Pictures of a fake rock wall I'm building

tnt4eva · Post by **tnt4eva** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:52 am

I started out with a sheet of plastic (it's made the same as corrugated cardboard for boxes, but out of plastic instead) and then I sprayed it with spray foam. The foam is used for household repairs. It's 4ft long

After adding more foam

After cutting and shaping the foam

After adding concrete to the bottom right hand corner & sprinkling with sand

When the front is concreted and cured, I'll turn it over, remove the plastic, concrete the back and wait for that to cure, then cut the whole thing into 3 sections (or it'll be too heavy), concrete the newly exposed edges, paint it and then coat it with some West System epoxy and wait for that to cure. Then I'll add the air plants and ferns. Oh, and I still have to make a base for it.

You can't see it in these photos, but all the bits that jut out are hollowed out so that I can put plants in there

sugarselections · Post by **sugarselections** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:47 am

Very neat.

wolfnipplechips · Post by **wolfnipplechips** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:58 am

Cool!

KrisDutt · Post by **KrisDutt** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 3:44 pm

Very cool looking.

You wanna make me one

tnt4eva · Post by **tnt4eva** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 4:05 pm

KrisDutt wrote:Very cool looking.

You wanna make me one

Methinks the shipping would be a killer

KrisDutt · Post by **KrisDutt** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 4:11 pm

tnt4eva wrote: Methinks the shipping would be a killer

Darn no magical powers to ship

None the less, very cool project. Let us know if your clan likes it

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 6:23 pm

That looks really cool. I can't wait to see it with the plants in it.

tnt4eva · Post by **tnt4eva** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:40 pm

Concreting of the front face is almost complete!

Shivering Isles · Post by **Shivering Isles** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:48 pm

Wow!

That is so creative and awesome!

It looks really neat! Cant wait to see the finished project!

Jackie x Jupiter · Post by **Jackie x Jupiter** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:37 pm

Very neat idea

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:54 am

Hey!That's what I i did!
but i covered mine in coconut husk instead

lol

VHPlac · Post by **VHPlac** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:06 pm

I did something similar for a fish tank once. I had to soak and rinse the background FOREVER!
I don't think you will have to do that for a Crabitat... since it wont change the ph of the entire tank as it would with fish

Yours looks a lot better than the one I made years ago

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:18 pm

Jadexox wrote:Hey!That's what I i did!
but i covered mine in coconut husk instead

lol

Coconut husk instead of concrete or with concrete?

I was just wondering how you'd get it to stick.

Very cool looking wall. I just got a 36G bowfront and I am so tempted to try this. How long in total did this take you?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:28 am

you rub silicone over it then put it on

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:29 am

and no concrete