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post #41 of 59
3/24/09 at 12:37pm
i hope the portland type I works to because i got some yesterday and made a couple of pieces... yours looks good... mine is really gray but i used 1part cement to 3-5 parts cc and then some salt... i have some sand so i will try that on the next batch... mine is really dense so i might drill some holes in it in a week or two...
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post #42 of 59
3/24/09 at 7:39pm
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Originally Posted by taznut View Post
i hope the portland type I works to because i got some yesterday and made a couple of pieces... yours looks good... mine is really gray but i used 1part cement to 3-5 parts cc and then some salt... i have some sand so i will try that on the next batch... mine is really dense so i might drill some holes in it in a week or two...
it will work and will be heavy.
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post #43 of 59
3/26/09 at 2:29am
I think it was Bang Guy that suggested placing the rock in the tank of your toilet to cure. You get a water change every time you flush. Nice looking rocks, BTW. I'm going to subscribe to this thread so I can share it when people ask about making their own rock. It's hard to rummage through the threads looking for a good one.
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post #44 of 59
3/26/09 at 1:28pm
How thick was your concrete mixture? I'm thinking about doing this for a 225 down the road (we're talking years down the road) for a background and a couple of towers. Was your mix watery enough to take on the smaller more intricate shapes of live rock if I used live rock to make the molds?


This is probably confusing, but I hope that you understand the question.
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post #45 of 59
3/26/09 at 2:50pm
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Originally Posted by braydonosu View Post
How thick was your concrete mixture? I'm thinking about doing this for a 225 down the road (we're talking years down the road) for a background and a couple of towers. Was your mix watery enough to take on the smaller more intricate shapes of live rock if I used live rock to make the molds?


This is probably confusing, but I hope that you understand the question.
i made it the consistancy of oatmeal if that helps. depending on how much water you use you can get it as thick or thin as you need.
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post #46 of 59
3/28/09 at 2:31am

Potland Cement

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructu...rp/cement.html
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post #47 of 59
4/23/09 at 9:34pm
Very cool!
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post #48 of 59
4/23/09 at 11:23pm
has anyone used the quick creat? is it ok to use? if yes how did you like it?
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post #49 of 59
8/5/09 at 12:33pm
I have a bunch of pieces that I made last year and then didn't like the appearance of them. I am a scuba diver, so I've been contemplating the notion of making some new shapes, affixing a name tag to them (or actually carving my name into the D.I.Y. rock) and placing them in the ocean, offshore, at a location where I can find them again in a year.

Talk about aquaculturing!

Does anyone know if this would qualify as being in possession of a "live rock" within the EEZ? (I hope not.)
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post #50 of 59
3/7/10 at 3:29am
i have an idea with this project that i will test within the next week, but i may be able to produce colored nontoxic rocks in the colors of purple blue green let me know of any intrest and i will try it out
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post #51 of 59
3/7/10 at 9:10am
I used this link from Ed on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFPebEdEoMA

If you try this I would start small and make a few batches to get the strength of the bond you want. My first batch was so porous that the rock broke easy. I now have some in a small 8 gallon with some LR so that I can seed it. Really fun. I also, when curing this stuff, went for several weeks draining the water and washing the rocks. I wanted to make sure that the cement wouldnt leach out and all the rock salt had dissolved. Ill get some pics of my rock up a little later.
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post #52 of 59
3/8/10 at 4:42pm

wow its very interesting

Wow thats seems really interesting. Thanks for sharing ...
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post #53 of 59
3/8/10 at 4:45pm
just a thought. will the time and effort go to waste in coloring when algae growth takes over
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post #54 of 59
3/19/10 at 3:16am
Originally Posted by Gill again68 View Post
I used this link from Ed on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFPebEdEoMA

If you try this I would start small and make a few batches to get the strength of the bond you want. My first batch was so porous that the rock broke easy. I now have some in a small 8 gallon with some LR so that I can seed it. Really fun. I also, when curing this stuff, went for several weeks draining the water and washing the rocks. I wanted to make sure that the cement wouldnt leach out and all the rock salt had dissolved. Ill get some pics of my rock up a little later.
Did you use Guy's toilet tank method?
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post #55 of 59
4/24/10 at 12:36pm
I love the toilet tank method! I'm going to do that; takes no thought at all just need to remember about it. I'm also going to use the light diffuser and rock rubble to make a verticle wall (in small sections) for the back of my tank wall. That wall will hopefully end up being my background. I can then place corals on that to grow.
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post #56 of 59
5/12/10 at 12:06am
Okay, I want to make my own LR. I read almost all the posts. Correct me if I am wrong for ingredents : Portland cement Type I, argonite sand, and rock salt. What are the porportions for each now? I have read 2 differents porportions. Thanks for your help
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post #57 of 59
6/1/10 at 3:14pm
I just made my first few rocks last night, and after about 15 hours, i took them out of the sand, and they are very brittle. Should I use more concrete in the mix?
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post #58 of 59
6/28/10 at 7:17pm
Originally Posted by florida joe View Post
just a thought. will the time and effort go to waste in coloring when algae growth takes over
yes and no, it depends on how you do it
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post #59 of 59
6/28/10 at 7:21pm
Originally Posted by scottnlisa View Post
Okay, I want to make my own LR. I read almost all the posts. Correct me if I am wrong for ingredents : Portland cement Type I, argonite sand, and rock salt. What are the porportions for each now? I have read 2 differents porportions. Thanks for your help
there are many different ingredients you can use, it depends on what look your going for, the garf website can help you alot, i personally use white portland cement, crushed oyster shells, and extra coarse rock salt, white pool sand. my proportions are usually, 3 parts crushed oyster shells, 2 parts wpc, and 1 to 2 parts rock salt depending on how porus i want it.... hope that helps some
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