Background for a tank

jboone82590 · Jan 18, 2016

So me and a friend just got new tanks and we wanna do backgrounds for them.
We want to do tile with sand glued onto it to make it look kind of like a cliff of sorts. We would like to do a few ledges on them but not sure on how to do them or what to make them out of.
I have thought of just gluing little pieces of live rock to it to make little ones but I want some that are a few inches wide and deep to put coral on at different depths. Maybe cut tile and make shelfs or make some out of foam?
What is everyone's thoughts on this and has anyone done this and what did they do if they have?

jetmaker · Jan 18, 2016

There's a lot of videos of this on YouTube

jboone82590 · Jan 19, 2016

I have looked at quite a few about the foam

melypr1985 · Jan 19, 2016

Why not use shelf rock for the ledges? It will look way better than some square tiles and more natural.

jboone82590 · Jan 21, 2016

What is shelf rock? Is it real rock?

melypr1985 · Jan 21, 2016

Something like this. I'm pretty sure it's mostly man made, but it looks real and does the same thing. All the rock in my tank is "real reef rock" which is man made and placed in the ocean to become live. I love it. This picture here, is of "real reef rock" I believe.