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10-05-2007, 04:50 PM
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Do you find black eggcrate easier to work with or pvc for framing?, ill be doing the same thing for a 120gallon project in a couple months and thought u might be able to share your experience if you have worked with eggcrate or not
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10-05-2007, 07:50 PM
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Thanks guys. I am going for a multi-leveled, terrace kinda look. Should look better once I make the switch. I used egg crate for the rack/stand in my frag tank. Its easy to work with, but I doubt it would carry alot of weight. Unless maybe you have a degree in engineering and could design a sub-frame to carry the weight of the rocks.
 Plus its kinda brittle so any mishaps would probably break it. Im sure someone out there has had good results using egg crate. I just chose pvc because I wanted to get a large overhang effect without having to use huge pieces of lr. The pvc is easy enough to work with,kinda like a big mechano set. Getting the rock to fit together so that it best covered the pvc, and so that it looked "right" was the hard part. I have around 75 pounds of rock to work with, so my choices were limited.
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694 Last edited by fishytime; 10-05-2007 at 07:57 PM.
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10-06-2007, 12:18 AM
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Ignore the tang police.
Besides, everyone here is mature enough to know if a fish is thriving in their tank anyway; I say go for it  .IME, an overhang is more easily achieved with piled rocks at an angle and having one piece dedicated as the "umbrella". Since your PVC provides the structure already, you're in awesome shape and just need to lightly fill in the holes around the overhang. Post more pictures soon. Last edited by Moogled; 10-06-2007 at 12:23 AM.
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11-22-2007, 12:21 AM
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Ok the contents of the 20g FINALLY made it into the 68g. Thought I'd have more room for new coral additions, but between what was in the 20g and what was is my frag tank, I didnt end up with much extra room at all.Have that new tank algae bloom happening in these pics , so you all will have to look past that. any questions, comments or critiques are welcomed. Tell me what you guys think.
     
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694
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11-22-2007, 04:22 AM
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That's looking really good Doug. Glad it's all coming together! How're the freshwater additions doing?
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ah ok thx for your input
I keep telling you to take the plunge with that 72" tank of yours.
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