Rock Scans for Experimental Aquaria

 

 

Here is the two different 3-D scans of rocks being used to create the complex environments in the experimental aquaria. They are identical prints of Texas Holey Rocks printed with white PLA (polylactic acid) filament over ~24 hours in a 3-D printer. All of the prints will be ready in the next week and a half.

Each habitat will have an increasing number of rocks present, beginning with two (low complexity), increasing to four (medium complexity), and then expanding to eight (high complexity). They will be glued to the tank bottom with IC-GEL INSTACURE Cyanoacrylate gel to prevent injury to the octopus, and the base will be buried under the crushed oyster shell substrate. Those that are stacked will have the base removed to allow for better attachment to other rocks.

I will post the finished designs once the rest of the prints arrive.