Good idea??

[adrian75]

due to upcoming work commitments i will be forced to pack up my reef tank any sell all my livestock.

however i plan to setup the same tank at a later date, and this time due to the high cost of live rock, i plan to construct some sort of foam structure, resembling that of reef rock structure, and cover it in a rock imitating cement. then i would like to take this out to sea and submerge it on a local reef to allow all sorts or coral life to grow on it, then after a few months, or years. i plan to place this into my tank. if there are any improvement suggesions, or any comments, plz feel free to comment.

cheers, Adrian

[demonsp]

Im thinking that pvc would be much better , cant see foam doing weel in a reef tank.

[adrian75]

pvc? would that be easy to shape, this piece will be quite large.

[demonsp]

Well i know alot of live rock is made from man made material then put in a reef system to mature then they sell , i have some. I think its plaster but not real sure. If it is then shaping around pvc would be perfect. This sounds like fun to me i wish i was there to help and see results. Foam is made from many chemicals and i would be afraid of break down but im not saying its been done.

[adrian75]

cheers, mate

[staticx]

alot of people use pond foam on the back of there tank you could load a big pile of that up and throw it in the ocean no worries there you could make it huge to wish i lived by warm water it is what i would do