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09-23-2013, 04:28 AM
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Rib cage in construction process:
 After a frustrating afternoon with the hydrolic cement I switched plans and used black UV resistant pond foam to hold it all together. (that and about 50 zip-ties) I have been researching rock walls and pvc structures over on RC for the last few months and am confidant that the foam is good to go in the tank.  I will coat the foam in epoxy resign and stick argonite to it. The consensous on RC is the the black pond foam doesn't need to be epoxied but I am going to do it anyway to be safe and make it sticky to be able to completely hide the foam with aragonite. 
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09-23-2013, 04:31 AM
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I finished the monster:
 I decided that I probably don't have enough rock in there, the structure is made up of almost 25 pounds of macro rock rubble. I decided on 2 strips of ceramic rock wall to add a nice 3D effect to the "ribcage" and I want to keep as much of the sand bed as clear as possible. I bought a piece of wall and cut it in half (easy with a hand saw) and siliconed the halves to the back of the tank. MUCH better looking than what I could have done DIY with the pond foam/macro rock/egg crate/epoxy formula. The pieces weren't quite tall enough so I did make 2 small DIY rock wall spacers at the bottom part, also helped to hold the ceramics up. Once coraline takes over hopefully it will look more seamless...   more to come....
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#3
09-23-2013, 04:40 AM
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Very neat build! Love the kaiju concept, building a sculpture as the hardscape is a fun idea. Plus the whole build looks very clean. The stand especially came out well. Can't wait to see how this looks when it grows in. Keep us posted!
- Ian
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