Idea for background/cover

fishface · #1 01-29-2007, 02:54 AM

hey Doug, i've heard of folks using that expanding foam to make some pretty cool backdrops. dunno if you've heard of or thought of that...one other thing to consider.

BCOrchidGuy · #2 01-29-2007, 03:24 AM

Never considered it but maybe I should. I was thinking of the background as a place to put frags or start colonies of say Xenia and or star polyps. I think it would look amazing if the back of the glass was covered top to bottom in stuff.

Doug

G1GY · #3 01-29-2007, 03:49 AM

I've heard of others actualy cracking the glass with epoxy.

If you just stick a frag of GSP on the glass with a suction cup, it'll grow there like mad.

I have it even growing over my heater.

Snappy · #4 01-29-2007, 04:16 AM

You can also glue some monti cap or other sps on the back wall.

mark · #5 01-29-2007, 04:54 AM

in this thread I queried about pond foam, there's also a link to the RC thread that got me wondering on the stuff
http://216.187.96.54/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=29215

Moogled · #6 01-29-2007, 05:35 AM

If you have the extra money to toss around, you can consider making a reef rock wall.

Ziptie small chunks of rock to light diffuser to create a dramatric background.

muck · #7 01-29-2007, 02:11 PM

Russ (rusty) is working on setting up his tank again after the move and built a rock wall out of aragacrete. It looks awesome! I'll make sure he posts pics of it.