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Jessy's Candyshop Cubed - Aquascape & Update

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I'm so excited! I finished my rock work finally. I had to mortar four rocks together and it took me forever to get someone to come over who was willing to offer a hand to get the rocks in the tank with the acrylic rod. I drained the water from the water test a month ago and arranged the rocks in their final position. I added a 5 gallon bucket of sand to cover up the acrylic plate that the rod is threaded into. I've added a few pics here of the rock drilling process. The mortar was from MarcoRocks.com as well. I needed to connect two pieces together horizontally instead of resting them on each other in a typical pile. I took the rocks out and added the mortar 360º around. I let it sit for a day and this stuff is rock hard and durable. I'm trusting it to be the length I need for the two "arms" in my aquascaping.
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Below you'll see pics of the tank from different angles with sand it in and the light on. You'll also notice I've finished the hanging light box for the retro fit fixture from Ecoxotic. I'm really getting stoked to get livestock in there. Looking forward to watching fish again while I work at the desk next to it.
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Comments

  1. johnbanks's Avatar
    looking nice, i take it the rock isn't live. how are you going to seed it?

    Have a good new year

    John
  2. agsansoo's Avatar
    Very nice aquascape. What types of corals are you planing to put in your new tank ?
  3. Jessy's Avatar
    I'm going to get some live sand from a friend's tank and some LR as well. I'm planning on keeping only LPS, Softies and polyps. I need this to be super simple to maintain while i'm gone...
  4. jonbear's Avatar
    Very unique rock work. Good job.
  5. Steven Pro's Avatar
    I like your rockwork, Jessy.
  6. Jessy's Avatar
    Thanks guys. I'm so excited. I put salt in it today and started the return pump going. It's now just a matter of time.
  7. mpedersen's Avatar
    Lookin' real good Jessy!