Some Pics

[rocketlily]

Nice pictures. I really like the planted tank. I've been developing an interest in these lately. Is the back of the tank real rock or something else?

[Kronk]

Its a type of sandstone i found when hiking, its not heavy at all so i just siliconed it to the back of the tank.

[danny zubot]

I really like the back wall of the hex tank. It gives the tank a certain mysterious feeling. Very cool.

[Diana]

Nice pics! You should post your hex tank on malawimayhem.com (not sure if you're over there already ). They would be very interested in how you made the background!

Cheers
-Diana and Raf

[Kronk]

I should have mentioned i sold the cichlid tank a while back. It was a pentagon shape 44g there are some DIY threads on cichlid forum that show some different ways of making those backgrounds. At the moment i am making my own live rock i will post some pics of that when i am done. It will be a long process though as its going to be a busy summer... here is one rock i made to test the batch the salt isnt disolved yet so it doesnt look porus

[BC Mosaic]

Originally Posted by Kronk

...... rock i made to test the batch the salt isnt disolved yet so it doesnt look porus

Sorry, but I don't understand.

Nice tank work there BTW.

[Kronk]

here is one rock i made to test the batch

The DIY rock is made with a number of different materials, i made one rock so that i could test the recipe.

the salt isnt disolved yet so it doesnt look porus

The rock has to be soaked in order to disolve the salt which i have not done yet. Once the salt disolves it will leave holes in the surface and interior of the rock. The pic makes it look like a solid block of concrete because the salt crystals kind of blend in. When the salt disolves the rock will look more like lavarock than a sidewalk.