Biocube29 from mantis tank to Clown heaven

[Polscot]

ive jsut added the foam, so ill let it dry over 48hrs, then ill cover it in resin and smashed rock so it all melds together, but here it is so far





going to save alot of tank space as i have roughly 18 of the 30 lbs on the back wall,

[Greenmaster]

Looking good.

[Polscot]

trimmed up and sanded the wall heres the finish, i didnt do the bottom cause its going to get covered in sand, what i did was smash a piece of rock down to dust, then painted on some LePage Extreme repair adhesive (it was the only aquarium safe silicon/adhesive i could find) then just dropped the rock dust over it, did it 2 times. theres no point in being super anal about it as in a few months it will all get covered with coralline (if all goes well)

approx 14lbs live rock



this is what i want the scape to look like including wall of cource, kinda a cove or cave look





the eggcrate is on the bottom for the saftey of Vader he'll get 5-6" and i dont wanna have him digging and break the glass (even though its a rare occation

[Polscot]

its all done, the wall and rockscape is complete, ima go down to red coral on friday and grab 20g of water and get my sand, a bigger cleanup crew and maybe a few more things....

heres the final (without sand)

FTS


nother FTS


side shot i wanted to give some overhang and cave like appearence at the bottom, a better habitat for vader

[Greenmaster]

I like the look

[lastlight]

Wow I don't think I've ever seen somebody just pulverize rock. They always used coral sand or something. That's one of the most convincing looking finishes I've seen and that's without any algae on it! Really like that.

My only concern is scraping the side glass. Perhaps you're not going to but it will look a little unsightly around the rocks where you can't get to.

Can't wait to see water in there. Vader's going to enjoy that lair.

[Rbacchiega]

looks fantastic! not a big fan of Mantis myself..they look like scary bugs and I get all girly and wince a little...but I'm sure that tank is going to look bangerang

[Polscot]

thanx alot for the compliments and support, I was going to just use argonitye but i figured it wouldent look natural, and whats more natural then taking the original rocks and making them dust lol ,for your question/statement last light im going to be leaving a 1/2" space between the glass and rocks so that i can get a algae magnet through cause i agree it will look off if its gross under the rocks