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11-23-2008, 11:57 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ottawa , Canada
Posts: 312
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Pegging my rockwork
Is it better to use ties or airline tubing, or both
I'm setting up a 65g soon though i'd try it.
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11-23-2008, 12:05 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Orange Park, Fl
Posts: 2,478
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Green plastic garden stakes that you can get at Lowes or Home Depot. Stronger than the airline tubing and solid so nothing gets inside. Zip ties also work well but only the black ones are uv resistant. Over time the clear ones become brittle and break due to uv exposure.
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11-23-2008, 12:08 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ottawa , Canada
Posts: 312
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jadinop
Green plastic garden stakes that you can get at Lowes or Home Depot. Stronger than the airline tubing and solid so nothing gets inside. Zip ties also work well but only the black ones are uv resistant. Over time the clear ones become brittle and break due to uv exposure.
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Hey thanks appreciate the tip.
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11-23-2008, 12:13 PM
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spaceman spiff
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: south of Dimples
Posts: 10,638
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I've always just used hard airline tubing with success, but anything of similar structural value should work fine.
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11-23-2008, 08:16 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Greer, SC
Posts: 1,240
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I wish I knew about the white ties before... oops
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11-23-2008, 09:10 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Virginia Beach
Posts: 613
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Basile, you should check out crvz's setup with the fiberglass reflector rods. They make wicked rock columns.
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11-23-2008, 09:42 PM
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spaceman spiff
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: south of Dimples
Posts: 10,638
Reviews: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jared J
Basile, you should check out crvz's setup with the fiberglass reflector rods. They make wicked rock columns.
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That's surely a good choice for larger structures, but I think we're talking about pegging frags with little pieces of rock rubble.
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11-23-2008, 09:52 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ottawa , Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crvz
That's surely a good choice for larger structures, but I think we're talking about pegging frags with little pieces of rock rubble.
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Yes my thank will be 65 G. I 'll use that technique for 2 reasons, i'm gutsy enough now and know enough about corals to attemp this, second, i have a coast to coast overflow but in side the tank. So i'll camouflage it with a vertical wall kinda structure. with of course some twisting elbow reaching forward and macroalgae scaping.
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03-08-2009, 12:13 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ottawa , Canada
Posts: 312
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some more
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03-08-2009, 09:28 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: NJ
Posts: 473
Reviews: 90
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What kind of tang is the white one?
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03-08-2009, 09:32 PM
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Son of Jor El
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Springfield MO
Posts: 4,608
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I'm supposed to pick up a couple of 6 foot acrylic rods this week, one square, one round. Then I can pick up some fresh sand and hopefully do a rock lift/ rock pegging, SB replacement day. THe sand bed is not that old but if I am going to all the trouble to pull it all out then why not.
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03-08-2009, 09:38 PM
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Mommy Mod
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: down the street and around the corner from Dimples
Posts: 5,291
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We used the driveway reflectors to do something similar on my sons tank - we just cut them down to peg them more just stack them.
HTH.
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03-08-2009, 09:40 PM
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spaceman spiff
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: south of Dimples
Posts: 10,638
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luther1200
What kind of tang is the white one?
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sohal, a huge and grumpy fish that needs a ton of space, but can make a real great feature of the tank.
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03-08-2009, 10:21 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: NJ
Posts: 473
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I thought thats what it was, but I wasn't sure. I have only seen one once or twice and they were much bigger.
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