the new 65....

horner420

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just some pics
a piece of rubble rock(live)


tomato and striped dottyback*(not very reef safe IMO)


live rock w/flash...coraline growing pretty good


w/out...both types of snails i have..


another piece of rock


that's it for now......forgot to take pics from a distance. it's whats inside :) that counts....right.
 
some more......

tank with flash. cant seem to get a good one w/out it(from farther away).


here w/out. not to bad(the picture)....best i got though.


before cured rubble rock was added and the satellite(spelling??) 96w 50/50.


dwarf bicolor angel, and one of satans :mad2: spawn in fancy blue pants.


you can see the purple really took over the center rock.


well that its....takes forever to upload and paste...
comments welcome. would like to know what y'all think.
thanks for looking
Chris
 
thanks for the comment mogurnda. that's what i'd liked to do, thing is..i'm not very good at rock design. any information and/or instructions on how to build a better layout would help. can't seem to find anything. i have the aquarium epoxy, but haven't even opened it yet. the fear i have, is placing a rock wrong and then its stuck there, or worse that in the middle of the night the epoxy didn't set right. one tumbles down causing destruction. i'm kind of a worrier. :(
 
65g, my favourite size! Nice tank, though I agree with Dave about the rockwork. This tank has so much potential, don't be afraid to play :)
My best advice is to get some larger pieces with interesting shapes to use as a base - no bowling balls, it's hard to balance things on a round surface. Then get medium sized pieces (also randomly shaped) to build with. Play with the rocks like puzzle pieces; turn them over, around, upsidedown and you'll find a position where each fits into another.

Here's a pic of the rockwork in my 65g, just to show you what I mean:

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do you use the epoxy for the rocks or just place them carefully blinky. if using epoxy, how long does it take to set?
 
Yeah Blinky I also need to know, if yours is epoxied or just placed on there, I have came up with a number of cool looking ways to set my rock, but every now and then I change it, but is a hasle and would like to keep it in a certain way for good. And how do you epoxy them together, do you have to wait till it drys?
 
I don't use anything - no zip ties, no epoxy, nothing else. I just try to get LR with interesting shapes and play with the rocks until I find a good fit. IME the more intricate the shape (branching, lots of notches, angular, bumpy etc.) the easier it is to work with. Smooth round/flat pieces don't 'stick' the way unevenly surfaced rocks do.
If you choose to use an epoxy, AFAIK it's workable underwater and cures fully in less than 24h.
 
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