got2envy's 46g Bowfront w/DIY foam/rockwall

[got2envy]

I bought my tank on 1/23/09

On 1/25/09 started the rock wall
cut the eggcrate to fit

Tunze in tank filter

zip tie hell

after great stuff applcation

here it is in the tank after epoxy and sand were added

 

[got2envy]

1/27/09 rock wall is almost done

here is how it fits together to look like one piece

1/29/09 rock wall is done...or so I thought

The right corner is left open for a live rock pile and the fuge sits behind it

my fuge area under the Tunze filter..I ordered a 10w hologen submersible light and a rio 50 for flow in there

 

[Mya]

Very interesting. That kinda lets you build.. form.. and stick everything together before placing it in the tank. Nicely done and great idea for future rock work I might do.

Very nice.

 

[got2envy]

I went over the rock wall again with Bondo brand resin as the epoxy I used the first time still had a smell 1 week later...better to be safe than sorry lol
let it out to cure in the sun for 3 weeks

2/23/09
Yay! got my 36" NEP for my 46 bow...here are some pix
actinics

all six

I should of let them run a few minutes, they get brighter as the bulbs burn in...I just turned them on and snapped pix..sowwy
actnics

all six

over the bow

This light is bright as heck..I may need to get a canopy

 

[got2envy]

3/1/09 Tank transfer day :grr:

I transferred everything today...holy shat am I tired and mah back is toh up
here are the first pix of the tank...it is a mess at the moment and still a bit cloudy lol I will mess with it tommorow, my hands are raisins right now...heres some hi lights of mah day
-My RBTA was a pain cause it was stuck to the glass like velcro and took at least 20 minutes to get it off without hurting it..it is in my 75 for now so the clowns wouldn't stress it further
-The leopard wrasse decided it was going to hide in the sand and took me 10 minutes to find <_<
-a pom pom crab crawled down my brothers arm outta rock and onto the floor, running like a crackhead chearleader
-I had alot more chit in that 40 than I thought :mellow:

my trio..upset about RBTA not being in the tank

some upset frags...don't mind my last minute DIY frag rack

 

[got2envy]

3/2/09

I ran outta aquamend and glue so I will have to get back to some aquascaping when I am off again..alot of the corals are still po'ed I am sure the upgrade in light also has something to do with it

my midas blennies new hole :ninja:

an actinic of my rics and zoa frags

FTS

and that is all of it summed up
should have started a thread to begin with back in january
Thanks for looking!

 

[got2envy]

Very interesting. That kinda lets you build.. form.. and stick everything together before placing it in the tank. Nicely done and great idea for future rock work I might do.

Very nice.

Thanks Mya!
it really is easy and will save ya money on L/R

 

[Mya]

Save me a lot in headaches. I am so angry at myself for knocking stuff down! Ugh!

The tank does look lovely and Im going to suggest what you did to Jeremy who is about to set up his 90!

 

[got2envy]

Thanks Mya! It really looks better in person, I will post more pix when all the corals are happy again

I also get tired of knocking rocks over and having my hand in the tank for an hour trying to fix them the way they were haha

Maria

 

[Mya]

Pfft! Sounds like you know my pain all to well. Really!

 

[Jeremy0322]

Like the idea, i think it would be really heavy to do in a 90 though, the rock wall would be HUGE and then you would have to lift it over the side, that might just be asking for trouble.

 

[got2envy]

You would have to build it in parts mine is 2 pieces fit together..people have done these for much larger tanks than mine

 

[jjohnson3]

You could do it in like eight peices jeremy. They would all connect with acrillic rods. Just an idea. I too hate knocking rocks over. I have almost glued the pile of rocks in my tank so many times it is not even funny! NICE TANK!!!!!!

 

[Jeremy0322]

im considering it, I just bought a whole bunch of rock puddy though, so i still have not decided yet.

 

[Mya]

I tried glue-ing my rocks after they were arranged in the water.... no dice...

I'm telling you.. if I ever do this over.. Yup, sure am doing this RIGHT HERE!

 

[plecosword]

OOooo this looks great, subscribing...

 

[plecosword]

OOooo this looks great, subscribing...

 

[got2envy]

Thanks! here are som pix I took with my cell phone lol 3.2 megapixel LG dare not too bad
I did a bit of aquascaping before coming to work and snapped these pix on my way out

eventually I will be replacing the Sureflow maxijet mod with a Vortech MP20
Maria

 

[Mya]

Looking ever so lovely.

 

[got2envy]

Yay ordered my Vortech MP20 from cultivatedcoral.com
will post pix when I hook it up