Hmmmm RC is really slow this evening...
We figured some long-awaited experimentation on the aquascaping while we watch the olympics. How about that downhill run this evening...wow! Bode Miller grabs the bronze...GO USA!!
For our aquascaping the new DOUBLE D, we have a couple of design principles in mind...
1) plenty of negative space for fish swimming, coral growth, and to give the viewer more of a real ocean reef feeling.
2) Three islands with somewhat of a "bonsai tree" / corkscrew look. This is difficult to explain, but essentially what we want is each island to have multiple levels around the core.
Inspirations for this are:
ChingChai
Crazy4Acros
Sirena
We certainly can go on, but you get the picture. Anyway, to pull off what we have in our design minds eye, we'll need to use some gravity-defying tricks to our rock to do what we need. We procured fiberglass rods and epoxy and zipties. Those are the typical tricks of the trade, no?
The rods are .5" and so we'll be using .5" long-reach bore bits on our drill.
Here's the tools for our first "Olympic experiment":
And here's how it came together:
