quaos
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So I have some LR in my 15G that has been up for I think 3 months. I have 6 pieces of LR that are maybe 4cm in diameter. They are smaller pieces of rock that I have sperodically laying in the sand bed. I have 4 larger pieces of LR that are put together to create my not so good looking rock work.
What I really wish I could do is to make a slope from the back left corner coming out to the middle of the tank or spreading 2/3 of the tank, kind of like a reef wall. I would like it to be a gradual slope but have some shelf like areas where I can place corals etc. With the pieces I have now I don't think it is possible.
My thoughts of possible ways to make this happen are:
Go to the LFS and buy more LR. I know it will be cured I know the guy personally and he will tell me what pieces have just come in and what has been curing. I could buy pieces that make this slope idea happen and try and piece them together.
I also thought of buying a bunch of rubble to mid size pieces that I have in my sand(refering to the ones above) and just stacking it up/pouring it (not really pouring because it will be golf ball size pieces so to speak) into the shape I want.
The third idea is taking the LR I do have and maybe breaking it apart into the rubble like pieces and going from there.
The final idea would be to buy LS or other substrate (that you recomend) and pushing that into a pile with LR place into it.
What glue could I use? What glue can be used underwater?
My tank occupants are:
4 zebra hermits
1 nass snail
1 nerite snail
A zoa like coral that has 3 stems of red opening polyps that don't attach to LR for some reason.
1 green mushroom
1 pink hammer
1 yellowtail damsel
Any suggestions or pictures of the set-up I described?
Thank you all in advance.
What I really wish I could do is to make a slope from the back left corner coming out to the middle of the tank or spreading 2/3 of the tank, kind of like a reef wall. I would like it to be a gradual slope but have some shelf like areas where I can place corals etc. With the pieces I have now I don't think it is possible.
My thoughts of possible ways to make this happen are:
Go to the LFS and buy more LR. I know it will be cured I know the guy personally and he will tell me what pieces have just come in and what has been curing. I could buy pieces that make this slope idea happen and try and piece them together.
I also thought of buying a bunch of rubble to mid size pieces that I have in my sand(refering to the ones above) and just stacking it up/pouring it (not really pouring because it will be golf ball size pieces so to speak) into the shape I want.
The third idea is taking the LR I do have and maybe breaking it apart into the rubble like pieces and going from there.
The final idea would be to buy LS or other substrate (that you recomend) and pushing that into a pile with LR place into it.
What glue could I use? What glue can be used underwater?
My tank occupants are:
4 zebra hermits
1 nass snail
1 nerite snail
A zoa like coral that has 3 stems of red opening polyps that don't attach to LR for some reason.
1 green mushroom
1 pink hammer
1 yellowtail damsel
Any suggestions or pictures of the set-up I described?
Thank you all in advance.
