HOW TO STACK ROCKS

by **will5600** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:03 pm

i want to know the best way to stack rocks in my 55 gallon tank but with water in it

by **gumbii** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:29 pm

slowly... and i like to wiggle them around to check thier stability...

by **miami754** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:48 pm

What kind of rock are you using?

by **delumpcious** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:02 am

all diffent kinds of them

by **Snowboss4492** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:54 pm

big on the bottom..............little on the top.......lol sounds silly, but it's no different than stacking rocks in the front yard............make sure you take the bottom {base rocks} and burry em into the substrate and have them sit on the bottom glass of the tank.........that will keep current, fish, verts or whatever from undermineing them and causeing a collapse ..............also rock onto of the substrate can cause "dead" spots were nitrates and nasty things like to live and cause havoc on the ecosystem.................

Boss

by **seankh** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:33 pm

Very carefully.... I use the wiggle back and forth method. If i wiggle it and it doesnt budge than the fish aint knocking it over. Like snowboss said make sure your bottom rocks are burried under the gravel cause if you have cichlids they like to dig.

by **rcgman35055364** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:49 pm

yeah you have to do the wiggle meathod haha but as long as they dont slip off and fall you will be fine. what i did with mine was build the rock stack outside the tank first to see what would work and where then i rebuilt it in the tank.

check out the rocks in my tank.

http://www.ratemyfishtank.com/friendemail.php/20642

http://www.ratemyfishtank.com/photo-main.php/20634

by **gumbii** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:18 pm

i use egg crate under my substrate... so once a little edge or point hits a square it goes nowhere... and yeah... big and heavy in the bottom, little on the top... but i like to make like say... a bunch of caves by stacking them random, and makeing like tables with they... you know... look at my tank...

by **delumpcious** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:44 pm

thanks i got them half way.

by **yasherkoach** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:26 am

rcgman, looks really nice (anytime I see your tank, I always give your tank 8)...one question: do you use silicone on the rocks, and if so, what type of silicone, brand?

I plan to redo the right side of my tank with slate or granite, my only issue is what type of silicone or adhesive should I use

thanks for the above info

HOW TO STACK ROCKS

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