Marine Epoxy At Lowe's?

[dakota9]

There was talk a few months back about locally available Marine Epoxys that could be used in a tank that was available at Lowe's or Home Depot. I'm trying to aqua scape and want a HIGH rock pile. It took a half a stick of Aquastick to clue two rocks together, at that rate, I'll have more invested in Aquastick than live rock.

Any clue? Any advice?

Thanks

 

[purplegorilla]

I used that to fastened all my frags onto my live rocks many times..

 

[cameron]

Marine Epoxy doesn't necessarily mean reef safe epoxy. I doubt (seriously doubt) it will cause any problems, but it is possible for this stuff to be somewhat harmful to the reef environment as it cures. Formaldyhyde is often a by product of curing in many solvents. Not sure about standard marine epoxy though.

 

[dannybradley]

I've used Z Spar boat epoxy before. The reef still looks great. Here's a link.

 

[dakota9]

Thanks! I found this stuff at lowe's , but was surprised that a 4 oz stick was still 4 bucks and change. Just as cheap to get the real reef stuff, as the reef stuff dries gray, lowe's stuff is blue!

Thank you!

 

[seedless reefer]

Uh Dakota.....

Get creative with the blue stuff man....make some blue zoas or a blue candy cane....(sell them as LE's) sheesh man get in the game.

 

[wbholwell]

Dakota, I've heard of people drilling into the rock and securing them with acrylic rods (get the idea?) That could be an alternative to what you're attempting.

 

[dakota9]

Oh, this is an old thread someone ressurected from a while back. I used some epoxy in on my rock, but this time I did it right sand had fewer problems with shifting rock.

When I sat up my new tank, I layed the first layer of live rock, then put in the DSB, and built on the. It's pretty stable this time around. Last time was a conversion from FO to FOWLR to reef, this time I started it with a reef in mind, and it turned out better!

Thanks for the input, now I need to go make some blue LE Corals.......

 

[cooper9177]

Aqua mend homedepot only...