need ideas for live rock!
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marvin willis
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I need ideas myself,please post some people!
jacrmill
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i think it somewhat depends on your fish selection.....
There are 2 major ideas that I have tried, one is to make like a wall, the other is to make piles. Both look nice, just depends on what you have and what you like.
If you have fish that will like to hover around the sand then you might want to make large piles so that they can have more room to swim around the bottom. This also opens up the tank for more swimming room for fish who swim a lot.
If I were you I would look at a bunch of pictures in the photography forum and see what you like. Ultimately this is one of the decisions you get to make on your own, just do it so you like it.
There are 2 major ideas that I have tried, one is to make like a wall, the other is to make piles. Both look nice, just depends on what you have and what you like.
If you have fish that will like to hover around the sand then you might want to make large piles so that they can have more room to swim around the bottom. This also opens up the tank for more swimming room for fish who swim a lot.
If I were you I would look at a bunch of pictures in the photography forum and see what you like. Ultimately this is one of the decisions you get to make on your own, just do it so you like it.
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nemo_66
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i myself have a 58 gallon, but do not have a picture at the time, will get one tomorrow asap.
keith burn
Active Member
This was my old 55gal it's a sump now but...
And a 26 bow .
And a 26 bow .
mr_x
Active Member
i drilled holes through mine and made rock towers. it worked great. i used acrylic rods(in the pic you see wood, but i since removed it), then placed them together.
once they were in the tank, i pushed them together and it made a nice habitat, that hardly had any "stale" areas.
heres what it started out as-
and here is what it is now-
once they were in the tank, i pushed them together and it made a nice habitat, that hardly had any "stale" areas.
heres what it started out as-
and here is what it is now-
keith burn
Active Member
Mr.X you do not look like your picturg
keith burn
Active Member
Originally Posted by Mr_X
http:///forum/post/2667495
lol. that's not me. that's my union laborer
So you have minions.
We all need minions.
http:///forum/post/2667495
lol. that's not me. that's my union laborer
So you have minions.
We all need minions.
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nemo_66
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heres the picture i promised. its a 58 gallon, black stand and canopy. reef optix 2 reflecter. 400 watt metal halide, 12k. running 2 sieos. the biggest kind, cant remember the #. running a 10 gallon sump with a mag 5. still making some live rock for my tank, thats why theres so litte. BTW, about 98% of the rock are DIY
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nemo_66
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yup. hasnt touched a coral yet! BUT... he did eat a small mushroom of mine when i forgot to feed him one day. lol. luckily, he wasnt that hungry to finish off all my other ones. lol
marvin willis
Member
Originally Posted by Nemo_66
http:///forum/post/2668163
yup. hasnt touched a coral yet! BUT... he did eat a small mushroom of mine when i forgot to feed him one day. lol. luckily, he wasnt that hungry to finish off all my other ones. lol
Was it difficult making the rocks?
http:///forum/post/2668163
yup. hasnt touched a coral yet! BUT... he did eat a small mushroom of mine when i forgot to feed him one day. lol. luckily, he wasnt that hungry to finish off all my other ones. lol
Was it difficult making the rocks?
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nemo_66
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no, not hard at all. just mix some portland cement with some sand, and add lots of rock salt to make it pourus. oh, and add some water. lol
its very easy once you get the hang of it. i thought it was really easy, until some of these workers stole my cement and sand!!! ohhh...that pissed me off since i was a day away from making maybe 100 pounds....
its very easy once you get the hang of it. i thought it was really easy, until some of these workers stole my cement and sand!!! ohhh...that pissed me off since i was a day away from making maybe 100 pounds....