Ocean Live rock fans

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Do you have ocean live rock in your tank?

  • Yes, ocean live rock is essential for my reef tanks

    Votes: 96 86.5%
  • No, I prefer bleach white colored rocks with a side of nuisance algae ( lol ;) lol)

    Votes: 15 13.5%

  • Total voters
    111
Here’s an example of one I will use as inspiration. All the ones I’ve seen though use dry rock due to I’m sure the ease of super glue, mortar, etc. but all three of my tanks have been aquacultered rock that I LOVE so I’m hoping to find someone that’s done an NSA scape with it and provide some direction on what products work best
You’d probably need some branching rock from tampa, maybe epoxy it underwater?
 
I am not against going completely one way or the other or a mix of both - From what I see online we all eventually end up somewhere in the same range for bacteria mix in the long term.

I was not able to vote on the poll though as the choices are not reflective of the poll question.
 
You’d probably need some branching rock from tampa, maybe epoxy it underwater?
My current idea on it is use some dry rock to get the basic structure glued and cemented together, let it cure out of water for awhile then use the Aqua Forest Stone fix (supposed 15 minuet cure time) and some zip ties to put some smaller pieces on it. We will see I will make a build thread and document the journey as I go
 
Negative Space Aquascape :)
Gotcha.
Lots of epoxy! You can do a little at a time. It can really tick off your skimmer. lol

I went more minimal on mine this time but its a cube so don't really have the room for separate structures. It's more of. a tower with space for fish to swim through and hide in.

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Gotcha.
Lots of epoxy! You can do a little at a time. It can really tick off your skimmer. lol

I went more minimal on mine this time but its a cube so don't really have the room for separate structures. It's more of. a tower with space for fish to swim through and hide in.

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1684783435173.png

1684783458590.png
Love that! I have a 30 gallon cube with all aquacultered rock that has a structure similar to yours. Love yours!!
 
Gotcha.
Lots of epoxy! You can do a little at a time. It can really tick off your skimmer. lol

I went more minimal on mine this time but its a cube so don't really have the room for separate structures. It's more of. a tower with space for fish to swim through and hide in.

1684783417667.png

1684783435173.png

1684783458590.png

Nice tank, any update?
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 60 57.7%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 6 5.8%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 3.8%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 2.9%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 1.0%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 20 19.2%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 4 3.8%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 2 1.9%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 3 2.9%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.0%
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