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DIY Coral Plates


reefhound

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well, I made some coral plates this weekend..

need to order some epoxy to do the base and stem next weekend..

 

polymer products ACR

Sand

a bunch of dollar store mixing bowls

some serious patience

 

and you have:

 

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sand and epoxy mixed.. poured on a cookie sheet with saran wrap over it... keep working the edges in until it hardens..

I made a paper template so I could match the size and shape..

 

more to follow

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sand and epoxy mixed.. poured on a cookie sheet with saran wrap over it... keep working the edges in until it hardens..

I made a paper template so I could match the size and shape..

 

more to follow

Thanks RF, epoxy sounds interesting. Any info on potentially leaching anything into the water? I know with concrete needs to site in water for quite sometime before it's safe to use.

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i use Polymer products max ACR off ebay (but right down the road from me)

check out their info and builds... they don't have it listed on their web site, and you need to request a smaller quantity than a gallon

3 days is the set time before you can add it

i'll make the stems and bases with crushed coral/epox mix

also, you can buy epoxy coated crushed substrate for marine aquariums

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Looks interesting, didn't realise you were going to make it so tall. I'm curious to see how this turns out.

 

You must be flying pretty high off the fumes if you're not working in a ventilated area with a mask on. Lol

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this epoxy is really pretty mild.. I've been working with polymer products for years and am always impressed with their stuff..

this will need a night cure and can be handled lightly..

the taller one is 9" high, the shorter one is 6 and will be in the shadows a little for my acans..

 

i'm adding hiding spots for my flame tail, tail spot, and blue line pipe atm.. will post

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plenty of hiding spots.. the gap under the big plate is for my blueline... had a similar gap in the plate I took out

 

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hot water bath today.. tank tomorrow :)

Zo-Zo peeking out of the corner

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Nicely done. I can already imagine how cool it would look in the tank when it's got corals on it and fish swimming under it.

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the bigger one was just too big, I may throw it on fleabay

 

the smaller one looks Awesome! will make some more stuff soon... was a little worried about the epoxy in the tank.. but no issues to report at all!

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