Arranging Life Rocks, Corals

[hamannbmw]

Hi all,

I was helping my bros arranging LR in his 3ft tank today, really takes up alot of time., I have arrange it in such a way whereby there is lots of channel , holes etc... for future space for coral etc...

Is it a must to to arrnage it such a way whereby lots of hole n channel inorder to accomodate corals etc..??? but if yes, I believe it still requires lots of shifting right... cos the coral might not fit into the gaps in between LR..........

Need expert advise.

[Clownfish]

hmmm... holes r for fishes to hide n hav their own territory wat.... how u scape the LR is act up to u..... just make sure no dead spots where detritus will accumulate...

[Achilles Tang]

Erhmm... its hard to teach.

It all depends on one's back strength, skin wrinkling resistance, bristleworms' spike resistance, time and most importantly... CREATIVITY!!!

I can spend hours shifting corals and rocks around until I achieve the look I want! Sometimes, certain corals will do better under different light levels or increased or decreased water circulation... so you have to play around a bit.

Experience and knowledge in the needs of your reef inhabitants is essential to site them properly for their health.

The fun of keeping a reef tank is the evolving look... before you come to the stage where nothing can be moved anymore. Then it's time to sit back and let your corals grow!

Good luck!

[kopee]

Its time to bring out your creative hats....

[junyong84]

do use a moisturizer often... for ur hands....

[Mellow]

Erhmm... its hard to teach.

It all depends on one's back strength, skin wrinkling resistance, bristleworms' spike resistance, time and most importantly... CREATIVITY!!!

I can spend hours shifting corals and rocks around until I achieve the look I want! Sometimes, certain corals will do better under different light levels or increased or decreased water circulation... so you have to play around a bit.

Experience and knowledge in the needs of your reef inhabitants is essential to site them properly for their health.

The fun of keeping a reef tank is the evolving look... before you come to the stage where nothing can be moved anymore. Then it's time to sit back and let your corals grow!

Good luck!

totally agree with AT on that man..good back strength is a must!!! haha..go pump it up at the gym first.... yup, make sure u're creative when aqua scaping and make sure they dun end up looking like fruit heaps... u will have to keep playing around with the positions of the corals until they are at an optimum place... that is, they open up well and look happy!! do consider the compatibility of various corals too before putting them together... as AT said, that's an evolving process... u'll stop only after finding that nothing needs to be shifted anymore..that's when u' can sit back and enjoy your reef...still waiting for my time to come soon....heh

[Dispar_Anthias]

totally agree with AT on that man..good back strength is a must!!! haha..go pump it up at the gym first.... yup, make sure u're creative when aqua scaping and make sure they dun end up looking like fruit heaps... u will have to keep playing around with the positions of the corals until they are at an optimum place... that is, they open up well and look happy!! do consider the compatibility of various corals too before putting them together... as AT said, that's an evolving process... u'll stop only after finding that nothing needs to be shifted anymore..that's when u' can sit back and enjoy your reef...still waiting for my time to come soon....heh

lolx.. rescaping my unlce tank just to get the two tower effect cause me serious backache

[ReeF_LoVeR]

diy too much....hahahah

just kidding...

[dr evil]

lolx.. rescaping my unlce tank just to get the two tower effect cause me serious backache

is the trend now having twin towers?

[Dispar_Anthias]

is the trend now having twin towers?

IMO i love the 2 tower effect thus spend quite sometime doing it

[ReeF_LoVeR]

care to share with a pic?

[Dispar_Anthias]

Go under tank spec forum and you will find the pic....... That tank is not fully completed yet, still need to place a giant squamosa in between the 2 tower

[SpiderOne]

everyone is doing twin towers now hahaha.

[hamannbmw]

Thanks for all yr precious comments,

My concern is after i have cycle the tank and starting to place corals into the tank, it might not fit into the gap in between the rocks, meaning i have to shift it again ??? cos, some LPS comes with thick bone, some with small bone structure, it may no fits into the gaps of LR, den how ???

Really HEadache

[SpiderOne]

shift the LR a bit man.. its not like they are joined together permanently

[hamannbmw]

Meaning everytime i introduce new corals into tanks, have to do some shifting.... hope it wont collapse..

[Crab]

Hi guys, need your help on these questions.

1) Using Egg Crates: Cut & join egg crates to form many pieces of structures (some tall & some short). Then lay rocks on it. Is this method good? Why?

2) Using epoxy: What if fish dies under rocks, how to remove it? How to shift rocks if there's not enough gap to place corals?

[Mellow]

maybe if u dun wanna shift the rocks, u can also choose corals that will fit a particular crevice that u wanna fill..play ard i guess...i sometimes chiselle the corals base or rock until they can fit into the holes..but be careful though...

[Crab]

Hi guys, need your help on these questions. 

1) Using Egg Crates:  Cut & join egg crates to form many pieces of structures (some tall & some short).  Then lay rocks on it.  Is this method good?  Why?

2) Using epoxy: What if fish dies under rocks, how to remove it?  How to shift rocks if there's not enough gap to place corals?

Anyone?

[SpiderOne]

dont hijack peoples thread.

a lot of people use PVC pipes with eggcrate layer on top to support the rocks. personally i dont use eggcrate at all. after a few years in saltwater it gets brittle.

Dont use epoxy lor

[Crab]

dont hijack peoples thread. a lot of people use PVC pipes with eggcrate layer on top to support the rocks. personally i dont use eggcrate at all. after a few years in saltwater it gets brittle.

Dont use epoxy lor

sorly lah. Thought my question will also benefit the owner of this thread.

don't use epoxy sometimes difficult to stack leh

[SpiderOne]

i dun think many ppl use epoxy.. in fact i think only a handful of ppl epoxy their rocks. its easy to stack. just make sure stable base . and stack rocks on top.. nothing hard to it

[hamannbmw]

Hi Bros,

What is egg crate ? those seling at wet market one isit ? or modern type (plastic) housing eggs ? ANd what is epoxy.... pls enlighten...

[Crab]

expoxy = very strong glue

egg crate = hard to explain. these are used in some office to cover the ceiling fluorescent light. its made of white plastic with holes. saw some luo-han shop use it as partition.

[hamannbmw]

Thanks Crab for the explanation, hmmm.... I think egg crates will worn off after some time, due to salt water... anyway egg crates able to hold LR ?

also, first time come across using glue to glue rocks together.... anyway i'm new in this hobby