LR scaping..

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Hi all... erhm am gonna start LRscaping this sat.. and am seeking some advice on how to scape them (eg bigger LRs bottom or top) or any websites for reference hopefully got imgs...

Tank is 2.5ft tall.. erhm and erhm 3ft in length. Dun actually feel like piling all the rocks up.. have seen some "play cheat" by using racks and using the LRs to hide it (to create illusion that there is actually a HUGE pile of LRs)

Erhm.. nxt qns: what type of material of tubing should i use to form the rack/where can i get any readily available ones? Will it harm the LS in time to come? Thx

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Hi all... erhm am gonna start LRscaping this sat.. and am seeking some advice on how to scape them (eg bigger LRs bottom or top) or any websites for reference hopefully got imgs...

Tank is 2.5ft tall.. erhm and erhm 3ft in length. Dun actually feel like piling all the rocks up.. have seen some "play cheat" by using racks and using the LRs to hide it (to create illusion that there is actually a HUGE pile of LRs)

Erhm.. nxt qns: what type of material of tubing should i use to form the rack/where can i get any readily available ones? Will it harm the LS in time to come? Thx

hi bro..you can view some of the seniors or bro's tank in the tank thread to have some ideas..or look up in magazines..as for the racks,PVC pipes are used and eggcrates too it will not do any harm to the LRs

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Ahh arigatou! Very fast reply

Any PVCs will do? I was asking around.. they sae.. erhm wat grade wat thingy i was like and i thank them and walk away haha so asked aronud here first.. if theres a special material for the pipes to be used

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Ahh arigatou! Very fast reply

Any PVCs will do? I was asking around.. they sae.. erhm wat grade wat thingy i was like and i thank them and walk away haha so asked aronud here first.. if theres a special material for the pipes to be used

oh..buy thoose grey pvc pipes,you tell them its used for fish..they would know..theres two kind...thin ones and thick ones..buy thoose thick pipes..

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Ok thx!! Tralala tml must go shopping leow thx!!!

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Erhm ya another qns... is it ok to reuse LRs from one tank to another immediately?

need to wash first or anything?

Because Ive had cases of ICH b4.. and was wondering if the parasite will inhabit the LRs... hope its not a dumb qns

[andylee]

No worries, ich parasite will not house in your liverocks.

But i think it's still better to do a FW bath for ur existing LR to get rid of any unwanted hitchhikers first just in case.

As for scaping, try to create a lift on the LR to provide water circulation beneath them. u can do a read up on www.about.com to find out how to do tat.

And don't lean any LR on ur tank walls, this will create unnecessay stress on ur tank.

Racks are useful for creating caves for example if u're not intending to use rock bonders. But take note not to overload the racks.

Hope this helps

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Thx a lot~!! Excited abt tml!

[somebody]

bro, care to share what rock bonders you were referring to? =)

[Maxstar81]

Somebody,

Many brands in the market.

I have 1 tube but untill now still haven't use.

I like to play LR stacko. (i'm good at uno stacko too )

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Really ....

Do not over stress the rack.

Remember that they are supposed to

last long long. So undue stress over time

might result in very flat flat fishes.

PS(put up some photos in the members tank thread 4us2c ok!?)

[andylee]

Yup many brands of rock bonders. but personally i won't recommend using, cos doesn't offer u flexibility in future.. say when u want to rearrange the rocks.. tedious process to separate them again..

For me i like to do stack-ups to create caves.. and since i dun many many rocks, i also never use rack cos they'll look ugly when exposed.