I personally don't like anything on the substrait so I build pedistals out of PVC covered in cement.
This one is about 6" high and was built to house a gonopora. In a few weeks some coraling will grow on it and you will not be able to tell it from Real rocks. Actually, some of it is real.
I got the gonopora up on it's new pedistal


Here is the thing in the building process


And here it is on the sand.

nice post ;) i got a really nice idea from this for some zoas.

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If its not broke dont fix it!!! If its broke save yourself the time and buy a new one!!!

Paul youhave done it again.

thanks

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

I build all of my rocks like that. It is practically free and kind of fun.
All of my rockwors is off the gravel on pedistals of this "rock"
Here is a piece under construction and the algae covered finished piece.


Can you tell which are the home made rocks? I can't, as some of them are many years old.

I know that green "S" shaped piece toward the right and top of the tank is the same piece in the picture I posted above



Here is a close up of that bottle in the center of the picture on the bottom, also home made.

Looks like Columbus dropped it off his ship, doesn't it? It is not that old

Awesome.

Next thing you will be telling us you use asphalt also.

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

SSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH Thats a big secret

Do you really expect anyone to believe you make your own live rock and use asphalt for substrate? Everyone knows you can't do that. I suppose you use an under gravel filter, natural seawater and encourage the growth of algae as well...

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Thats Absurd

sounds almost like a beaslbob tank

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

and everyone knows about beaslbob

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden