The Foam/rock Projects Here Thread

yousmellsfishy · 07/26/2008, 10:24 AM

With so many people doing the foam/rock projects, I thought we should have our own forum

but I doubt that would happen, so I decided to start a thread with links to everybody's projects here. First, (in no particular order) is customcolor's 125gallon build. Then Tiggsy's 180 build in the UK. Here's Kannin's 220 gallon with external overflows and a Yoda sculpture

. Next we have yours truely, yousmellsfishy's 5.5 all-in-one nano. Next up is GIJOE007's DIY rock, Joes version. From Florida, here's fishinpcola's project thread. RyanBruck's is coming along nicely. Next up is Speckled Grouper's build thread for his 265 gallon project.
I'm sure there are others. Please provide a link to your foam/rock projects here.
Looking for a project from...........OCEAN SIZE?????

Speckled Grouper · 07/26/2008, 01:30 PM

Yousmellsfishy, could you please edit your post and make that "her 265 gallon project"?

yousmellsfishy · 07/26/2008, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Speckled Grouper
Yousmellsfishy, could you please edit your post and make that "her 265 gallon project"?

My deepest apologies. I cannot edit the post because it has been more that 60 minutes since I posted.

It figures that the only time in the whole post that I used a gender specific pronoun was with yours

blueblue48 · 07/26/2008, 02:19 PM

Sorry i never made a build thread, but heres a pic of my foam wall 10g nano

yousmellsfishy · 07/26/2008, 02:21 PM

Very nice!!! Love the blue and red zoas.

JGilvey · 07/26/2008, 04:37 PM

Thanks for this thread, nice having it all together. Some great, great work here. Problem is, it makes everything else seem inadequate now...I have no choice but to try this.

btw...GIJO's link takes us to your tank.

Speckled Grouper · 07/26/2008, 04:47 PM

One very important thing I would like to mention:

When doing this, you have to have the vision.

More than once I stood infront of my panels and thought "That looks like crap! Mine will never look as good as Kannin and Tiggsy's." But I kept going, became more comfortable working with the foam and I think I will be happy with the end result after all.

Justinandkrista · 07/26/2008, 05:58 PM

tiggsys tank turned out sweet. It looks so real with all the livestock in it.

yousmellsfishy · 07/26/2008, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JGilvey
GIJO's link takes us to your tank.

Thanks for the head's up The build thread for GIJOE007's project is here.

siropa · 07/26/2008, 10:19 PM

Here is the side wall I did in my 275.

I don't have an extensive build thread for it, but there are some pictures of it being done in the link with my little red house icon.

sonapl · 07/27/2008, 01:10 AM

that wall looks great

bad santa · 07/27/2008, 11:06 AM

Its nice to have alot of foam build threads on here. Hopefully the mods can make this a sticky

yousmellsfishy · 07/27/2008, 12:49 PM

Nice work on the side wall siropa. I like the high rock to foam ratio

BryanFox79 · 07/27/2008, 04:39 PM

These projects look awesome...but, how are you getting these huge walls in the tank? My tank, and I am sure most of everyone elses, has the cross support braces on the top. How do you get around that? Are they not needed for support? I am upgrading from a 75 to a 125 soon, and I want to do something like this, but I don't want to ruin the tank. Any info on this would be great. Thanks

Speckled Grouper · 07/27/2008, 04:57 PM

My wall consists of 4 pieces. They go in easily on an angle and under the support braces.

siropa · 07/27/2008, 05:14 PM

thanks yousmellsfishy. I've been pretty happy with it.

I actually built mine in-tank. I fastened the eggcrate first to the tank and then started the attachment. with all the rock I used it would have been difficult to get it in if I had built it outside.

logiktest · 07/27/2008, 06:23 PM

Here is a link to my build thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1361355
(Foam and aragocrete starts on page #1)

And some quick pictures:

siropa · 07/27/2008, 06:55 PM

here is a followup pic of mine after 9months

yousmellsfishy · 07/27/2008, 07:25 PM

Holy Cow!!! awesome!!!!!!

hotwired99 · 07/27/2008, 11:29 PM

Wow siropa.
That looks great.
Love the goby cave. Cool

siropa · 07/28/2008, 07:13 AM

thanks guys.

That fish in the cave is a midas blenny. It was really lucky he picked a spot right up front like that.

yousmellsfishy · 07/28/2008, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by siropa
thanks guys.

That fish in the cave is a midas blenny. It was really lucky he picked a spot right up front like that.

Is there a fish in that same hole in the first pic a couple of post back?

miwoodar · 08/04/2008, 09:19 AM

TTT for a good thread. I would like to see more projects.

TheChief · 08/04/2008, 11:26 AM

here is my 29g

Scott M · 08/04/2008, 11:27 AM

Great idea compiling these for us, thanks a bunch yousmellsfishy!

07/26/2008, 01:30 PM	#2
Speckled Grouper Sticks Suck! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Davie & Big Pine Key, FL Posts: 2,655	Yousmellsfishy, could you please edit your post and make that "her 265 gallon project"? __________________ The cure for anything is salt water.....sweat, tears, or the sea. Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 265g

07/26/2008, 02:21 PM	#5
yousmellsfishy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 708	Very nice!!! Love the blue and red zoas. __________________ Making your aquarium completely maintenance-free requires constant maintenance. Current Tank Info: 130 gallon 2 tank system, 1500 gallon koi pond out back

07/26/2008, 04:37 PM	#6
JGilvey Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Jersey (NE), USA Posts: 40	Thanks for this thread, nice having it all together. Some great, great work here. Problem is, it makes everything else seem inadequate now...I have no choice but to try this. btw...GIJO's link takes us to your tank. Last edited by JGilvey; 07/26/2008 at 04:50 PM.

07/26/2008, 04:47 PM	#7
Speckled Grouper Sticks Suck! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Davie & Big Pine Key, FL Posts: 2,655	One very important thing I would like to mention: When doing this, you have to have the vision. More than once I stood infront of my panels and thought "That looks like crap! Mine will never look as good as Kannin and Tiggsy's." But I kept going, became more comfortable working with the foam and I think I will be happy with the end result after all. __________________ The cure for anything is salt water.....sweat, tears, or the sea. Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 265g

07/26/2008, 10:19 PM	#10
siropa Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Neenah, WI Posts: 2,502	Here is the side wall I did in my 275. I don't have an extensive build thread for it, but there are some pictures of it being done in the link with my little red house icon. __________________ See red house for pics. Current Tank Info: 275 reef, 75 FOWLR, 60g frag

07/26/2008, 10:24 AM	#1
yousmellsfishy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 708	The Foam/rock Projects Here Thread With so many people doing the foam/rock projects, I thought we should have our own forum but I doubt that would happen, so I decided to start a thread with links to everybody's projects here. First, (in no particular order) is customcolor's 125gallon build. Then Tiggsy's 180 build in the UK. Here's Kannin's 220 gallon with external overflows and a Yoda sculpture. Next we have yours truely, yousmellsfishy's 5.5 all-in-one nano. Next up is GIJOE007's DIY rock, Joes version. From Florida, here's fishinpcola's project thread. RyanBruck's is coming along nicely. Next up is Speckled Grouper's build thread for his 265 gallon project. I'm sure there are others. Please provide a link to your foam/rock projects here. Looking for a project from...........OCEAN SIZE????? __________________ Making your aquarium completely maintenance-free requires constant maintenance. Current Tank Info: 130 gallon 2 tank system, 1500 gallon koi pond out back

07/26/2008, 02:19 PM	#4
blueblue48 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: wichita kansas Posts: 117	Sorry i never made a build thread, but heres a pic of my foam wall 10g nano

07/26/2008, 05:58 PM	#8
Justinandkrista Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Port Angeles,WA Posts: 691	tiggsys tank turned out sweet. It looks so real with all the livestock in it.

07/27/2008, 01:10 AM	#11
sonapl Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: California Posts: 22	that wall looks great

07/27/2008, 11:06 AM	#12
bad santa SCRK member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Whittier, CA Posts: 1,444	Its nice to have alot of foam build threads on here. Hopefully the mods can make this a sticky __________________ Ed "Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying" "Were discussing man,...you have your wrong opinion i have my right one. Its called communication." Mac Inger Current Tank Info: working on establishing a 32 Gal. Nano-Cube

07/27/2008, 12:49 PM	#13
yousmellsfishy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 708	Nice work on the side wall siropa. I like the high rock to foam ratio __________________ Making your aquarium completely maintenance-free requires constant maintenance. Current Tank Info: 130 gallon 2 tank system, 1500 gallon koi pond out back

07/27/2008, 04:39 PM	#14
BryanFox79 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chesapeake, Va Posts: 24	These projects look awesome...but, how are you getting these huge walls in the tank? My tank, and I am sure most of everyone elses, has the cross support braces on the top. How do you get around that? Are they not needed for support? I am upgrading from a 75 to a 125 soon, and I want to do something like this, but I don't want to ruin the tank. Any info on this would be great. Thanks

07/27/2008, 04:57 PM	#15
Speckled Grouper Sticks Suck! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Davie & Big Pine Key, FL Posts: 2,655	My wall consists of 4 pieces. They go in easily on an angle and under the support braces. __________________ The cure for anything is salt water.....sweat, tears, or the sea. Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 265g

07/27/2008, 05:14 PM	#16
siropa Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Neenah, WI Posts: 2,502	thanks yousmellsfishy. I've been pretty happy with it. I actually built mine in-tank. I fastened the eggcrate first to the tank and then started the attachment. with all the rock I used it would have been difficult to get it in if I had built it outside. __________________ See red house for pics. Current Tank Info: 275 reef, 75 FOWLR, 60g frag

07/27/2008, 06:23 PM	#17
logiktest Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Zone 5 Posts: 4,071	Here is a link to my build thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1361355 (Foam and aragocrete starts on page #1) And some quick pictures: __________________ Mike Have you ever looked around at the group of people you are in and thought, "If the Zombie Apocalypse happens right now, this is what I have to work with." Current Tank Info: 140.5gal. goldfish bowl

07/27/2008, 06:55 PM	#18
siropa Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Neenah, WI Posts: 2,502	here is a followup pic of mine after 9months __________________ See red house for pics. Current Tank Info: 275 reef, 75 FOWLR, 60g frag

07/27/2008, 07:25 PM	#19
yousmellsfishy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 708	Holy Cow!!! awesome!!!!!! __________________ Making your aquarium completely maintenance-free requires constant maintenance. Current Tank Info: 130 gallon 2 tank system, 1500 gallon koi pond out back

07/27/2008, 11:29 PM	#20
hotwired99 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 238	Wow siropa. That looks great. Love the goby cave. Cool __________________ --Ryan-- You say your wallets fat?? Get into the saltwater hobby. That'll cure it real quick (175g Bowfront coming soon. Click on the red house to see the build thread.) Current Tank Info: 175g Reef, 60g sump, 40g frag, 40g fuge.

07/28/2008, 07:13 AM	#21
siropa Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Neenah, WI Posts: 2,502	thanks guys. That fish in the cave is a midas blenny. It was really lucky he picked a spot right up front like that. __________________ See red house for pics. Current Tank Info: 275 reef, 75 FOWLR, 60g frag

08/04/2008, 09:19 AM	#23
miwoodar Likey the bikey Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,371	TTT for a good thread. I would like to see more projects. __________________ Mike On hiatus. I'm either out riding my bicycle, playing with my family, or throwing ferts in my planted tank. Or working. I hope I'm not doing that though. Current Tank Info: 140 DIY Cube

08/04/2008, 11:26 AM	#24
TheChief Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Money Making Miami Posts: 117	here is my 29g __________________ Play it how you live it Current Tank Info: 29g AGA drilled

08/04/2008, 11:27 AM	#25
Scott M Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pasadena, TX Posts: 68	Great idea compiling these for us, thanks a bunch yousmellsfishy!