Just tagging along for ideas as I plan a similar tank.

finally figure out a good way to do these rocks. the silicone worked ok but after a few days in water i was able to pull it off which left a bunch of rock crumbs in the silicone so i tried putting a thin layer of epoxy on the rock then i siliconed the rock to the glass,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/djdirtyc/028.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/djdirtyc/029.jpg

if anyone here thinks they have strong enough fingers to pull this apart now id like to see it and might even give you a prize, im quite shure you will be goin home with sore fingers though,
now i have to go buy some rocks that i can cut in half without to much problems,

also i dont suppose minus 30 is a good time to ship red dragon pumps,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...rtyc/001-1.jpg
i talked to albert and hes sending me a new bracket likity split

Ouch. Glad to hear it will be taken care of though! :)

other than the problem with shipping it seems like a sweet pump and im glad i spoiled myself sofar.

Spoiled indeed.:mrgreen: Gonna be the caddie'o'cubes for sure.

rock wall
 

A bunch of people on RC have rock-walled their tanks. A bunch used egg-crate and similar structure to start with. Nice thing is you can take it out when you want to change it up without having to scrape your aquarium sides.

this guy did a nice 5.5Gal.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=1

i thought about making it removable but with a vortech on the back wall i want it to be on the glass,
the guy with the 5g spent a whole lot more time than im planning with this i just dont want a big glass wall at the back of the tank covered in crud all the time, at least if its rocks im hoping it wont look so annoying plus this will help stacking rocks giving a bit of grip on the back wall instead of just glass, ive been waiting for some black acrylic to cover the overflow but i think if the rocks are fairly tight together it wont realy mater if the overflow is covered once all the cracks between the rocks get a bit of coralline it should fill in alright,
i guess im gonna have to buy a few good sized chunks of rock now also, it always hurts buying big rocks,spending 2-3hundered and having 3-4 rocks really bites

first of all pump parts showed up a while ago and once the pump sits on the rubber pads i cant see how this pump could possibly make a sound,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...rtyc/001-2.jpg

finished putting the rock wall up finally, cutting the rock and letting it dry out so i could epoxy it was one of the worst smells ive ever had the pleasure of smelling in my house, it wasnt all that bad to do but added up quick, about $100-125 in rock $60 in epoxy and $30 in silicone(still have half a tube though) i could have saved on the epoxy by not coating the whole back of the rock and just putting it in a few area's but i wanted it to be best as possible,im shure 25lbs of stinking dead rock should start a cycle real good
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/djdirtyc/011.jpg

i also changed out the eggcrate on the overflow to black and instead of a full glass top im gonna try the front half eggcrate for a bit of ventilation unless the light seems really cut down from it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/djdirtyc/012.jpg

im gonna finish some plumbing tonight or tommorow and hopefully have water in the next day or 2, i already have 100g of heated and mixed water ready to go

on the rock wall i left an oval hole for the vortech so i can move it up or down a bit, the space on the overflow is for a future nanostream or korillia pump if needed and i also left space on the sides for the magnet to clean the glass