any advice on a better glue I sure would appreciate it. I've been using 2 ton epoxy but it doesn't always hold, and the putty, well, apparently I need GOBS of it and the packages are REALLY small. Currently I have a lot of tiny pieces in quarantine, and in my live rock baker. I also have some dry piece I want to assimilate. With this new tank I want to do a long coral bed design from very shallow to deep to sand. My old tank is extremely narrow so stacking rocks is my only choice and getting them to be stable is a nightmare. I've heard or people using rods to help hold them together I don't want stuff permanent, just in case I have to add or move something but I do want to add some stability. I saw were someone used "the stuff" insulation foam on another thread. I haven't gone back to see if my question was ever answered as to how well it worked and if it was safe. Any info on that? Thanks.
Anyhow, this will be a 100 gallon acrylic tank, which I am very excited about. I've really wanted an acrylic tank because I have this relatively unrealistic fear of glass breaking. I realize acrylic can break, but it's less likely to shatter. And with glass being tempered now days I fear coming home to a flooded living room full of washed out coral. Improbable, yes, but I've heard to many horror stories. Any how, I am wondering how I should do this re-set up. Add water first? Rocks, then sand? Then put the coral back? I also want to make my reed structure more stable than before. I tried some of the reef putty to bind some smaller rocks together without much success. But I think I was being conservative with it. I've also had the luck of (or unlock depending on how much you like playing in junk) in getting buckets of throw away coral, rocks, etc from a local place and have actually pulled out some very expensive SPS corals that look like they might actually live. There is a lot and I mean a lot of small pieces of live rock in these buckets too and I'm having the time of my life with them. Been gluing many together to make them larger and into interesting shapes. If anyone has any advice on a better glue I sure would appreciate it. I've been using 2 ton epoxy but it doesn't always hold, and the putty, well, apparently I need GOBS of it and the packages are REALLY small. Currently I have a lot of tiny pieces in quarantine, and in my live rock baker. I also have some dry piece I want to assimilate. With this new tank I want to do a long coral bed design from very shallow to deep to sand. My old tank is extremely narrow so stacking rocks is my only choice and getting them to be stable is a nightmare. I've heard or people using rods to help hold them together I don't want stuff permanent, just in case I have to add or move something but I do want to add some stability. I saw were someone used "the stuff" insulation foam on another thread. I haven't gone back to see if my question was ever answered as to how well it worked and if it was safe. Any info on that? Thanks.
