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      Aquascaping

      What does everyone use to hold the rocks together. Worried about falling onto the glass.


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      I just stack carefully

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      I use a mixture of 2 part epoxy and gel superglue.
      Basically, you take your mixed epoxy and put superglue on each side that you’ll be attaching rock to.

      If you are starting from dry rock or want some a little extravagant with arches/overhangs I would recommend drilling and inserting acrylic rods and using Marco rocks cement.

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      Quote Originally Posted by TYDY View Post
      I use a mixture of 2 part epoxy and gel superglue.
      Basically, you take your mixed epoxy and put superglue on each side that you’ll be attaching rock to.

      If you are starting from dry rock or want some a little extravagant with arches/overhangs I would recommend drilling and inserting acrylic rods and using Marco rocks cement.
      I was looking into the Marco. No arches but I plan on having a pretty good size overhang so I’m trying to find something strong enough. I already cut the bottom of the base rock flat. Was thinking about gluing it down to a piece of acrylic for more support


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      I always use acrylic rods and drill my rock w/ a masonry bit and fit together for max stability, not that hard to do, many go that route.

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      Quote Originally Posted by davocean View Post
      I always use acrylic rods and drill my rock w/ a masonry bit and fit together for max stability, not that hard to do, many go that route.
      I’m actually going to go this route! Looks much more simple and stable! Thanks man!


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      The use of acrylic rods like Dave posted has been a tried and true hobby staple for years with some awesome scapes to show for it. Also, over the years I've used Marco cement to aquascape as well. This was before they were making the above mentioned rocks, but I have noting but good things to say about their cement. I've made some rather precarious rock structures using this stuff and they've held without fail. It's also ph neutral and fairly fast setting so if you are going to be using live rock you don't need to re-cure/cycle the system ...I've even done it with coral on some of the rocks and been able to shortly put things back in without much if any loss

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      Quote Originally Posted by inurmind View Post
      The use of acrylic rods like Dave posted has been a tried and true hobby staple for years with some awesome scapes to show for it. Also, over the years I've used Marco cement to aquascape as well. This was before they were making the above mentioned rocks, but I have noting but good things to say about their cement. I've made some rather precarious rock structures using this stuff and they've held without fail. It's also ph neutral and fairly fast setting so if you are going to be using live rock you don't need to re-cure/cycle the system ...I've even done it with coral on some of the rocks and been able to shortly put things back in without much if any loss
      Yep, or the combination of both.
      I often will do the rods and use epoxy to place small pieces to hide any voids.
      I have not tried the marco cement yet, but many use that too.(I think rock needs to be dry for that but maybe someone will chime in on that)
      We live in earthquake country, my pillars held up to that last 6.3 biggie we had going this way.

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