DIY rock for my next build

[peteyboyny]

I don't even have a tank for this yet, but couldn't wait to get started on pre-assembling some of my rock work. With the exception of a few small "real" pieces, this is all DIY rock. It's assembled to the point where I can move it in pieces and get it back the way I want when I finally get a new tank.
It's all made from a Aragonite, #1 Portland, and Rock Salt. It has been soaked out for aprox 1yr in muriatic acid baths, vinegar baths, even an overnight stay in the Long Island Sound. It then spent a few months in a tank being colonized, until I finally dried it out, soaked it out, and started assembly with some marine epoxy. (I have this same rock in my current system, rock work is a mess there...part of the motivation for pre-assembling, but that's another story).

 

[lnevo]

Why soak it in the sound only to dry it out again? Pieces look great!

 

[peteyboyny]

I was going a different direction at that time. Plus, wasn't too easy finding a spot I could easily access, but still secure enough to avoid theft/loss. It was the middle of winter, water was clean and beautiful though.

 

[brewman3085]

Saw the rock work in person. Had to look reallllly close to pick out the homemade stuff. Very impressive skills the rock looks great.

 

[ravi197699]

Really nice pieces, It's good idea to leave pieces like these in natural sea water since we have access to so many beaches and let the cycle process take place there and nothing is better than that..... Good luck and great work

 

[peteyboyny]

Really nice pieces, It's good idea to leave pieces like these in natural sea water since we have access to so many beaches and let the cycle process take place there and nothing is better than that..... Good luck and great work

Thanks Ravi. It was you and your setup that inspired all of it.

 

[ravi197699]

Thanks bud, I always get ideas and learn something new everytime i see other fellow reefers beautiful tanks.....