Is your live rock supported in your large tank?

[andrewkw]

Tomorrow my new tank is coming, its a 112 gallon 60x18x24, its already drilled for overflow and i'm debating getting it drilled for closed loop as well. Once that is done and I cover the metal stand with wood it will be time to fill it up with live rock. I am actually trying to plan this one out unlike my 15g nano which I just setup on the fly.

 

I am a bit worried about the rocks in a larger tank falling over scratching the glass and destroying corals. Should I be worried about this? I am thinking I will use epoxy to attach smaller pieces to larger ones but then I will be stuck with the aquascape.

 

Any recomendations?

[Mini_GBR]

when I had a 60g, I built a pvc support structure to keep as much of my liverock off the gravel, and then strapped to it the rocks usiing zip-ties. It did take a while to get the rocks where I liked them, but I had a really cool looking structure,and lots of places to place corals. I placed all the rock dry too so it was a lot easier to handle and make sure your be stable.

[audiocontrol]

I used superglue to help my struture. And the best part about it is after a few months, coraline algae covers over any glue that might have been visible.

[Daemonfly]

I've done PVC rack, pinning the rock (using rods to connect) and epoxy. They all worked decently.

 

Pinning and epoxying might be a bit better, as you get a larger range of positioning. Epoxy is a bit more permanent and makes for a larger "single mass of rock", and pinning requires drilling holes in proper places/angles to put everything together.

[jeremai]

I just stacked it all up, nothing fancy. The only problems I'm having are the turbo snails knocking over tiny live rock pieces and zoanthid frags...