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Old September 8th, 2008, 05:18 PM
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Aquascaping with other than LR

What artificial reef can I use besides LR (I have plenty) to create many more hiding places, little tunnels, caves, etc. I though of hiding several tubes of PVC under the LR but its hard to hide it and it looks ugly. More LR doesn't help because I have limited space and LR doesn't have lots of big holes and caves to hide in.
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Re: Aquascaping with other than LR

The only other thing I would use,is some dry base rock.It looks natural and will eventually become live rock.
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Re: Aquascaping with other than LR

try changing the rock you have to make little caves
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Re: Aquascaping with other than LR

take your pvc pipes, cover them with aquarium silicone then roll them in agronite sand and crushed coral, let it dry and wah-lah, you have a cave. you can do the same with cement and any type of limestone (could be wrong about the limestone) and eventually it will become "live" as well.
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Re: Aquascaping with other than LR

Sen,

This company has some cool stuff for you.
Put this in with your live rock and it will be seeded.

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Re: Aquascaping with other than LR

haha!! thats where i got the idea from!
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Re: Aquascaping with other than LR

What about this?
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Re: Aquascaping with other than LR

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take your pvc pipes, cover them with aquarium silicone then roll them in agronite sand and crushed coral, let it dry and wah-lah, you have a cave. you can do the same with cement and any type of limestone (could be wrong about the limestone) and eventually it will become "live" as well.
Good idea.
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