My 5.5 pico with homemade reef wall

[Nate82]

It's still in progress as of now i just finished expoxying most of the rock.. my inspiration was from yousmellfishy on ReefCentral here's the thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1375191
the only differences are i'm using a hob filter and not creating one like he did, i'm not making the same forms out of the canvas as i want it to unique, and i'm using the great stuff instead of black pond foam because i couldn't find it local and i'm short on time and impatient
and here's the start of my little soon to be masterpiece!

 

[oceanparadise1]

looks good mang! gfs gotta be laughing at u huh

 

[Nate82]

she's at work ha i love it can't wait till it dries so i can foam it

 

[oceanparadise1]

ha i bet that sand smells horrible

 

[Nate82]

meh not too bad smells like ocean there's some interesting things in there though...

 

[oceanparadise1]

lol like what? i thought i got all the crap out before i gave the tank and sand to u lol

 

[Nate82]

idk ha it's w/e

 

[rebelprettyboy]

man cant wait to see it up and running!!!

 

[Nate82]

me neither i'm gonna let the marine epoxy dry overnight cuz it sucks and won't stick then in the morning i'll glue a couple more small rocks then i should have it foamed tommorow

 

[Nate82]

it's hard to see but there's going to be an overflow in the top right and that hole in the bottom left is for the powerhead also that notch on the top right is for the filter which i'm going to try to make look waterfall esque

 

[oceanparadise1]

dang son looks awsome and thats some good ideas!

 

[ahayes13]

really cool.. cant wait to see it finished.

 

[Nate82]

haha me neither!

 

[Nate82]

well just foamed the wall looks pretty good but i suck with it and ended up blocking most of the tunnels it's a ***** to work with but oh well i still think it looks good
full wall

left side

right side

hard to see but side shot of the arch

 

[oceanparadise1]

now u gotta put sand on it

 

[Nate82]

meh... idk if i'm gonna... i like how it looks now i'll see what it looks like later tonight

 

[oceanparadise1]

lol u cant keep it with foam showing lol i guess thou once coriline starts growing u cant really tell

 

[Nate82]

yea exactly man i'm not too worried about it i'm gonna jumpstart the coraline and it helps that the wall is made of live rock and not dead rock

 

[Nate82]

think of it this way... either way it'll look cooler than yours:tongue3:

 

[Nate82]

well finished it up just now here's the final result i'll be adding water in a day or two..
FTS as you can see the filter actually kind of flows with the tank

the arch

left side with maxijet

top shot of the maxijet i'll be puting chaeto on top of it which will be lit by the main tank light

top right side where the filter/overflow is not sure how well the overflow will work as i don't really know what i'm doing overflows are a new thing to me haha

top shot with the filter in there