Aquascape Completed

[Marinus]

After many weekends and making a huge mess on the patio my aquascape is finally completed. I used Marco reef saver rock and Marco foundation rocks. All of the rocks are bonded together with BRS super glue gel, I then used about 10 sticks of aquarium epoxy to bond the foundation pieces together. For all of the vertical pieces I used Marco reef mortar. Some of the pieces started as Marco rocks underneath and then I sculpted over them with more mortar to create more shapes. After that was finished I went over all of the seams with BRS liquid super glue and oolite sand. Finally I used an extra piece of reef rock and sanded down all of the high points where I had applied sand to give it some highlights and a more natural look.

The aquarium is larger than the white boards so I should have at least 3"-4" inches of room on each side.
Total aquascape weight 86.6lbs
Aquarium will be Innovative Marine EXT 100

I'm open to any comments or suggestions!
Has anyone ever had any trouble adding shells to their aquarium? Is it possible for the shells to leak any chemicals or leftover detritus into the tank?

Thanks for taking a look

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I like the aquascape! The inclusion of the shell is a neat touch.

 

[Marinus]

Thanks, I'm glad you it

 

[I never finish anythi]

Looks awesome. Love the shells

 

[BryanM]

Looks great!

 

[Twoddler]

Just a thought, is the shell open at back, can water flow through, otherwise you could end up with a food/detritus trap

 

[Marinus]

Looks awesome. Love the shells

Thanks!

 

[Marinus]

Just a thought, is the shell open at back, can water flow through, otherwise you could end up with a food/detritus trap

Thanks for your response, unfortunately it's a whole shell and not open in the back... I made sure to angle the shell downwards so hopefully that will be ok. It's a good idea to put a hole in the back though it does turn into a detritus trap.

 

[Marinus]

Looks great!

Looks great!

Thank you!

 

[landlubber]

looks right to me!
I'm guessing the white tiles represent the walls of your tank. If so just ensure you leave enough space that you're able to syphon, recover toppled corals and whatever else maintenance requires as rest assured every coral will fall into the spot you can't reach haha.

 

[Marinus]

looks right to me!
I'm guessing the white tiles represent the walls of your tank. If so just ensure you leave enough space that you're able to syphon, recover toppled corals and whatever else maintenance requires as rest assured every coral will fall into the spot you can't reach haha.

Thanks for your feedback! I actually built in on a piece of cardboard with some blue painters tape for my perimeter. I should have at least 3"-4" around the aquascape for extra room. The cardboard was completely covered in sand and glue after I was done so I thought these white boards that i had laying around looked nicer for the photos lol

 

[TacticalBacon]

Looks awesome. The shell is amazing.

 

[Marinus]

Looks awesome. The shell is amazing.

Thank you, I thought I would try something different I'm curious to see how the shell will look after things start growing all over it lol

 

[UMALUM]

Might be one of the nicest I've seen and that's coming from a ocd sps guy. Very well thought out! Not a fan of the shell but that's just me.

 

[Marinus]

Might be one of the nicest I've seen and that's coming from a ocd sps guy. Very well thought out! Not a fan of the shell but that's just me.

Thank you for your kind response, I put a lot of effort into it. I really wanted to blend it all together to look like a couple structures rather than separate rocks. Yeah, I agree the shell is kind of unusual but I thought I would try something a little different lol. Thankfully it's on it's own little island so I can take it out if it doesn't look good or doesnt work out. The shell is actually a fairly substantial size so I'm curious if any future pets will take up residence there.