Aquascaping, Show your Skills...

[TRBOFISH]

I love that pink tail Trigger. I'm saving up my money for some crosshatch's. I think there is just something about the personality of a trigger. i don't know the kinda remind me of my dog. Always begging for more food!

 

[sifnos]

Geso... what sand bed do you have. I really like it. I'm about to start changing mine. The sugar fine just blows around way to much. Are you happy with yours?

All these tanks are awesome! Keep em' comin.

Thank you Lps157. The aragonite is tropic marime the fat one.

Geso, LOVE your tank!

what bulbs are you running?

Thank you jennmac415.Actually are not ours. the aquariums above belongs to friends and we do the aquascape. The light is liteco with 8 T5 HO. the bulbs works with a GHL profilux. Someone write down the weather condition of a place near red sea for two years and these notes pass through the controller to the light. So we have only 4-6 hours foul light and the other hours it’s like a cloud passing instantly and things like that

 

[robot2222]

this is an awesome thread. i find reefscaping one of the most frustrating things. i will be taing along..............

 

[seashark]

here is mine

here is mine

here is mine 55 full of rock

 

[love83blue]

nice scaping

 

[ir0n_ma1den]

I'm a fan of the island setups.

I find that looking at freshwater planted tanks provide much insight and inspiration.

 

[Hesham]

I'm a fan of the island setups.

I find that looking at freshwater planted tanks provide much insight and inspiration.

I completely agree that freshwater planted tanks can provide inspiration in the composition of a reef tank.

I would love to see Takashi Amano taking on a reef tank aquascape. Supposedly he has a reef tank on display in his company's lobby in Japan.

 

[Raul-7]

I'm a fan of the island setups.

I find that looking at freshwater planted tanks provide much insight and inspiration.

I agree. If it's one thing the FW side is clearly superior in, it's the aquascaping. The elements and the "rules" are the same, I'm sure they can be applied to reef scapes and some of the examples here prove it.

Here's an excellent example of an "island" from Amano's own gallery in Nijata:

More inspiration from the latest ADA contest: http://acuariorosa.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/the-international-aquatic-plants-layout-contest-2009/

 

[geomanolo]

Thank you Lps157. The aragonite is tropic marime the fat one.



Thank you jennmac415.Actually are not ours:lol2::lol2::lol2:. the aquariums above belongs to friends and we do the aquascape. The light is liteco with 8 T5 HO. the bulbs works with a GHL profilux. Someone write down the weather condition of a place near red sea for two years and these notes pass through the controller to the light. So we have only 4-6 hours foul light and the other hours it's like a cloud passing instantly and things like that

Hello everybody we are the proud owners of the elos 120 xl this is Angelina speaking..
Geso and sifnos helped us ,with their experience, with the aquascaping but i think something that helped us also was the quality of the rock and the grate shape of it.

The sand bed isn't TMC , it was very hard to find and it's 3-5 mm crashed coral .
Also the pulps are ATI ( 5 blue special and 3 blue plus ) .
i have to admit that it took us looooots of reading and browsing, mainly in RC (thank you guys!!!), in order to finalise the hours and the selecion of the pulps :lolspin:
We are extremely happy with our new set up .:inlove:

 

[ReefPug]

There were some great ideas in this thread - It got me moving. This is my new 185 gallon tank 60"x30"x24".

Left Side

Right Side

Let me know what you think.:rollface:

 

[JazzZero]

VERY NICE^

here is my tank unfortunatly i dont got a shot of it with just it rocks but here it is.

 

[robot2222]

reef pug so far so good?

 

[bebereef]

nice set up JazzZero.
What size is it?

 

[JazzZero]

nice set up JazzZero.
What size is it?

Thanks Its a 48 by 18 by 24H 90G tank

 

[boret]

Original Rock work on my 92

8 months later:

 

[lastlight]

Some gorgeous rock reefpug. You also placed it very well.

 

[ReefPug]

Thanks lastlight. I used fiberglass rods to suspend the rocks out a bit. Going for a more open airy look.

 

[gtaylor67]

All these and I only have a 300 gal to put all these great ideas into practice.. Great work guys I'm lost for sure now... LOL

 

[wildman6809]

here is mine with just a few fish

 

[crsaz]

heres some pics of my 20g

Im looking forward to having some fun with my new 57. Im thinking a pillar-shelf and an arch structure for the new tank