how to make live rock

[monsterberry]

i thourght i would do a post on making live rock not shore if some one has done this but heres my version

(1) materials buckets, cement, coral sand, plastic tub, towels, spray gun

(2) mix one part cement with 3 parts coral sand

(3) add water and mix making shore its not to wet next get more coral sand and add it to the tub

(4) make a hole in the coral sand youve poured in the tub & add the cement coral sand mix

(5) make holes on the rock using sand between the concrete layers you could allso add some salt to make the rock more porous

(6) make a rough rock shape from the cement then cover with more coral sand

(7) spray with water emidiatly after finishing spray agen in the next 24 hours

(8) after 30 hours cerfaly remove the rock and rinse of leftover sand

(9) soack for 60 days or untill the ph shows right for your aquarium

put one pice of live rock next to the rock to make it all live that seeds it
it may take a while before it all spreads to all the rock

 

[monsterberry]

sorry mfkers ive got no idea how t upload pics here

 

[yogurt_21]

sorry mfkers ive got no idea how t upload pics here

hit post reply, then go to manage attachments. make sure your pics aren't huge otherwise it will take them too long to upload, use the browse button to find each photo then hit upload, once all pictures appear at the bottom of the attachment window hit close on that window and then submit reply on the post.

 

[monsterberry]

Thanks for the help. i was only looking at the top of the page were there are the little icons attach image attack tex

 

[dvo]

I'dlike to makesome interesting shapes with thisbut what i havein mind would require reinforcing. Some of my ideas would be a little top heavy. I wonder if there is some type of sturdy plastic that could act like rebar.