Here's my 60. It's been up for some time, but I haven't been able to finish the rockscaping until just the other day.
When I started my tank back in May, I was able to get a gorgeous arch of Pukani LR the LFS was selling right out of their tank, and I snatched it up to the tune of 7 bucks a pound! But it was well worth it and so beautiful- it's almost two feet high if stood on end- definitely my "show piece"!
Here it is when it was all alone in my tank:
Because the LFS could only get Pukani in 1500lb pallets, they only buy it once or twice a year, so I had to hold out for several months before I could finish my rockscaping, but last week, they got some dry dry Pukani in and I jumped on it!
I bought two pieces to use as pillars underneath the arch, and, well, tell me what you think...
In this pic, you see one other piece of Fijian base rock on the left. It weights 20 lbs. The Pukani that makes up the arch and pillars is so porous, all three pieces weigh only another 40 pounds, so all this rock is only 60lbs!
Here's the left pillar. You can see a nice cave underneath it into the sand...
Another shot of the left pillar showing more of the cave.
A shot of the left pillar from the side.
My hermit hanging out in the arch.
A close up view of the arch from underneath. See if you can find the hermit!
Here's the right pillar. All of those big holes go all the way through the rock and create some awesome caves and tunnels, and then there's the overhang on the right side. This piece is 8" high and 16" from side to side and 6" deep and only weighs 13 pounds.
A frontal of the right pillar with a better shot of the caves and tunnels that go all the way through. You can see how far the overhang stretches out on the right.
A closeup of the right pillar showing two other tunnels.
A shot of the tank from the left. The overhang of the main arch doesn't touch the glass, but I still have some adjusting to do and will be able to set it so I can get the manga-float in between it and the glass.
Anyway, the rock is just locked together quite tightly naturally- no dowels or putty, and it's really solid- I almost can't get it to move without using a lot of force, so I think I'm going to be OK as far as rock-quakes.
What do you guys think?
When I started my tank back in May, I was able to get a gorgeous arch of Pukani LR the LFS was selling right out of their tank, and I snatched it up to the tune of 7 bucks a pound! But it was well worth it and so beautiful- it's almost two feet high if stood on end- definitely my "show piece"!
Here it is when it was all alone in my tank:
Because the LFS could only get Pukani in 1500lb pallets, they only buy it once or twice a year, so I had to hold out for several months before I could finish my rockscaping, but last week, they got some dry dry Pukani in and I jumped on it!
I bought two pieces to use as pillars underneath the arch, and, well, tell me what you think...
In this pic, you see one other piece of Fijian base rock on the left. It weights 20 lbs. The Pukani that makes up the arch and pillars is so porous, all three pieces weigh only another 40 pounds, so all this rock is only 60lbs!
Here's the left pillar. You can see a nice cave underneath it into the sand...
Another shot of the left pillar showing more of the cave.
A shot of the left pillar from the side.
My hermit hanging out in the arch.
A close up view of the arch from underneath. See if you can find the hermit!
Here's the right pillar. All of those big holes go all the way through the rock and create some awesome caves and tunnels, and then there's the overhang on the right side. This piece is 8" high and 16" from side to side and 6" deep and only weighs 13 pounds.
A frontal of the right pillar with a better shot of the caves and tunnels that go all the way through. You can see how far the overhang stretches out on the right.
A closeup of the right pillar showing two other tunnels.
A shot of the tank from the left. The overhang of the main arch doesn't touch the glass, but I still have some adjusting to do and will be able to set it so I can get the manga-float in between it and the glass.
Anyway, the rock is just locked together quite tightly naturally- no dowels or putty, and it's really solid- I almost can't get it to move without using a lot of force, so I think I'm going to be OK as far as rock-quakes.
What do you guys think?
