Can I use wood dowels to stack my LR?

Will it collect any unwanted parasites or anything ?


I want to use something that is cheap to buy.

Please advise

 

Go to Home Depot and buy some acrylic rods.Not expensive
wood will deteriate over time and expand and could split the rock where u drill the holes.
JMO

 

I would not use wood of ant kind in a tank, i would use acrylic rods there reef safe.

 

Fiberglass rods are another option. I was able to get these for less than acrylic. 3/8" fiberglass rods are used as posts for electric fences. I got mine at AgriSupply but here's a random company on the internet that has what I'm talking about Fiberglass Posts and General Introduction to Posts I highly reccomend using rods to help stabilize your rock work and wish that I had used more. I didn't use them for the rocks that I thought were securely dry stacked but I had a mini disaster when I banged into them with a grabber while trying to rescue a fallen coral.

 

thanks i love HD anyways I'll get the acrylic rods thank you very much!

 

Have fun and use a concrete bit to drill the rocks