LRs n glass walls

[godzillaliu88]

hi all,

i've seen a reefing book. they showed various types of scaping, none of the LRs are restin on the glass tank walls.

any reefers here have their LRs resting on the glass?

should we avoid resting LRs on glass?

[Qxnviolet]

LRs on glass walls shouldn't be much of a problem as long as they are not using the glass panel to support its full wt. For me its quite difficult to scape w/o at least abit of the rocks touching the glass. As long as the pressure is not excessive, i guess its alright. But with some proper planning and trial and error, i believe its possible to scape w/o having to use the glass to support your LRs.

[May&Bruce]

A problem with resting LR on the glass wall is that you can not clean the glass behind it without removing the rock. If it is the back of the tank then it is not really and issue, but it can get unsightly on the sides if you have algae growing on the glass behind the LR.

[Panzz]

true that you can't let your glass wall support the full weight of your rocks.

and you would have to leave enough space between the rocks and the glass walls to provide sufficient water flow.

[plakat]

hi all,

i've seen a reefing book. they showed various types of scaping, none of the LRs are restin on the glass tank walls.

any reefers here have their LRs resting on the glass?

should we avoid resting LRs on glass?

care to share wat book is that and where u got it from?

[godzillaliu88]

cant rmb the title. will go to sch check out tmr n tell u all. it showed my various types of scapin

[Qxnviolet]

Heyhey! Hows your rescaping going? Anyway, dun worry about leaning Lrs on your walls if you have to. As long as the full weight of the rock is not against the wall, it should hold. U might want to leave a gap on the front and 2 sides of the tank to facilitate easy access for cleaning though...

[godzillaliu88]

after exam then rescape and get T5s fixed up.

now busy with study.. told u march ma.

chill la. have a beer n be patient...lol

[Firestarz]

Yea .. i juz set up my tank. managed to do a rock scape without using any of the glass panels .. had to cos my glass is 5mm only .. so safer not to rest it against the glass.

Yea .. here's a pic .. yea .. there r actually 2 caves in the middle .. one on top of the other.

[godzillaliu88]

i couldnt rmb which book i saw the scaping thingy. too many reefin books in sch library.

but i can rmb it showed me these scaping ideas

[godzillaliu88]

here

[godzillaliu88]

i drew them out.

[Firestarz]

Hmm .. nice ideas .. but sometimes also must depends on life rock .. see whether they fit each other in that position or not.

For those who r yet to buy LR .. aqua marine is a very good place to get .. i got mine there .. really beautiful rocks there .. n i even get to test out my formation to see if it will hold b4 i buy them .. really good as there will not b worries on LR not being able to stand.

[Qxnviolet]

Yoz....nice rockscaping with lots of place for corals...definately much nicer than your old one. Keep up the good work!

[Firestarz]

Eh .. my old one? ..

Think u mistaken .. this is the first time i set up a tank n this is my first rockscape ..

Yea .. anyway thanks! ..

Yea .. i will b creating a new topic for my tank .. mayb closer to the end of the 1 month cycling period so that i would not need to show off my bare tank only.