DIY Base for Corals

Hi everyone im back for newe project by Steedy

We want to produce bases for glueing new corals , what we need

We need :

Coral chips size is betveen 3mm-15mm(smaller is better)
Reef Bond glue
White cement
and we can add a little glue to tiles
and form for mixture.

everything put on bucket and mixing together, as we shall see the mixture starts to solidify then we need to start producing bases for corals.

here is my bases for corals

Awesome! Makes me wish I had a garage so I can do stuff like this. Thanks for the info!

great steedy! Are you going to make a form so you can add the post out the bottom so they stay in frag racks too??

They look great! what amounts/ ratio's did you use? is curing necessary? and is there an alternative(cheaper) product then the reef bond glue?

I got 30 lbs of the coral chips, and i really like the look of your work!

oh yeah...white cement? anything more specific on that, or at least what to avoid?

Originally Posted by estanoche

great steedy! Are you going to make a form so you can add the post out the bottom so they stay in frag racks too??

Thx my friend, I have a form for this bases. this is my latest inovation at the moment the last. Maybe if I have a time i prepare some new form for frag racks.

Originally Posted by Saltcreep

They look great! what amounts/ ratio's did you use? is curing necessary? and is there an alternative(cheaper) product then the reef bond glue?

I got 30 lbs of the coral chips, and i really like the look of your work!

Originally Posted by Saltcreep

oh yeah...white cement? anything more specific on that, or at least what to avoid?

For first thx my friend.

Second : Ratio

coral chips 1,5kg-2kg
white cement 0,5kg
Reef bond - 100g
glue to tiles - 200-300g

if you want do more cheaper so use more glue to tiles , but i have not tried it.
White cemen I use this - HET.cz - Stavební hmoty - Cement bílý
this cement give a colour(white) of coral base and also works as a connection between c.chips.

thirds : Curing is nessery - 1-3days

Looks great! I will bet those plugs blend in perfectly with live rock. Once the corraline takes over Ill you probably wont even see them.

When you mixed the white cement and the coral chips together, what was the glue used for? Is it in the mixture?

I use for glue a Reef bond and some of glue for paving(floor).
It is all.

I show you my form for this plugs

Here is some photos of my form. Everything must be some fish ( Fisher fixing you see on photo)

Here is a trick I like to use for LPS's. Parden the pic tags.

Mounting LPS's for quick growth | Bay Area Reefers

Originally Posted by LeviT

Here is a trick I like to use for LPS's. Parden the pic tags.

Mounting LPS's for quick growth | Bay Area Reefers

Nice write up there Levi!! It makes sense that you'd want to give the LPS a place for the skeleton to encrust.. I've always found my "thin" frags that have less skeleton seemed to grow faster than those big hunks o'LPS you normally get

very interesting topic here all! thanks for the diy ideas steedy and Levi ......anyone use bases like this for frags?

Thank you Barbara I have many ideas about DIY but not time to start with them.

But Another will be Ca reactor By Coral Reef new style , new efektivity :-) When all can be home then I post some progress

looking forward to it steedy!

thx Barbara.. today come some parts for Ca reactor from laser manufakture. Im happy next week it will be finished a new prototype of Ca reactor