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Advice? diy rocks

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by gburkart, Mar 1, 2016.

  1. Mar 1, 2016 #1
    gburkart

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    ok, so for my new build i want the aquascape to be different,unique.i've done tons of reading on this and as everything else on the internet there are about the same number of people that say no as yes.what i think i want to do is make the display rock out of black pond foam and coat it with epoxy.any of you have opinions on this?
     
  2. Mar 1, 2016 #2
    bladerunner des moines

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    Did this in a 29g biocube, turned out pretty nice a few months down the road. I had it running for a year or so without any side affects. Just remember the foam REALLY expands!
     
  3. Mar 1, 2016 #3
    gburkart

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    ok thanks.
     
  4. Mar 2, 2016 #4
    mxrcr

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    I made my own rock out of white Portland cement, large course water softener salt, chicken feed(oyster shells) and a little fine reef sand. Cooked for a couple months. Very happy. I made a plywood mold of the tank to use as a form and split the pieces with plastic so I could disassemble them.
     
  5. Mar 2, 2016 #5
    gburkart

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    i'm looking do do some different shapes and i dont want to have to cook the rocks for a couple months .ive heard the pond foam can go straight in?
     
  6. Mar 2, 2016 #6
    mxrcr

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    I can't speak on the foam, but I wonder how much filtering capacity they have. How poured will the epoxy be? Mine are very porous with lots of nooks and crannys for pods.
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    Meant how pourus?
     
  7. Mar 2, 2016 #7
    gburkart

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    i will have a separate refugium with a couple hundred pounds of rock in it and about 10 kilograms of biohome ultra for my bio filter.
     
  8. Mar 2, 2016 #8
    gburkart

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    is the way i want to do this not a good plan?
     
  9. Mar 3, 2016 #9
    blackx-runner Cedar Rapids, IA

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    You used to hear about it when people made rock walls lining the back of the tank. My guess is that there are very few club members that have done it to share their experience.

    The one thing I would watch for is making it so it sinks. You'll have to attach it pretty good to some base rock otherwise I imagine it would just want to float away on you.
     
  10. Mar 3, 2016 #10
    mxrcr

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    Is this for the pennisula tank?
     
  11. Mar 3, 2016 #11
    gburkart

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    yes the peninsula tank.i just wanna do some unique looking display and have all thye real bio media out of site.but i wanna know if its a bad idea long term to use the pond foam.
     
  12. Mar 3, 2016 #12
    blackx-runner Cedar Rapids, IA

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    I'd search some of the big boards and see if you can dig up any negative long term effects of the foam. I've never seen any, but I also don't follow those boards that closely.
     
  13. Mar 3, 2016 #13
    gburkart

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    yeah i looked on them but no long term reports really.3 years easy i've found.just wondering about the long term
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    never mind,i just found a guy thats had his in his tank for 15 years lol.so i should be good to go!!
     
  14. Mar 4, 2016 #14
    mxrcr

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    Keep us updated on the process! Should be cool.
     
  15. Mar 4, 2016 #15
    gburkart

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    i may show some of the progress but wont show all of it till i can reveal the completed build lol
     

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