thoughts on putting rock on back glass and/or overflow

[Fatmike92]

so Im going to be ordering from marco rocks and I was thinking about ordering some of their prime cut rock that you can put on the back glass or on the overflow.

i was mainly thinking for the overflow.

what are your thoughts on that??

 

[Fatmike92]

I mean like cement or glue it to the glass of overflow by the way

 

[DerekFF]

I know tons do it, but for cleaning purposes and safety of my own mind knowing there's no rock directly on glass anywhere I won't do it. Rock on overflow is ok in my book though


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[fragmatic]

My rock is stacked in a slop from front right to rear left and ends up leaning against my full depth overflow box. Though there is about 6" of sand out front and I can get to the sand with the clean magnet on all sides, except where the over flow is. In fact mot being able to get to the over flow to clean it was a reason I decided to stack towards it.

 

[Fatmike92]

this is what im talking about doing. but on the overflow and not the glass.

 

[ReeferBob]

That is a great idea. I am doing something similar by creating a rock wall with egg-crate, foam sealant and real rocks.

 

[birdsnest]

I went with the foam rock wall and it turned out really nice. It was a bit more labor intensive then just glueing rocks but it saves space in a smaller tank. Heres some pics so you can get an idea. There are threads all over about this DIY.

 

[planereefer]

I know tons do it, but for cleaning purposes and safety of my own mind knowing there's no rock directly on glass anywhere I won't do it. Rock on overflow is ok in my book though


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+1 for this.

 

[Fatmike92]

hey birdsnest!

thanks so much for sharing! I am definitely going to try it out on the overflow I just have no clue if im going to do it on the glass.

im going to order some and just see how it goes!

 

[Fatmike92]

im gonna do it! stay tuned. I have no clue how im going to do it or what it is going to look like but hopefully I can make it look good