live rock structure

StephenD · #1 07/19/2006, 01:13 PM

i'm setting up my 65 gallon and i'm not using any substrate, i'm purchasing 100+ pounds of live rock and i'm worried that when i stack it somthing might wiggle around between the rocks or whatever and a few or a lot of them will come crashing down through the glass. Does anyone have any methods or specific structures to help prevent this, while keeping it pleasing to the eye?

mbbuna · #2 07/19/2006, 01:25 PM

first i would not place the rocks right on the bottom glass. a lot of people use some thing they call "starboard" its made out of the same stuff as those white plastic cutting boards. i would get a few of those and cut them to fit the bottom then place the rocks.

to help hold the rocks n place you can use epoxy and glue them togeather or drill holes and use zip ties, ceramic rods, pcv pipe or even "great stuff" expandable foam.

MJAnderson · #3 07/19/2006, 02:44 PM

Will your tank be barebottom or sand? If sand, how deep?

DaveG99 · #4 07/19/2006, 03:01 PM

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i'm setting up my 65 gallon and i'm not using any substrate

Wryknow · #5 07/19/2006, 03:45 PM

I used a bunch of long zip ties to hold the bottom layers of rock together to create a stable base. After a couple of months the corraline algae will cover them and you will hardly notice them any more. Easy and cheap fix!