Stone's 225 Carbonate Factory

Stones · #1 05-16-2010, 09:35 PM

So I had the past 24 hours off work and made a bit more progress on the build. First, here's a close up of the substrate I used after the water cleared up.

Once the water cleared and I got the substrate pseudo-level, I started with the rock work.

That 1/2" barbed fitting jammed in the rock is only temporary. Once the epoxy cures, I'll remove it however I may need to jam a small piece of live rock rubble in that space to help support the flat piece of rock on top of the structure.

I still have about 300 lbs of actual live rock to put into the new tank as well however about 200 lbs of that is still in my running 90 gallon tank. Hoping to get the aquascaping all finished up later this week when I'm finished this stint at work.

hillegom · #2 05-17-2010, 01:23 AM

Looking good, I like what you have been doing.

Delphinus · #3 05-17-2010, 03:00 AM

Great looking pillar!

lastlight · #4 05-17-2010, 04:34 AM

I can picture your fish circling that thing covered in SPS. Going to look great!

The tough part with something so cool and unique...is finishing your scape. Just adding more cool towers to each side and it might lose it's appeal. But placing more basic piles in there may make it look out of place. Scaping is hella tough but rewarding when you sort it out.

kien · #5 05-17-2010, 07:45 AM

that's a great looking structure indeed! Putting corals on that sucker is going to be loads of fun.

Stones · #6 05-17-2010, 02:06 PM

Thanks everyone. The plan is to load that pillar right up with acros to make it more reminiscent of braches on a tree. We'll see how it turns out after the corals grow in a bit.

I'm actually quite stumped on what I'm going to do with the rest of my live rock as I'm sure no matter what I do it will take away from the central pillar. I guess its back to good old trial and error sometime later this week and just see how it turns out. So long as I get a few caves for the fish to hang out in and a few nice ledges to pile acros on, I'll be happy. I'm guessing I'm going to have a ton of rock going into my fuge though as I have alot of bowling ball sized pieces that are really hard to scape with.