RockWork - Page 3

Basile · 03-10-2009, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lcstorc

Let's all play nice now.
No reason you can't use base rock that I know of. Base rock is just dead rock so there is no reason to cure either.
Here are a couple of shots of mine. my tank is a bit different though since it is a peninsula tank.
We use the good old careful balancing technique.

Hey thanks for your contribution. What do you call penninsula exactly, is it because of macroalgae addition, shallow water ecosystem?

lcstorc · 03-10-2009, 12:59 PM

Three sides of the tank are viewable. Both of the long sides and one of the ends. The overflow is on the other end so you can't see it
I love it but it can be a challenge particular with scaping.

BigAl07 · 03-10-2009, 01:03 PM

Peninsula means the tank is seen on 3 of 4 sides like it's a ROOM divider of sorts. One "Side" isn't seen the front, back and the other side are seen and you have to arrange the rock accordingly. Lynn's rock work is SWEET!!

lcstorc · 03-10-2009, 01:04 PM

I type faster than you do.

BigAl07 · 03-10-2009, 01:05 PM

and I type more and bigger words than you do *sticks tongue out*

jjohnson3 · 03-10-2009, 01:06 PM

I want to do a tank with the long panels showing only. Here is a pic of my reefscape, rockscape, rockwork, whatever you wanna call it! Sorry if it is blurry.

Basile · 03-10-2009, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lcstorc

Three sides of the tank are viewable. Both of the long sides and one of the ends. The overflow is on the other end so you can't see it
I love it but it can be a challenge particular with scaping.

Great look, i wish i could have the room to do that.
I have a question; what does it take for a thread to become a sticky, and could this one become one. let me know i'm interested. Thanks.

lcstorc · 03-10-2009, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigAl07

and I type more and bigger words than you do *sticks tongue out*

Bigger words are hawt.

The mods can make it a stickey. I'll put it up for review in the mod forum.

Basile · 03-10-2009, 01:18 PM

Here are some great ideals for ya.

Here's a plan:

motocrosstcw · 03-10-2009, 01:22 PM

Here are a couple pictures of my tank i have a mix tank of Tonga, Base Rock, Live Rock, and Fiji. All of my rock is stacked for the tunnel effect for fishys to swim.

JarsOMayonnaise · 03-10-2009, 01:27 PM

Moto....that is a sharp tank bra!

motocrosstcw · 03-10-2009, 01:29 PM

Thanks alot!

Basile · 03-10-2009, 01:44 PM

Here are some article about waterflow and rockwork influence on your flow.

Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature Article: Water flow is more important for corals than light. Part 1. Introduction to Gas Exchange

Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature Article: Water flow is more important for corals than light. Part II: The science of corals and water flow

Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature Article: Water flow is more important for corals, Part III

Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature Article: Water Flow is More Important for Corals Than Light Part 4: Basics of Hydrodynamics

Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature Article: Water Flow is More Important for Corals Than Light, Part V

Basile · 03-10-2009, 02:18 PM

Pacific Live Rock

Tonga Live Rock
Some of the most highly prized live rock comes from Tonga. In particular, Deepwater Tonga live rock (sometimes sold as Vava’u) is a very high quality rock, often heavily encrusted with brightly colored coralline. It is known for its attractive branching coral-like shapes. Eva Tonga live rock is also of very high quality and is generally heavily encrusted with colorful coralline. Unlike Deepwater Tonga live rock, Eva live rock is more rocky in appearance. Tonga Branch live rock is another high quality, colorful live rock that is prized for its branchlike appearance (usually a result of being composed of dead, encrusted branching coral such as Acropora and Porites). Tonga Branch live rock is what made Tonga famous in the marine hobby. Another form of Tonga branch live rock is Tonga fusion live rock. Tonga fusion is Tonga branch that has been re-encrusted and fused with other pieces of Tonga branch making for interesting shapes and great habitat for many marine organisms. Finally, Shelf live rock from Tonga is often available. Tonga Shelf live rock is generally of good quality. Made up of either eroded coralline rock or tabletop Acropora, Tonga Shelf, perhaps not surprisingly, makes for good shelving when aquascaping. Tonga Fusion Live Rock is generally the most expensive live rock from Tonga.

Basile · 03-10-2009, 02:20 PM

Florida Live Rock

Florida Live Rock

All Florida live rock is aquacultured. It is generally heavy and relatively expensive. It is also known for having a higher percentage of unwanted hitchhikers (e.g. mantis shrimp). The advantage to Florida live rock is that it may come with living coral (also aquacultured) on it because it is aquacultured. Other live rock will have had any living coral removed in order to conform to U.S. law.

View Poll Results: What's the best live rock and why(you can add in your comments)
Tonga	20	21.98%
Fiji	56	61.54%
Marshall island	9	9.89%
Cook island	2	2.20%
Caribbean	10	10.99%
Fake rocks	6	6.59%
Can i use less than 1LB/Gallon yes (why; answer in respond)	6	6.59%
Can i use less than 1LB/Gallon no (why; answer in respond)	4	4.40%
Barebottom is great	1	1.10%
Deep sand bed	10	10.99%
Coarse sand bed	1	1.10%
Fine sand bed	23	25.27%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 91. You may not vote on this poll

03-10-2009, 12:59 PM	#32 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: RockWork Three sides of the tank are viewable. Both of the long sides and one of the ends. The overflow is on the other end so you can't see it I love it but it can be a challenge particular with scaping. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

03-10-2009, 01:03 PM	#33 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,547 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: RockWork Peninsula means the tank is seen on 3 of 4 sides like it's a ROOM divider of sorts. One "Side" isn't seen the front, back and the other side are seen and you have to arrange the rock accordingly. Lynn's rock work is SWEET!! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

03-10-2009, 01:04 PM	#34 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: RockWork I type faster than you do. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

03-10-2009, 01:05 PM	#35 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,547 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: RockWork and I type more and bigger words than you do sticks tongue out __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

03-10-2009, 01:06 PM	#36 (permalink)
jjohnson3 Elegance coral Join Date: May 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 1,056 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: RockWork I want to do a tank with the long panels showing only. Here is a pic of my reefscape, rockscape, rockwork, whatever you wanna call it! Sorry if it is blurry. __________________ >Jason< reefing........it's an addiction........ Here is how the tank is stocked(this will change) FISH 2-Occelaris Clownfish(mated) 1-Royal Gramma CORAL Pagoda Cup, Open Brain, and 12 awesome LPS frags from PEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

03-10-2009, 01:18 PM	#39 (permalink)
Basile Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gatineau/Ottawa canada Posts: 2,021 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Moving on Here are some great ideals for ya. Here's a plan: __________________ My Rockwork Macroalgae Club. My slow 65 g build up Combination fish and Anemone 65g- Aquamedic 2X250wMH-T5 -Recirculating Octopus 150DNW- 2X Vortech Mp40W gen2 powerheads-Eheim 1262 910GPH return - Little fishes Carbon&Phosban reactors,GHL controllers and Dosing pump and ME!

03-10-2009, 01:22 PM	#40 (permalink)
motocrosstcw Cabbage Leather Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: allegan michigan Posts: 392 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: RockWork Here are a couple pictures of my tank i have a mix tank of Tonga, Base Rock, Live Rock, and Fiji. All of my rock is stacked for the tunnel effect for fishys to swim. __________________ "Its better to have 50% of SOMETHING then to have 100% of NOTHING" (Han) Treat your tank as if it where your own kid. Love your reef and it will give you love back. Sit back and listen to others say "Your to into your tank" and while they sit there in ahhhh say "Nope i just ENJOY the finer things of life" 29 Gallon AGA 60-70lbs Live Rock 40Lbs Live Sand 1-Clarki Clown (Marlin) 1-Blue Leg Hermit (Pinto) 1-Hawian Hermit (Caddy) 4-Astreas Snails (No names for these guys) Brittle Star's & Reg. Star fish Yellow Polyps Green Star Polyps Kenya Tree's Neon Green Candy Canes Pink and Blue Candy Canes My Chronical's: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...tank-last.html

03-10-2009, 01:27 PM	#41 (permalink)
JarsOMayonnaise Ricordea Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Terre Haute, Indiana Posts: 186 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: RockWork Moto....that is a sharp tank bra! __________________ 55 Gallon 48” x 14” x 20” Glass Aquarium 40” Tall Home Made Wood Cabinet Stand Marineland Sea Clone 150 Protein Skimmer Marineland Emperor 280 Power Filter T5-48” Deluxe Strip Light Fixture W/ (2) 12,000k Daylights,(2) 03 True Actinic Lamps and (2) 10,000k Spectrums (1) Hydor koralia 3 850gph + (1) Hydor Koralia 2 600gph 34# Live Fiji Rock 40# Premium Atlantic Aragonite #4 Crushed Coral 40# Natures Ocean Bio-Activ Live Aragonite Reef Sand 80# Ocean Direct Caribbean Live Sand Marineland 250 Watt Stealth Submersible Heater Livestock: 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Detrivore Kit, 1 Small Cleanup Crew Future purchases are Blue and Yellow Hippo Tang, Flame Angelfish, 2 Cleaner Shrimp

03-10-2009, 01:29 PM	#42 (permalink)
motocrosstcw Cabbage Leather Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: allegan michigan Posts: 392 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: RockWork Thanks alot! __________________ "Its better to have 50% of SOMETHING then to have 100% of NOTHING" (Han) Treat your tank as if it where your own kid. Love your reef and it will give you love back. Sit back and listen to others say "Your to into your tank" and while they sit there in ahhhh say "Nope i just ENJOY the finer things of life" 29 Gallon AGA 60-70lbs Live Rock 40Lbs Live Sand 1-Clarki Clown (Marlin) 1-Blue Leg Hermit (Pinto) 1-Hawian Hermit (Caddy) 4-Astreas Snails (No names for these guys) Brittle Star's & Reg. Star fish Yellow Polyps Green Star Polyps Kenya Tree's Neon Green Candy Canes Pink and Blue Candy Canes My Chronical's: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...tank-last.html

03-10-2009, 01:44 PM	#43 (permalink)
Basile Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gatineau/Ottawa canada Posts: 2,021 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: RockWork Here are some article about waterflow and rockwork influence on your flow. Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature Article: Water flow is more important for corals than light. Part 1. Introduction to Gas Exchange Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature Article: Water flow is more important for corals than light. Part II: The science of corals and water flow Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature Article: Water flow is more important for corals, Part III Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature Article: Water Flow is More Important for Corals Than Light Part 4: Basics of Hydrodynamics Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature Article: Water Flow is More Important for Corals Than Light, Part V __________________ My Rockwork Macroalgae Club. My slow 65 g build up Combination fish and Anemone 65g- Aquamedic 2X250wMH-T5 -Recirculating Octopus 150DNW- 2X Vortech Mp40W gen2 powerheads-Eheim 1262 910GPH return - Little fishes Carbon&Phosban reactors,GHL controllers and Dosing pump and ME!

03-10-2009, 02:18 PM	#44 (permalink)
Basile Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gatineau/Ottawa canada Posts: 2,021 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Some Info Pacific Live Rock Tonga Live Rock Some of the most highly prized live rock comes from Tonga. In particular, Deepwater Tonga live rock (sometimes sold as Vava’u) is a very high quality rock, often heavily encrusted with brightly colored coralline. It is known for its attractive branching coral-like shapes. Eva Tonga live rock is also of very high quality and is generally heavily encrusted with colorful coralline. Unlike Deepwater Tonga live rock, Eva live rock is more rocky in appearance. Tonga Branch live rock is another high quality, colorful live rock that is prized for its branchlike appearance (usually a result of being composed of dead, encrusted branching coral such as Acropora and Porites). Tonga Branch live rock is what made Tonga famous in the marine hobby. Another form of Tonga branch live rock is Tonga fusion live rock. Tonga fusion is Tonga branch that has been re-encrusted and fused with other pieces of Tonga branch making for interesting shapes and great habitat for many marine organisms. Finally, Shelf live rock from Tonga is often available. Tonga Shelf live rock is generally of good quality. Made up of either eroded coralline rock or tabletop Acropora, Tonga Shelf, perhaps not surprisingly, makes for good shelving when aquascaping. Tonga Fusion Live Rock is generally the most expensive live rock from Tonga. __________________ My Rockwork Macroalgae Club. My slow 65 g build up Combination fish and Anemone 65g- Aquamedic 2X250wMH-T5 -Recirculating Octopus 150DNW- 2X Vortech Mp40W gen2 powerheads-Eheim 1262 910GPH return - Little fishes Carbon&Phosban reactors,GHL controllers and Dosing pump and ME!

03-10-2009, 02:20 PM	#45 (permalink)
Basile Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gatineau/Ottawa canada Posts: 2,021 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Live rock info Florida Live Rock Florida Live Rock All Florida live rock is aquacultured. It is generally heavy and relatively expensive. It is also known for having a higher percentage of unwanted hitchhikers (e.g. mantis shrimp). The advantage to Florida live rock is that it may come with living coral (also aquacultured) on it because it is aquacultured. Other live rock will have had any living coral removed in order to conform to U.S. law. __________________ My Rockwork Macroalgae Club. My slow 65 g build up Combination fish and Anemone 65g- Aquamedic 2X250wMH-T5 -Recirculating Octopus 150DNW- 2X Vortech Mp40W gen2 powerheads-Eheim 1262 910GPH return - Little fishes Carbon&Phosban reactors,GHL controllers and Dosing pump and ME!

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