10g DIY AIO with foam/rock wall build

well i got bored around christmas time and started a little project.  I wanted a nano for our living room and i had a 10g sitting around.  so i decided to use it and started searching for other people that have done 10g nano's before and saw some with rockwalls and i loved them.  so i made one.  and now i dont know where its going to go since we bought the new tank for the living room..but still a fun build.
Pics 1 and 2 shows a little mockup of the tank with the wall.  i used plexi to divide the area up and a little bit of eggcrate to hold a media bag or filterfloss.  used the eggcrate for overflow teeth as well.  painted the plexi with krylon after i used plumbers primer for PVC fittings on it.  not sure if it will help it from chipping or not but we'll see haha.  cut 3 pieces of eggcrate and started ziptieing dryrock to it.

Pic 3 is the eggcrate panels with dry rock and black "pond foam" used to make waterfalls.  you are suppose to use this as it is UV resistant and wont break apart after a while like the great stuff foam does.  i got it at Thiesens.  then you use a 2 part epoxy finishing resin and cover the spray foam and pour sand/crushed dry rock on it.  that part is kinda messy.
Pic 4 is final product filling with water.  dont have a pic of it full of water right now its still cloudy.  as for lighting i'm using a 18" nova extreme T5 unit.  I think it will work well /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/smile.gif 
as far as issues so far, i need a smaller return pump, maxi1200 is way to big haha untill i tackle that i dont know what other issues there may be.  i think i will have enough room for a skimmer later on if i decide to get that dedicated.  but i think it may just be a bedroom tank.  plans for tank are pistol shrimp/goby pair and zoa's maybe a bi color blenny

 

i got it from Theisens in pella. look at earl mays or an ace hardware or true value. any black pond foam will work. i orginally bought a can online for about 20 bucks, then found the stuff local for 7.

 

thanks mary, hows your tank coming along anyways? get a sump yet?

 

awesome good to see things are moving along /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/smile.gif