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Old 09-07-2010, 02:58 AM
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One thing about the rock wall... I hear of a lot of them that float. The best way to weigh them down is with tile, slate or marble slabs in the base of the structure. And compress the foam a bit as well... after you spray it on then you wait till it's started to dry then press it down to get some of the air out and take away some of the buoyancy.
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Old 09-07-2010, 10:17 AM
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cool, thanx for the info green i try compressing it for sure, im also gunna be putting about 10lbs of rock on the wall so that should help weigh it down also

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Old 09-07-2010, 11:55 AM
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I still recommend that you put either tile, slate, or marble on the base. Although I have seen people glue their rock wall to the glass and that works as well.
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Old 09-08-2010, 12:17 AM
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went to ocean city today to grab some purigen and chemi pure, and i stumbled across this lil anemone it was SUPER cheap and i was going to eventually buy one, so i picked it up, its sitting in my edge right now untill i get the biocube set up, my clowns will love it

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Old 09-08-2010, 06:19 AM
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Right on.
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Old 09-09-2010, 01:15 AM
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lights arrived today for the refugium, 10w halowgen underwater light x 2



i placed them in the back where the bio balls used to be, one on top and 1 on the floor, ill be putting my purigen and chemi-pure bags on either side of the light so after the water falls into the refug it has to filter through them to get to the display (let me know if this is a good place)



they give off a good amount of light and hopefully the cheato will thrive



ive taken the rock out of the bleach bath and its sitting in a baking soda bath now to neutralise it, for 1 day, then freshwater for 2 days with 4 water changes, and hopfully its sunny this weekend and ill let it sit out and dry......plan to get the tnak up and running next weekend

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Old 09-09-2010, 02:42 AM
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That looks like a very cool idea, I am looking forward to seeing the results.
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