Finally Got it Setup

[Snowboarda42]

So my live rock came today from SaltwaterFish.com, $169 w/free shipping

Lucky me I had today off.

Anyways, I'm a picture whore so I'm posting a bunch of pictures up 8)


This was a couple days ago, with live sand only and Saltwater:

I decided since I don't want any rocks falling, to go for the pillar idea that everyone's been using.
But, I did it a little differently.

I used egg crate, and Tapwater Faucet hook up lines I got from Home Depot.

I shaved the bigger round part down into a square shape, then epoxied it into the egg crating.

Then the Live Rock came:


I used a 1/2" masonry drill bit to drill holes in the rock for the 1/2" rods to go through.

Lots of color and life on these:

Cleaned and set one in the tank to see what it looked like:

After All the Drilling, Rodding, Brushing, and Scaping were done:

From the Top:

Left Side:

Right Side:

So in the end, the egg crate sits on the bottom of the tank, the rock sits on top if it, and the sand sits over the egg crate.

I think i'm going to get 2x more sand though.

Time to cycle!

 

[Snowboarda42]

Water is pretty clear already, so here's some more pictures from tonight:

Daylights only:

White Lunar Lighting:

 

[trido]

Nice aquascaping 8)

 

[Anonymous]

I like it.

 

[mr_X]

good job!

 

[Anonymous]

Good job. 8)

 

[TheJGMProject]

I like the aquacaping as well nice work.

 

[shavo]

what was the purpose of the egg crate, rock not sitting on the glass?

looks really good so far, keep the pictures coming

 

[Snowboarda42]

what was the purpose of the egg crate, rock not sitting on the glass?

Exactly. That, and something to help anchor the rock to. I liked the pillar idea, I just wanted it to have even less chance of falling over.

Thanks for the comments!