Foam rock wall 8 years old

[Cliff717]

so I just wanted to post up a long term report about my foam rock wall. It is just over 8 years old. And has held up great
i did allot of reading on other forums about it and i decided to go with touch n foam pond foam i got it off e-bay for $8 A can. i chose this foam because on the front of it it said it was safe for fish so that put my mind at ease a little. then i epoxied it with z-poxy also from ebay the only thing i would do differently is buy more epoxy and put it on a bit thicker so the sand stuck a bit thicker. But even 8 years later even the thin spots are still like new. I have had water tests done and I m happy to say I have no unusual levels or anything leaching from the wall. And none of the foam has broke down. It’s just like new. I even took this wall off my old tank and reused it on my new one! So maybe this will put peoples minds at ease when building a foam wall

 

[Cliff717]

Here are some current pics
I’ll shoot some better ones tomorrow

 

[cromag27 Verified Sponsor]

great to see!

 

[Cliff717]

 

[cromag27 Verified Sponsor]

nice! how many bubble tips?

 

[Cliff717]

Idk the dang things just keep splitting. I get rid of two and five more appear lol

 

[ourcoralreef]

Beautiful
I like more of a see the back glass kind of tank “open concept” but your tank is beautiful

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Awesome!!

 

[Cliff717]

It’s hard to tell from the pics as I built a shelf type of system in the new tank that covers up much of the back wall

 

[Cliff717]

That’s what I built as a rock work in front of the wall. Unfortunatly it has filled in and covered most of the wall

 

[Reef-junky]

Any more updates on this?

 

[Dsnakes]

Wow that is so cool! I will definitely consider something similar for my next build.

Like you build glass around a real reef without the huge pile of rocks!

 

[Cliff717]

Well the tank sure has taken off over the last couple years. It’s hard to even see the back wall anymore lol.

 

[Cliff717]

Here r a couple pics of the corals from the last 6 months

 

[atomic081]

This makes me feel alot better. 1200 lbs of rock wall with foam.

 

[Reef-junky]

Good to know. Now I feel more confident about my rock wall.

 

[Reef-junky]

Here r a couple pics of the corals from the last 6 months

What is this?

 

[Cliff717]

What is this?

It’s a grafted monticap

 

[Reef-junky]

It’s a grafted monticap

Thanks

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Thanks for sharing, planning similar