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[Fishy Jacket]

Thanks for feedback on the mortar vs. super glue...was wondering about that. I have been out of the hobby for quite a while and therefore not started a tank without live rock. I am looking forward to trying dry rock (no pests and chance to aquascape...not old school mound of rock). However, looking for any ideas to help with cycling and general start-up challenges that dry rock presents. Did you use bacteria/cycling aids? Sorry if I missed that in the thread.

As others have said...great job on the aquascaping!! I was wondering, does the painting approach seem to hurt the rock porosity much? Hard to tell in the picture.

 

[polyppal]

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[BigBoi5680]

LOVE the rock work!!

 

[sam.veilleux30]

Love the build!
A little tip for your next aquascape: removable rocks connected with acrylic rod to the main structure.
Each little plate is removable, easier to manage the corals for treatment/fraging.

 

[polyppal]

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[Gort]

@zatch - My compliments on the results of "pink mortar paint" .. it's exactly the solution I've been looking for. I have a vintage VidaRock piece that came out my Nano tank that crashed years ago. I want to use it along with some new Marco pieces in some sort of NSA, and yours is a great way to avoid bone-white Marco + tan VidaRock mash-up.

Do you have any recent tank photos to share?

 

[juarec0201]

Your other post inspired me to paint my Marco rock. I

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I can’t see any pictures here. How did it hold up for you?

 

[polyppal]

Your other post inspired me to paint my Marco rock. I

I can’t see any pictures here. How did it hold up for you?

oh nice, it held up good the Marco mortar is very strong. I sold that rock work a while back though so I'm unsure what it looks like today. My current tank has some Marco-painted concrete pillars though and I've had no chipping/fading for 6+mo now