Rock Wall Overflows????

[BC Sparky]

I would like to hide my overflow chambers with a fake rock wall. Does anyone know of anyway to attach Live Rock (or base rock) to the acrylic???

[chemisfun11]

If you use lightweight pieces, you could go with superglue gel or the epoxy putty. I've heard of some people using the insulation foam to create "rock" walls, but I don't know the details on that one. HTH

[a1amap]

The best idea I have seen to enclose overflows has to be the post by mrwilson. Here is the link
Just pan down till you see the pic of his tank he goes into a little detail of how to make it also

[firedogg2]

Its not cheep but its cool.
Living Colors stuff

http://www.livingcolor.com/overflow_box_covers.cfm

[NeveSSL]

Originally posted by a1amap
The best idea I have seen to enclose overflows has to be the post by mrwilson. Here is the link
Just pan down till you see the pic of his tank he goes into a little detail of how to make it also

Wow... thanks for that link. Thats awesome stuff!

Brandon

[BC Sparky]

Thanks- I like Mr. Wilsons solution. I would love to see the expanding foam option, anyone have a link???

[NeveSSL]

I think one of the tanks of the month used it from a couple of months ago. May want to check those out.

Brandon

[weaselslucks]

check out this thread http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...readid=1184780
i'm doing the same thing but with no resin

[customcolor]

like this. i used pond foam and diy live rock on mine. the diy is on the left and right and the pond foam is inbetween them infront of the 3' long calflo. now the pics

this first pic is befor i trimmed the foam all the way across to be flat and added sylicone to it to make it smooth





now with fish in it



to check out my build click HERE

[BC Sparky]

POND FOAM??? Never heard of it- where do you get it?

[customcolor]

you can get it from dr. fosters and smiths web site. lots of people have used it and even a tank of the month too a couple months back.

[BC Sparky]

I couldn't find it after a very quick search of their website (bedtime- work tomorrow!!!). I assume it's similar to expanding foam? Is it pretty easy to work with?

I'm in Canada so I'll have to search out a local supplier to avoid paying duty and shipping.

[airinhere]

I made an aragocrete rock wall for 3 of my tanks. The overflows are almost completely hidden by the rockwork.

Tank on the Left


Tank on the right

[customcolor]

Originally posted by BC Sparky
I couldn't find it after a very quick search of their website (bedtime- work tomorrow!!!). I assume it's similar to expanding foam? Is it pretty easy to work with?

I'm in Canada so I'll have to search out a local supplier to avoid paying duty and shipping.

here it is

pond foam on fosters

[Earl87gta]

here is the thread that started it http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...5&pagenumber=1

[BC Sparky]

Found pond foam at my local HD! I'll give it a go this weekend...