Let me see your liferock branch scapes

drcole · Mar 9, 2019

I have aquired a bunch of liferock branch and I am wanting to use it to scape my RSR 250. Interested in any advice or pictures of those who have created scapes with this rock, TIA!

Flippers4pups · Mar 9, 2019

norfolkgarden · Mar 10, 2019

Sounds like a beautiful idea. Looking forward to seeing the pics. [emoji846]

maroun.c · Mar 10, 2019

Not.mine but saw these today in a lfs. Made by carribsea branch life rock

would be interesting to see how these will look with mature corals on them. They also make coral placement very easy and will allow for good water flow as theyre pretty open.

BestMomEver · Mar 10, 2019

maroun.c said:
Not.mine but saw these today in a lfs. Made by carribsea branch life rock

would be interesting to see how these will look with mature corals on them. They also make coral placement very easy and will allow for good water flow as theyre pretty open.

That is seriously cool!

danschoenherr · Mar 10, 2019

I had chunks of misc. branch that I used Epoputty to glue together. This was about 14 months ago. I will try to get a current pic up.
I am working on getting different types of cyphastreas and leptastreas to populate the branch stems and some different milles, garf bonsai and such growing off of the tips. Was intending to be a zoa tank, but LPS and SPS seem to like it better.

danschoenherr · Mar 10, 2019

Forgot to add......when assembling, keep a cup of coarse sand, crushed rock/aragonite to press into your putty joints before they set. It will give it a more natural look.

Devaji · Mar 10, 2019

I love the idea but for some reason I dont care for the look of the caribsea branch rock. to bad one cant get dry branch rock from BRS anymore.
anyone have the real reef rock branch rock? would love to compare the two.

Reefer_Rob · Mar 12, 2019

Devaji said:
I love the idea but for some reason I dont care for the look of the caribsea branch rock. to bad one cant get dry branch rock from BRS anymore.
anyone have the real reef rock branch rock? would love to compare the two.

My LFS has a ton of the Real Reef for sale. If youre interested let me know.

drcole · Mar 12, 2019

maroun.c said:
Not.mine but saw these today in a lfs. Made by carribsea branch life rock

would be interesting to see how these will look with mature corals on them. They also make coral placement very easy and will allow for good water flow as theyre pretty open.

I have seen multiple branch scapes being held together by the cable ties, do people just leave the ties in place or do the mortar and remove??

Steelersfan · Mar 12, 2019

Real Reef Branch Rock

maroun.c · Mar 12, 2019

No

drcole said:
I have seen multiple branch scapes being held together by the cable ties, do people just leave the ties in place or do the mortar and remove??

Zip ties are removed after epoxy is applied. This is inna store so scape stillnhas to.be moved believe thats why they left the zip ties.