aquascaping

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by spikehs

I heard of people drilling the rock and using plastic zip ties and rods, anyone have any experiance with this?

When we set up our very first tank, a 75 gal several years ago, I thought I'd stacked the rock to perfection on my very first try and I wanted it to stay that way forever

After a few months, though, I had time to observe water flow throughout the tank, fish interaction with the caves and ledges I had carefully made, placement of the corals I'd chosen to keep, along with other factors that don't immediately come to mind.

You know, I began to think the rock structure needed to be rearranged to provide better water flow and better places for the tang we had to hide and swim through. Some of the corals needed to be placed in different locations, too. So I rearranged my FIRST perfect rock structure to my SECOND perfect rock structure.

A few months later, the rock was rearranged yet again because it wasn't yet the way it needed to be to fullfill the needs of the inhabitants. Don't know how many major or minor rearrangements I did over the years, but I was glad I hadn't permanantly adhered the rocks together.

IMO, don't drill or fasten your rocks together as you're probably going to find good reasons down the road to rearrange everything a few times. Taking time when stacking the rock will keep it from falling over and you won't have to go to the extra work of drilling, etc. JMHO, though.