DIY rock wall help

[jasminerice114]

I was curious one day and have been itching to try this,
all in all it cost about 60 bucks for the build.
2 bottles of great stuff
eggcrate
and gutter guard
old sand
and fiberglass resin and about 6 hours of work,
i plan on building another one here soon
What do ya think?

 

[jasminerice114]

Step 1 cut egg rate to size

 

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Use gutter guard to build some depth and crate new surfaces

 

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Then step 2, once u have it how u want it start spraying the great stuff foam

 

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Then I shaved most the stuff down to how I imagined it

 

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3rd step was to create the real look, I threw fiberglass resin onto of the foam then some substrate..

 

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I let it cure and added it to the tank,

 

[jasminerice114]

At first the thought of the foam floating completely went over my head... I didn't even think of it till I added water!! It was pretty hilarious! But I figured it out.. I siliconed it to the tank! Then covered it in save

 

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Step 5 let it cycle with about 10 lbs of rumble

 

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After all that, slowly added fish and ended up with this

 

[jasminerice114]

The coralline algae is starting to take over the foam, which I like.. All in all only spent 50-60 bucks! We'll worth it I think

 

[jasminerice114]

And this one I built for a friend, freshly cycled and is doing great!!! It's a 29gal biocube!

 

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Only about a month after the cycle and it's doing great

 

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With an anemone

 

[Gryphon]

Looks good.

 

[rainydave]

Very cool!

 

[Krish]

Looks pretty good man!