My way to hide overflow towers

Here is some more carving done.



The little black dots are nails to temporarily hold the pieces until I glue them on. Im hoping to add some caves to the sides near the towers. I read in a post a long while ago about using Dry-Lok on the styro instead of concrete. Any thoughts on that?? Thanx for the input.

Where id you purchase the Styrofoam at?

Did you layer it to add depth to it then carve out the rock formations?

I usually use the green stuff from A.C. More and I layer it up with 2 layers and burn the groves in but once or twice I used different shapes made out of the same foam found in the same isle.

I glued the blocks and other shapes down where they looked good and carved them up.
The green spheres can work out well if cut into 4 pieces. You can use them for over hangs doubling as planters. Cut one in half, carve both half's into bowls and then cut those half's into quarters and find a spot for them. Then glue them down and carve them up in any aberrant way.

I used aquarium sealant to hold them in place rather then cement to weigh it down. The cement looks very good how ever but I never had them time or capability to go down that route .

I am just looking for new ideas for my new Tanganyika tank.

LOOKS GOOD! :thumb:

To answer a few questions I got the styro free! From a buddy at work. He had 4x8 sheets 2" thick.You should be able to pick it up at your LHS. I did layer the pieces. The sideview photo that I posted shows several layers. But most of that will be carved out later. The thickness varies greatly rite now. Some places its nearly 4" thick while in others it is barely an inch. I like the deep crevices and cracks. At some places I carved the rocks out of the existing pieces I also made smaller special shaped rocks (like over the vents) and glued them to the back piece. I glued the pieces on using "Gorilla Glue". I dampened both pieces very slightly, then applied a generous amount of glue to both sides. The stuff dries rock hard and is water proof. But it does expand/foam a little before it dries. Here are some more pics of some more carving and glueing. You can see the glue seeping out in places. Also some "Great-Stuff" foam to fill in some small places.


The black circle shows the cave area and the dots show the entrances. The other line is the lower vent opening.Thanx for the comments

Keep searching you will eventually find some. Like I said try a contractor supply place. It really surprises me that Lowes doesnt have it. The area where you are at certainly gets cold enough. Here is some more pics of my progress:


you can see the caves in the lower right side it has 3 openings for the future residents. The other hole on the upper side goes way up inside mainly to remove alot of material for bouyancy issues. I hope it holds!