280g Inwall

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by lastlight

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[Lance]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Also I find it odd that I find myself at odds with piecing together rock the way I think I want it to go together, and yet being influenced by how the rock itself wants to go together and then finding I'm going in a totally different direction than what I thought I had in mind. The thing is ... it's rock? Isn't it inanimate? How is it that I'm losing in a contest of wills to inanimate objects? No wonder my kids are able to get away with anything. Geeze!

Tony, the rock work looks great. I love that shelf rock: It looks just like the Eco-Rock I got from BRS when I set up the new tank.
I totally get you when you say the rock goes where it wants. I got frustrated and broke it with a hammer and suddenly it fit!

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Also I find it odd that I find myself at odds with piecing together rock the way I think I want it to go together, and yet being influenced by how the rock itself wants to go together and then finding I'm going in a totally different direction than what I thought I had in mind. The thing is ... it's rock? Isn't it inanimate? How is it that I'm losing in a contest of wills to inanimate objects? No wonder my kids are able to get away with anything. Geeze!

It's funny how that always seems to be the case, doesn't matter though as I think the rock looks great so far

[fishytime]

that tower looks great Tony.....lots of shelves and such to place corals....are those just stacked or did you get fancy somehow?

[lastlight]

He's got a piece of 1/2" pvc holding them together. Word on the street is it's NOT Kien's 1/2" but maybe one of them can chime in here?

[Delphinus]

That particular pile has a 1/2" column of PVC (you can see it coming out the top rock as I hadn't cut it yet when I took that pic). Otherwise the rocks are just laying on top of each other. I took some thorite yesterday and bonded a couple spots so that when I take the rock layers apart (I'll never be able to lift that pile on its own) to put into the tank, I hopefully have some reasonable hope of refinding how they fit together when in the tank (I realize I'm only kidding myself but I'm clinging to optimism here). I also came to the realization I'm probably going to have to crawl INTO the tank to get rock pile placed properly, so that should be an interesting exercise later today. (Wish me luck!!)

I used an acrylic rock and some thorite to bond the three rocks at that slanted angle for the smaller pile in beside to create that ravine (the real goal of the whole thing pictured there was to have a ravine. That whole thing was "just a pile of rock" until I put a second pile of rock next to it and all of a sudden it turned into this angels signing "Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" moment and light was shining on the ravine. Weird stuff.)

This is just one rock pile and will hopefully be sitting on the right side somewhere. For the rest of the reefscape it will likely be a mixture of zap straps, acrylic rods, and the occasional splop (or maybe even a splurch or splotch) of thorite and/or epoxy. I haven't quite got the vision yet for the rest except for things like "want caves, ravines and shelves." I'm not very good at artistically placing rocks - when I moved the smaller rock pile last night the big pile went right away back to "just a pile of rock" and the angel choir left. I said "come back, I have beer!!!! I totally don't mind sharing it with angels!!" but it didn't change their mind.

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Also I find it odd that I find myself at odds with piecing together rock the way I think I want it to go together, and yet being influenced by how the rock itself wants to go together and then finding I'm going in a totally different direction than what I thought I had in mind. The thing is ... it's rock? Isn't it inanimate? How is it that I'm losing in a contest of wills to inanimate objects? No wonder my kids are able to get away with anything. Geeze!

I would say it looks like your winning! Great looking structure there Tony, can't wait to see it in the tank.

I also came to the realization I'm probably going to have to crawl INTO the tank to get rock pile placed properly, so that should be an interesting exercise later today. (Wish me luck!!)

Photos plz .

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

That whole thing was "just a pile of rock" until I put a second pile of rock next to it and all of a sudden it turned into this angels signing "Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" moment and light was shining on the ravine. Weird stuff.)
I'm not very good at artistically placing rocks - when I moved the smaller rock pile last night the big pile went right away back to "just a pile of rock" and the angel choir left. I said "come back, I have beer!!!! I totally don't mind sharing it with angels!!" but it didn't change their mind.

That's because you offered them beer Tony. It requires something a little more "heavenly", like vintage red wine made from grapes crushed beneath the feet of thirty virgins.

[Delphinus]

Rock 1 - Tony 0

... sigh. Tomorrow's a new day..

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Rock 1 - Tony 0

... sigh. Tomorrow's a new day..

uh oh things not working out liked planed?