Re-aquascaped tank with pillars!

bwoody62 · #1 01/07/2008, 12:36 PM

Here are some before & after pics of my 210. Aquabucket (Spike) and I drilled 1/2 holes in the LR, then used acrylic rod to stack the rock (like a Ka-Bob). Worked really cool. Same amount of rock in the tank before and after (really). Thanks for the help Spike.

Bri Guy · #2 01/07/2008, 12:49 PM

The difference is night and day!! OMG I love it!

btw what are those two red plant looking things?

lostdragon · #3 01/07/2008, 01:02 PM

very nice aquascaping.looks great

bwoody62 · #4 01/07/2008, 01:02 PM

Its a type of red gracilaria according to Spike. The 4 tangs (2 yellow, 1 powder blue, and 1 naso) don't even give it a look. Thought they would chow it down.

Aquabucket · #5 01/07/2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by bwoody62
Its a type of red gracilaria according to Spike. The 4 tangs (2 yellow, 1 powder blue, and 1 naso) don't even give it a look. Thought they would chow it down.

I am leaning towards Gracilaria curtissae. I think it is a beautiful macro and looks good in a display tank.

http://saltcorner.com/sections/guest...Gcurtissae.htm

MSU Fan · #6 01/07/2008, 01:18 PM

Did you affix the acrylic rod to a base to provide stability? I love that look, and may want to duplicate that in my next tank.

Aquabucket · #7 01/07/2008, 01:26 PM

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Originally posted by MSU Fan
Did you affix the acrylic rod to a base to provide stability? I love that look, and may want to duplicate that in my next tank.

Instead of using acrylic bases we just placed the largest and heaviest pieces of rock on the bottom. It turned out to be quite stable.

labrec06 · #8 01/07/2008, 02:07 PM

WHERE DID YOU GET THE acrlic rods?? got pics of them ??

I LOVE the new look it gives me some real ideas

Aquabucket · #9 01/07/2008, 02:13 PM

You can get the rod at Midland plastics in GB. We did not use prefab rounded rod though. Instead we cut 1/2" strips from a 1/2" thick sheet of plexi. Using a square rod in the round holes was not the best way to go as it was difficult to turn the rocks and get them to face the way we wanted. In the end it worked out fine though.

bwoody62 · #10 01/07/2008, 02:15 PM

I have some 1/2 acrylic that I cut 1/2 & 1/2 square strips and we gently pounded them through the drilled holes.

siropa · #11 01/07/2008, 05:50 PM

very nice. i'm feeling the urge for some pillars in my tank now.

MrSquid · #12 01/07/2008, 06:22 PM

Wow - that's awesome! How'd you drill through the rock? Didn't it tend to bust apart on you?

pmpier · #13 01/07/2008, 06:29 PM

I like it too. Did you have any ammonia or nitrate spikes after taking the live rock out of the tank to be drilled? How long was the rock out of the water?

Water Box · #14 01/07/2008, 06:29 PM

looks better in person

Aquabucket · #15 01/07/2008, 06:39 PM

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Originally posted by pmpier
I like it too. Did you have any ammonia or nitrate spikes after taking the live rock out of the tank to be drilled? How long was the rock out of the water?

No ammonia spikes or anything. The first thing we did was drain 40 gallons or so of water from the tank into 2 bins. The first bin had a heater and a powerhead in it. In this bin we placed all the corals that we removed from the tank and rock. The second bin was for the larger pieces of rock we took out for the pillars. This bin only had a heater. The rest of the rock stayed in the tank. We replaced the tank water with new saltwater so essentially the tank simply had a good sized water change.

2farNorth · #16 01/07/2008, 07:04 PM

That looks great!!

I tried the same thing, but it didn't turn out as nice as yours!! Must be the tank size difference!

siropa · #17 01/07/2008, 07:30 PM

how deep is your tank? that one pillar looks so tall.

customcolor · #18 01/07/2008, 08:13 PM

the scaping looks super sweet!!!!!

Aquabucket · #19 01/07/2008, 08:15 PM

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Originally posted by siropa
how deep is your tank? that one pillar looks so tall.

I think a standard AGA 210 is 29" tall.

siropa · #20 01/07/2008, 08:17 PM

sweet. that really helps for those pillars.

pmpier · #21 01/07/2008, 09:13 PM

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Originally posted by Aquabucket
No ammonia spikes or anything. The first thing we did was drain 40 gallons or so of water from the tank into 2 bins. The first bin had a heater and a powerhead in it. In this bin we placed all the corals that we removed from the tank and rock. The second bin was for the larger pieces of rock we took out for the pillars. This bin only had a heater. The rest of the rock stayed in the tank. We replaced the tank water with new saltwater so essentially the tank simply had a good sized water change.

Great creativity!

labrec06 · #22 01/07/2008, 09:41 PM

i ordered rods from midland plastic their price was .55 cents per /foot it will be here on friday thanks for the tip

jandlms · #23 01/07/2008, 09:44 PM

Midland plastics usually has a good quantity of plastic rod for sale right in the showroom. Its mainly some pretty funky colors but for this application who cares. Looks really good Woody! By the way heard from Paul lately??????

FEEDERFISH · #24 01/07/2008, 09:58 PM

I have about 4-5 feet of 3/8in acrylic rod and a 3/8in masonry bit if anyone is interested I used a few to hold some large rocks off the bottom its a great idea and adds strength to your rockwork, also mounting frags doesn't create a landslide

labrec06 · #25 01/07/2008, 10:10 PM

how did you get the acrlic to arch like that ???