90 galllon FOWLR build

[Dvenson]

well i am an addict and have started setting up a 90 gallon RR that i plan to make a fish only tank with. my plan was to put a 55 gallon tank under it for the sump but the stand was just a little small so i found a nice 5 ft stand and canopy to use.

 

[Dvenson]

under the stand i have a lot of room to work with

 

[Dvenson]

i like the rock wall on my nano so much i started building one for the 90

i started by using egg create and cut it down to fit the tank and cover the overflow

 

[Dvenson]

because i have a tendency to make messes i had my helper cut a couple trash bags and tapped them to my work area floor

here are the products i used

 

[Dvenson]

my plan was to use magnets to hold the rock wall into place but the magnets i purchased were not strong enough so i am looking for other options on holding the wall in place but i laid the left side and overflow area out and began using the foam.

 

[Dvenson]

i started with dry rock and used a hammer to crush it up into more manageable pieces
before hammer

after hammer

 

[Dvenson]

i then applied the foam and sprinkled in the broken rock rubble

and the next morning

 

[Dvenson]

i did a test fit to make sure everything would line up

 

[Dvenson]

i then continued to apply foam to the right side of the egg create forgot to take pictures of the process but once it was dried minus the fact i ran out of foam on the last part and the local store was closed at that time. this morning i did a tester to see how it was going to look

 

[the_fish_man]

Looking good!

 

[Dvenson]

i put the old canopy on to see how it looked under lighting

 

[Dvenson]

Looking good!

thanks

 

[Dvenson]

Since the magnets would not hold i ended up sealing the wall in place with more pond foam. i just went around the edges of the wall and foamed it to the glass.