OP
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Its pretty cool how he does this ,, I am guessing on some of this 
He uses a PVC material ,, its not PVC pipe that you see at the hardware store its like a PVC tube he may also use regular PVC pipe ,, you can't see thru the coating ,, hollow ,, on the ends where a branch will be at ,, is a type of PVC fitting , male ,, the branches have a female fitting ,, or the two end are different size tubing that will slide into each other ,, he appears to use both fittings and the two different size tubing ,,
So what he does ,, heats the tubing ,, makes the base structure ,, my scape has two base pieces ,, they use the two different size tubes ,, they slide into each other ,, to form one structure ,, let me say here ,, these pieces aren't going to move when you attache them together ,, while making the base structure ,, where ever he wants a branch ,, he puts a fitting ,, after the base is made ,, he makes each branch ,, inside the PVC fitting on the branch ends and where they will attache to the base ,, he has them numbered ,, so people like me can figure out where each branch goes lol
Now that he has the structures are made ,, I am guessing on this ,, he makes the material he will coat the structure with ,, applies it to the structure ,, lets it dry ,, when it comes to color ,, guessing here also lol what comes to mind is ,, that artificial live rock you can buy ,, it looks like that ,, so I am sure he is coloring this like the makers of that fake live rock people do their rock ,,, maybe lol
Durability ,, its not light ,, it has some weight to it ,, its not brittle ,, I am sure if you dropped it with some force you could chip it ,, but you still need to be careful with it ,,
Shipping ,, each individual piece is bubble wrapped ,, with lots of bubble wrap lol then he uses a clear tape to hold the bubble wrap in place ,, in order for the pieces to be broken in shipping ,, the shipper would have to be very irresponsible with his handling of the packages ,, like putting something really heavy on top of the boxes ,, Aqua Rocks spends a lot of time packaging this thing up ,, it took me 1 hour to just unwrap it ,, Aqua Rocks told me it took him 2 hours to package it for shipping ,, I believe it lol shipping cost me $175 ,, I know that seems like a lot ,, at least thats what I thought when he told me what the shipping price was ,, its not ,, once I opened the box I understood why it cost so much ,, but that is what it takes to get it to you unbroken ,,
I paid $875 for this thing plus the $175 shipping ,,, so ,,, do I think it was money well spent ,, oh yea ,, I really like this scape ,, is it for everyone ,, I am sure its not ,, but I like it ,, its a ""quality"" made piece and should really look nice in the new tank ,,, the new tan should be shipping in the next 3 or 4 weeks
He uses a PVC material ,, its not PVC pipe that you see at the hardware store its like a PVC tube he may also use regular PVC pipe ,, you can't see thru the coating ,, hollow ,, on the ends where a branch will be at ,, is a type of PVC fitting , male ,, the branches have a female fitting ,, or the two end are different size tubing that will slide into each other ,, he appears to use both fittings and the two different size tubing ,,
So what he does ,, heats the tubing ,, makes the base structure ,, my scape has two base pieces ,, they use the two different size tubes ,, they slide into each other ,, to form one structure ,, let me say here ,, these pieces aren't going to move when you attache them together ,, while making the base structure ,, where ever he wants a branch ,, he puts a fitting ,, after the base is made ,, he makes each branch ,, inside the PVC fitting on the branch ends and where they will attache to the base ,, he has them numbered ,, so people like me can figure out where each branch goes lol
Now that he has the structures are made ,, I am guessing on this ,, he makes the material he will coat the structure with ,, applies it to the structure ,, lets it dry ,, when it comes to color ,, guessing here also lol what comes to mind is ,, that artificial live rock you can buy ,, it looks like that ,, so I am sure he is coloring this like the makers of that fake live rock people do their rock ,,, maybe lol
Durability ,, its not light ,, it has some weight to it ,, its not brittle ,, I am sure if you dropped it with some force you could chip it ,, but you still need to be careful with it ,,
Shipping ,, each individual piece is bubble wrapped ,, with lots of bubble wrap lol then he uses a clear tape to hold the bubble wrap in place ,, in order for the pieces to be broken in shipping ,, the shipper would have to be very irresponsible with his handling of the packages ,, like putting something really heavy on top of the boxes ,, Aqua Rocks spends a lot of time packaging this thing up ,, it took me 1 hour to just unwrap it ,, Aqua Rocks told me it took him 2 hours to package it for shipping ,, I believe it lol shipping cost me $175 ,, I know that seems like a lot ,, at least thats what I thought when he told me what the shipping price was ,, its not ,, once I opened the box I understood why it cost so much ,, but that is what it takes to get it to you unbroken ,,
I paid $875 for this thing plus the $175 shipping ,,, so ,,, do I think it was money well spent ,, oh yea ,, I really like this scape ,, is it for everyone ,, I am sure its not ,, but I like it ,, its a ""quality"" made piece and should really look nice in the new tank ,,, the new tan should be shipping in the next 3 or 4 weeks
