75 Gallon Reef Aquascape

[Bob46]

This is harder than I thought. Any suggestions n

 

[JammyBirch]

This is harder than I thought. Any suggestions n

Honestly it's not bad at all...do me a favor and take a picture from farther away...the arch is really cool

 

[Nina51]

looks pretty nice. remember to keep your rocks far enough away from the front and sides so you can get a cleaning magnet across the glass. up to you if you want to keep the back glass clean.

i such at aquascaping so i had a few reef central loungers here last weekend. i just sat back and watched them all put my new 75g tank together. of course, i had to feed them but that was no big deal.

 

[Bob46]

Ok here's a couple more.

 

[Bob46]

Here you go.

 

[vipermaverickk]

Here you go.

I think I liked the first one better.

 

[Reefinny]

Being you are using dry rock and a new set up - you can get very creative. Don't be afraid to use some reef putty - a drill, a acrylic rod and also a chisel to carve out a few pieces for the look and shape you want.

 

[Mark9]

I think it looks pretty good.
Remember to leave some shelves at different heights for corals.
You may even want to drill some holes for the plugs.

 

[erickcooper]

i think it looks pretty good.

+1

 

[JMorris271]

Would you come down here and set mine up?

 

[Unome]

Being you are using dry rock and a new set up - you can get very creative. Don't be afraid to use some reef putty - a drill, a acrylic rod and also a chisel to carve out a few pieces for the look and shape you want.

I think it looks pretty good.
Remember to leave some shelves at different heights for corals.
You may even want to drill some holes for the plugs.

Both very good suggestions. It does look good IMHO but you want some place where fish can swim in and out of the rock instead of them just swimming in front of it. You have some but the more the merrier.

 

[jerseygurl]

I'm awful at aquascaping, but the one thing I will suggest is you take your time now and get it exactly like you want it. You can make some really creative, towering pieces with dry rock. Do you have a really artistic friend who might like to help?

 

[foundnemo11]

I did a few different ones at first and it took a long time to do it.. Then when I moved when the water was cloudy still I just set the rocks in two piles. Once the water cleared I actually liked the look of it than any scape I've ever done. I just connected the two with a long rock ( bridge) and it looks amazing.

 

[m0nkie]

Have you watched the BRS video on rockscaping? They mentioned several good tips. One of them was having some vertical standing rocks. Natural rocks are not all horizontal.

 

[tay0214]

Anyone have a copperband butterfly fish

 

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[jdstank]

Less is more IMO. I like to do arches with blank spots then an island off to the side. That said though, rectangles can be a challenge to aquascape. It's the reason I fell hard for cubes some time ago - more real estate to play with. The 75 is a nice size, much better than a 55. You just have to get creative and like someone else said, make sure you don't clump them up against the glass where cleaning will become a challenge.

If it were my 75 (which I ran one for some time), I would take some of the rock from the left side (liking the arch you have going, leave it would be my choice) and make part of the right side shoot up closer to the water line, then either one or 2 large pieces on the left side kind of out by themselves (island-like).

 

[Bob46]

Well this is what I ended up with.

 

[Tiki God]

The last one looks good! Veganbrian wrote an AMAZING thread on aquascaping. Check it out!

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2217633

 

[Kdadair]

I like it.