Booms cube-80

[Boomboy]

anyone know of any good sites for DIY rock. i want a certain look in the tank, but i dont think i will find all the right piece of rock that i want. and BRS is all sold out.

[fishytime]

Perhaps I should mention-make sure you have enough hieght to get the collection cup off the skimmer body after it is lifted.

[Boomboy]

i have more than enough, i probably could have 2 skimmers on top of each other. i wanted my stand to be a showcase tank, so that you dont have to bend over to look into the tank. its 40 " tall. ive got plently of room. thanks for the heads up though.

[Boomboy]

[Boomboy]

what colour should i paint the back? ive done white before and black, i liked both and both have their downsides. but im not sure if i want to go blue.

[fishytime]

Splatter it with purple and pink. That way it already looks like its covered in coraline.

[Boomboy]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Splatter it with purple and pink. That way it already looks like its covered in coraline.

Hahahaha thats A GREAT IDEA
like this right

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by Boomboy

anyone know of any good sites for DIY rock. i want a certain look in the tank, but i dont think i will find all the right piece of rock that i want. and BRS is all sold out.

I think some of the best man made rock comes from GARF, here is a link to the how to http://www.garf.org/class.html#mold

[Boomboy]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

I think some of the best man made rock comes from GARF, here is a link to the how to http://www.garf.org/class.html#mold

thanks appreciate it

[Boomboy]

Well i thought i would get started on my manifold for the return, ive done some research on them, but still up in the air about which design works best for me.

Here is a picture of the ones i thought of.





The points sticking out are where the loclines would come out of. and the front view of the tank, is the back side with the holes for the CL and also the overflow.

The only problem with the right one is that the returns on the CL system is pretty close to the top and i dont really want the loclines touching each other. but the first design is that i will lose alot of space to be able to reach my arm in, i would have to reach over the manifold. any thoughts.