RockWork

[Basile]

I found so little, info and threads about liverock work and ideals. Lack of imagination and for sure , it seems lack of interest in most threads. I wonder why since its a structure you'll be looking most of the time and for a very long time indeed. Very few videos, or concept pictures of plans iand ideals. So i though that a special thread should be dedicated to PLANS, IDEALS, and concept, and the reason for choosing a desing. Remember , your water flow will depend on it. So i got a few desing i took from various sites, and regrouped here and hope you'll joing showing yours, with , if possible your plans and techniques;

Fake rocks, pegging techniques, false walls, and what ever...

[Basile]

Another one

[jgking21]

nice, how did you set up your rocks? pegging?

i setting up a corner tank, my plan is to use pvc piping to hold up 2 towers and a rock ledge in between. i don't want any rock touching the walls. i started the stand over the weekend, i'll get a pic up soon.

[Basile]

The Pegging Club

This thread is a good one too see more of the previous japanese style pegging work.

Reef Videos this one has good videos on pegging it self.


A plan for a futur pegging project,



What do you think?

[BigAl07]

Basil I went to great lengths on my build thread to design and BUILD a solid structure. I don't think I posted the "plans" but I did make mention as to what I was thinking about. Hope that helps

[rmlevasseur]

This is a cool topic. However, every few years I like to rearrange my rock just for a change. So I dont peg it.

[marine281]

I used fake live rock for my display, I have 1 Large piece, did it this way as I wanted to get the height without taking up the whole sandbed & stacking rocks up which were unstable.

Love the pictures in your second post though, will be giving that a go when I upgrade tank size next.

[Basile]

Hey thanks for your contribution, nice picture; hope others will do the same and show us their work, instead of just saying what they've done. When you upgrade take pics of your work in progress and post it here.

[themanthelegond]

I just finished redoing this tonight. We used eggcrate, zip ties and marine epoxy. took us 8 hours to get the rocks to fit just right!

[ZAPCOnj]

Originally Posted by Basile

Another one

WOW. that is just a hot look for a modern looking tank like an elos or something..... WOW... just WOW... i may have to do that in my office at work with my new LED pendant light.... oh... i've said too much........

[kyle209]

my 12 gallon eclipse with 14 ibs of rock

[kyle209]

my 12 gallon eclipse with 22 ibs of rock

[cindyp]

cheap base rock w/ fiji rock on top lots of caves and hiding places. the top rock fits pretty tight..

[Basile]

Originally Posted by themanthelegond

I just finished redoing this tonight. We used eggcrate, zip ties and marine epoxy. took us 8 hours to get the rocks to fit just right!

Hey thanks man ; thats what call showing us! You just gave me an ideal how to use eggcrates for my next project, youhoo; that the point of this thread keep the ideals comming, and thank you all for your support , keep the thread growing, maybe it will become a sticky someday.....anyone??

Great job Joe we appreciate the time you took in your ,8 hours i can see that. Wow. Did you run you zip ties through you rocks( drilled i mean) or on the outside ?

[Basile]

Originally Posted by ZAPCOnj

WOW. that is just a hot look for a modern looking tank like an elos or something..... WOW... just WOW... i may have to do that in my office at work with my new LED pendant light.... oh... i've said too much........

Thanks, yes when i saw that i was blown away. I said to myself, self, you got to show that to others. Its not my work by the way; pict it up from a site , and was inspired by it. Really showing the potential of pegging techniques. Aquascaping seems to be an afterthought in are rush to set up a tank. And we are stuck with it for a long time. Anyway enough rambling, lol. If you find great aquascaping , put them up here, the more ideals the better.