Tank of the Month - November 2007 - Page 4

SCIFI_3D_zoo · #76 11/15/2007, 06:45 PM

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Originally posted by kigs
Congratulations on the win! Could you describe how the PVC skeletons were mounted onto the floor tabs?

Unless I'm missing something in his TOTM article I don't know what you mean. It's just a pvc with rocks drilled and stacked on top with a couple of legs on the bottom. I'm still REALLY nervous about trying this out on my rock. I"m afraid it'll just crumble.

sport4doug · #77 11/16/2007, 10:56 AM

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Originally posted by Skipper
This month we are featuring Marc Froese's (Fudge) beautiful do-it-yourself reef aquarium:

More details can be found here or by clicking on the picture above.

Congratulations, Marc!

If you'd like to nominate a tank
for Tank of the Month, click here
or use the button to the right.

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pwhitby · #78 11/16/2007, 01:01 PM

Sci Fi,

the question was about Marc's (fudge) tank. Not mine.

fastfish · #79 11/16/2007, 08:00 PM

Congratulation Marc! Dating back a few years ago to where it is now, your tank setup and all the progress have been very inspiring with many innovative ideas.

Awesome tank! Great setup with full of creativity!

Fudge · #80 11/18/2007, 11:46 AM

Thanks Again all,
Im sorry im so slow to respond....

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Originally posted by SCIFI_3D_zoo
I still don't understand how you zip-tied the rock to pvc. It would seem that the rock would slide around the pvc and not stay where you wanted it. I guess it couldn't move much and the other pieces helped hold others together. I liked Paul's TOTM last month and wanted to redo my rocks like his but I wanted more overhangs and shape like yours. Really kool. Maybe I can fake it with some creative pvc. Just have to think about how to do it. Maybe even using glue of some type to hold rock. Do you guys use some sorta "reef safe" glue for rocks, pvc, etc.? I have a tube of something for frags.

The reason they dont slide is because i will do more than one hole in the rock and use more than one hole in the pvc when zip tying.
I did find this out the hard way tho, but now for the most part they have been in the same position for well over a year.

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Originally posted by SCIFI_3D_zoo
I have a good question. I was reading Paul's threads on his TOTM and he talked about using a hole saw,,, and how it must have been the type of rock he had or something b/c he ended up ruining the saw. What sorta equipment and problems did you enounter to drill all your holes. You have an entirely different method than he did of course. You went with little holes for zip-ties and he drilled big holes for pvc to slide through the rock.

I did use hole saws aswell to seat some of the rock on the pipe, here i would just do a half hole or a channel down a side of the rock.Then i would zip tie it.

Yeah, it is pretty hard on bits, but i just went out and bought a cheapie set of bits and a couple crappy but solid hole saw bits.
and then i went about wrecking them.

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Originally posted by crazzy
Congratulations on a fantastic eye on the Ocean and many thanx for sharing. At some point you mentioned that you had wished you had vacum done the epoxy. Why would you wish that? Stonger? Smoother surface? If so what difference what is the benefit?

Crazzy, if i had of vacumed it i could have ensured the final finish was as smooth as possible, so that typical razors or glass type scrapers would have worked here.

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Originally posted by kigs
Congratulations on the win! Could you describe how the PVC skeletons were mounted onto the floor tabs?

The skeletons were mounted to the floor and wall tabs with multiple heavy zipties.
This allowed me to offset the balance of the structures without building the huge base to accomodate the weight of the upper portion.
I slotted the end of the PVC to sit right on these tabs, drilled through the pipe in line with the hole on these tabs, and used the heavy zipties as sort of a cotter pin idea.

Thanks Again all !

Marc.

SLODEN53 · #81 11/18/2007, 01:38 PM

Beautiful, just beautiful! The layout of the rock is stunning and looks to make for some very happy inhabitants in a captive environment.

docstrop · #82 11/18/2007, 01:48 PM

Marc,

This is an absolutely beautiful tank. I love the rockwork and the DIY construction. It makes my 72 gal tank seem like mere childsplay!
Congratulations and thanks for sharing your passion with us!

czerbe · #83 11/19/2007, 03:39 PM

awsome tank i love it

yellowwatchmen · #84 11/23/2007, 03:11 AM

nice tank

jonlmangahas · #85 11/23/2007, 10:19 AM

very nice!!!

frezel · #86 11/25/2007, 01:42 PM

is there anyway u can give plans on how u made ur kalk stirrer?
i would like to tackle that DIY project myself

Grins · #87 11/26/2007, 01:12 PM

I am so pleased you won. Not only is it worthy but I've been trying to remember where I first read about your build for months! At last I can look at that envy worthy fish room again.

bicolor · #88 11/28/2007, 12:59 PM

Great aquascaping, looks really natural, "well done".

Fanjays · #89 11/29/2007, 12:30 AM

your tank is awsome!!!!!! and your right the people you meet along the way of having a reeftank is worth it all in its self! but seriously your tank is awsome!

crazzy · #90 12/02/2007, 12:28 PM

Great build.
When I come to Vancouver, how is chance to come and see in person?

seansx · #91 12/05/2007, 10:49 AM

Outstanding tank! Hey Marc How thick is the glass on that tank?

MO Will · #92 12/10/2007, 12:35 AM

Hi Fudge

Awesome tank and great DIY work - I am sure that is half the fun!!

Thinking about mounting a PH (tunze or MJ-mod) onto a wavy sea or seaswirl. Seems like it would be an easy project. Do you recommend Seaswirl or wavysea? Can you describe what you did or refer me to a thread? Thanks