DIY reef shelf

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Is that eggcrate encrusted with crushed coral?

Of course I will have to cut this shelf down more because of the stocking plan's for wallmart pico. But in a larger tank I belive it would work just fine. The LS on the bottom of the tank is the same color as the shelf. But my camera just made it look darker for some reason.

I cut a sheet of egg crate into the shape that I wanted. And then I used super glue gel to add a thin sheet of arcylc to the top of it. After the sheet of arclyc was dry on top of the egg crate. I mixed envirotex lite pour on epoxy with some wet LS. After that I just poured and spread the epoxy/sand mixture over the arcylc and let it dry for a few day's.

I anchored the reef shelf to the top of a piece of LR using some 1 inch nylon nails.

what is the shelf use for? frags?

Yes bluesky the shelf can be used for frags. It can also be used for a island to isolate faster growing corals like xenia.

The reef shelf in the picture above is really just a prototype that I made out of spare part's.

In order to make smaller tank size reef shelf's. I bought a sheet of .093 lexan and used my fine point sharpie to design the shelf's. Before cuting the shelf's out of the lexan. I'm predrilling the 1/4" anchor holes.

The shelf's can be made any thickness that you like just by adding extra coat's of the epoxy/LS mixture.

My spiral staircase reef shelf with be dry, odor free and ready for the tank next week.