ReefDragon
Supporting Member
Hey all!
Been a while since I've posted here, but I want to pick your brains about the next stage of upgrading my 75g to a 150g.
We got the new tank set up, dialed in, and transferred all the inhabitants of the 75g, but unfortunately my previous aquascape pretty much came apart in chunks when I was moving it. I had used cyanoacrylic glue and reef epoxy to hold it together but that failed and broke apart as I moved it into a holding tank while we were getting stuff rearranged.
I want to save as much as possible when setting up the new aquascape, we've got mushrooms, zoas, and a ton of green star polyps on a good number of the rocks. As well as a few others, but those i can simply pick up (brain corals and stuff on frag plugs.)
Most of the aquascape tutorials I've been watching give ideas for how to cement or glue wet rocks that are kept moist with wet towels or by spritzing with water, but I feel like that's probably not going to be enough to keep the corals alive. I'm OK with losing a few, but I really don't want to have to start over from scratch.
Anyone have any ideas how to accomplish this? I don't really have the room to glue them while still in the tank, and I don't want to risk depleting oxygen levels or having a rockslide while trying to get stuff to set.
My main idea is using the rubbermaid bin I used to transfer them, filling it with about 4 to 6 inches of saltwater. Then putting a pump in with a short hose attached and setting the hose on top of the rock to pour water down the side with corals for a few hours to let the cement set. Do you think they'd survive this?
Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome!
Been a while since I've posted here, but I want to pick your brains about the next stage of upgrading my 75g to a 150g.
We got the new tank set up, dialed in, and transferred all the inhabitants of the 75g, but unfortunately my previous aquascape pretty much came apart in chunks when I was moving it. I had used cyanoacrylic glue and reef epoxy to hold it together but that failed and broke apart as I moved it into a holding tank while we were getting stuff rearranged.
I want to save as much as possible when setting up the new aquascape, we've got mushrooms, zoas, and a ton of green star polyps on a good number of the rocks. As well as a few others, but those i can simply pick up (brain corals and stuff on frag plugs.)
Most of the aquascape tutorials I've been watching give ideas for how to cement or glue wet rocks that are kept moist with wet towels or by spritzing with water, but I feel like that's probably not going to be enough to keep the corals alive. I'm OK with losing a few, but I really don't want to have to start over from scratch.
Anyone have any ideas how to accomplish this? I don't really have the room to glue them while still in the tank, and I don't want to risk depleting oxygen levels or having a rockslide while trying to get stuff to set.
My main idea is using the rubbermaid bin I used to transfer them, filling it with about 4 to 6 inches of saltwater. Then putting a pump in with a short hose attached and setting the hose on top of the rock to pour water down the side with corals for a few hours to let the cement set. Do you think they'd survive this?
Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome!