looking to find some info on how to start putting youre egg crate in the tank from start to finish anybody any pics or know how please

as no one has responded to this one yet , Ill give it a go
this is what I used


eggcrate -----got mine from pond supplies

acrylic rod or acrylic tube-- clear plastic got mine from clear plastic supplies uk

aquascape construction epoxy -----local lfs

and a saw

I cut my eggcrate to the size I wanted , cut six legs out of the acylic rod for each length of eggcrate
marked the cross section, of the eggcrate on top of the rod,and also the depth,of the eggcrate cut it and pushed them into place, filled in any discrepency of the cut ,with the epoxy .made sure it stood firmly with no shaking at all .
placed one in the tank, with a piece of live rock on it then placed more rock to my taste

sorry the pictures dont show a lot but its the best I can do
this is with one piece of eggcrate

all underneath the eggcrate is empty with a powerhead eitherside for waterflow , the fish go under there regularly and seem to like it .


some friends have done the easier option of putting a number of wineglasses
underneath the eggcrate and putting the rock on top that works fine for them as well
hope this is of some help

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senile old git

I think thats a good description, Grandad, thats got to be a text book building job

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Grandad

What is the purpose of egg create in a marine tank, have heard of it before but not sure why it is used??

hello nick, egg crate is used to build the base for rock structures, it means you dont use so much rock, but most importantly it allow for the flow of water under + amongst the rock, which in turn helps combat dead areas which is where ya nitrates etc will occur lead to better quality water

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Cheers Telboy, makes sense now as I was thinking it was to take the weight of the stones off the base of the tank to aviod cracking. Was wondering as I used polystyrene tiles in the bottom of my tang tank and wondered what the egg crate was for.

How's your tanks mate, what are you into these days?

yeah all me tanks doing fine nick,apart from the plague of snails in my rio planted,but im on the case with that, got rid of me marine[too expensive for me + too much faffing]6x2x2 usa cichlids/4fter malawis/3fter will be malawis/rio planted with guppies endlers cories...just realised weve hijacked this thread, sorry folks

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thanks ,sid.

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senile old git

thanks for the info it sure helps when u know what to do ps youre tank looks good chum

thanks gazza, you get a better idea of the finished tank, in the video

because most of the rock in the pictures, have been rearranged .

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