am i being a Sissy

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by Basile

I dont know if your joking but if you look at the picture thats exactly what i did actually nylon rods with nuts and further more its all cemented , the last one will have a stalactite comming down.

If you are using nylon rod, switch to acrylic and it will fix most of your problems. Nylon is not the best choice as it will begin to crack under the weight and will soften and swell in water.

Also, you can use physics to your advantage and add some weight on the opposite side from the overhang to reduce the torque (the bending force) on the rods. I did this on one of my old tanks and it worked like a charm. There are a few other things, like anchoring rods, that would also fix this and be easily hidden.

[Basile]

So my sculpture is finished, just have to rebuild the support with 1" pvc which i got as you can see i just need elbows ,lol. Then just got to hide those nuts and put it in the tank with a plexi glass in the bottom. The sculpture is 36" longX20"wideX 20" hight. My tank is 21" hight, but the structure was suppose to be built with 1/2" pvc now its with 1" so my last rock will be floating, i'll put a mini palm tree and a lodge for the snails.













At the end of the ramp a stalactite will come down.

[Madreefer]

Once again. Thats really cool. A frag plug will probably sit nice on those nylon bolts and whatever coral you choose will encrust over them.