setting up live rock

Discussion in 'Live Rock' started by mk, Apr 28, 2004.

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  1. mk

    mk Plankton

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    IM GOING TO START A NEW TANK AND I DONT WANT TO BUILD A STONE WALL DOES ANY ONE HAVE ANY TIPS HOW TO STACK THEM US PVC RACKS ECT..
     
    mk, Apr 28, 2004
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  2. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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  3. JOER0178

    JOER0178 Peppermint Shrimp

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    what i did was look in the photo gallery's of other peoples tanks to get some inspiration, but theres really not much preperation you can do besides that. IMO if your getting the rock from a LFS just pic out pieces you think look interesting, and have alittle fun arranging them in your tank, see what you get you can always rearrange them.
     
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  4. Land_Fish

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    I for one would not use the PVC pipe.
    Get some semi flat peices of LR and sizes from small to med or even large.

    Stack them where they will not fall over and make holes everywhere for the fish to dart in and out of.
     
    Land_Fish, May 1, 2004
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  5. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Hiya Mark,

    Still with us?

    What's status of new tank? - Got pics to share of that rock arrangement yet?

    Hope all going OK...feel free to holler out here if any questions...

    Rgds,

    OmarD
     
    omard, May 14, 2004
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  6. karlas

    karlas Fire Goby

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    i never used pvc pipe myself. but the book i had bought had a few types of ways to put lr. one was the wall look in the back of the tank, another was mound in the middle being all open around it, 2 smaller mounds with a figure 8 look, the other was called the lagoon look it was like a 3/4 circle wall around the tank. just some other ideas for u
     
    karlas, May 26, 2004
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