Rock scaping

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/Portals/0/activeforums_Attach/150563_10150096487436011_721226010_7670188_367.jpgWish I was better at doing this...... So I have torn it down twice and I still don't like it. Anybody good at this lol maybe you can give me some ideas.... I want it to look more natural. I think it looks like a bunch of rubble right now. lol Help

 

I'll tell ya what I'm going to do from now on. I used a metal chop saw and cut the top and bottom flat on my live rock so that it will sit nice and flat on the bottom of the tank, then you can stack more on top of that. then just cut the bottom only on the top pieces of live rock. This way it will stack better and you can make some nice overhangs and caves.
Its nice to if you go BB you can make little islands to fill up the bare spots on the bottom that wont roll around, then put some nice sps or lps corals on them giving you more of the top of the reef look.
If I had to do it all over again. I would get all COOKED Dry rock its cheaper then live rock, then you can cut the bottom and tops and use some two part epoxy to glue your rock work together making all kinds of cool shapes. Then just use some good quality live rock to seed it.
Hope this gives you and others some ideas! Good luck!!

 

I am new to this but I don't think it looks that bad !
I would say it is nice.

 

Good idea Rick!

 

very good idea thank you and when I set up my 110 i will do that. It still kinda looks similar now but it will work.. Ill post pics... and thanks bbbthebest I just wanted more flat surfaces and less of a cluster.. I took out about 20lbs of rock and put it in my 29 bio cube

 

I think the secret is in getting big pieces of rock. Not always so easy though.

 

ya true most of my large pieces are at the bottom but I have a lot of small ones... I think Im gonna somehow glue them together to make them larger

 

Cover it with coral and you won't care how your rock looks.

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as I said I am new
What kind of glue would you be using for that?
would the pieces have to be dry to do that?

 

Check out this PVC based approach:
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234405
Haven't tried it myself but it's on my list of projects to tackle when I get some time.

 

Nice thanks for the advice I might have to do that when I set up my 110g... Ill have to ask tim at iowa pet to see what they used to glue the rocks together there

 

And yes Im trying to cover the rocks in corals lol

 

That looks nice.

 

This is what it looks like know after I got done rearranging and taking out about 20lbs of live rock

 

Thank you

 

lol just realized I put know instead of now lol