Suspend Live Rock

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  1. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Hello, I am upgrading my 29 gallon to a 55. I will not make the switch for a few months, as I will be moving across town in early June.

    In the designing of this new tank I want to suspend some of the LR from the top to make a some sort of cave-type structure.;) I will stack the rock up to the top, but I want the rock to stick out further. I will drill into the rock with a masonry bit. What should I use to suspend the rock once drilled? What type of frame-work will I need to support this?:-/

    I've seen this done before, but on a much larger scale. It was done in a several hundred gallon tank at an aquarium store in Columbus, OH, called Aquarium Adventure. But I do not know what they had to do to be able to support that much weight.
     
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  2. 2in10

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    Try using acrylic rods if you drill into the rock
     
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    Check this out:http: //www.3reef.com/forums/show-off-your-fish-tanks/biocube-65-g-underwater-sculptures-76259.html
     
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  4. Seano Hermano

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    oh you mean to carry the weight of the rock. How much will that cost and where would I get that? Any Idea on what I should use as framework to support the rods though? I need some kind of bracing to go across the top of the tank.
     
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    Check out sign companies in your area for the rods.

    You can get some square acrylic rods for bracing.
     
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    I seem to remember reading about someone doing this. If I remember correctly, they were afraid to let their new live rock touch the rest. They used fishing line.
     
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  7. Seano Hermano

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    Hmm.. this might be much more complicated than I originally thought.:-/
     
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    But so satisfying when it comes together.;)
     
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  9. Seano Hermano

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    That is definitely true. I think this will be so much different than most other aquariums, which is neat. I will post pictures when I set it up.
     
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    I wonder if theres sometime of concrete exopy glue or something..
     
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