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Old 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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Old 10-05-2007, 08:11 PM
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ah ok thx for your input
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Old 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.

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Old 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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Old 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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Old 11-22-2007, 04:33 AM
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Looks good Doug but you've already outgrown it. I keep telling you to take the plunge with that 72" tank of yours.
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Old 11-22-2007, 11:53 PM
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Looks good Doug but you've already outgrown it. I keep telling you to take the plunge with that 72" tank of yours.
Always the salesman huh Greg? Thanks Chris and Greg for the kind words.
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