Aquascaping, Show your Skills...

[Sonicboom]

I really really like that, will look fantastic with some colonies.

 

[mmittlesteadt]

Thanks. I wanted kind of a spiral staircase effect of ledges, so each area for corals was open to light and good current flow. This also created some nice overhangs and tunnels for other creatures and fish to hide, yet still be visible to me.

The open rockwork allows for good flow all around it and will allow me to keep the sand and glass clean all around.

 

[worm5406]

What did you use to test the flow? Streamers?

 

[funior]

My expression

 

[bjbass]

Here is what I ended up with.

 

[lafayettereefer]

Awesome looking scapes

 

[Nate32185]

My expression

I love all the arches. That tall arch is awesome. What method did you use to hold them together?

 

[Nodintree]

Getting some good ideas here.

 

[cleverbs]

I haven't seen a halide lit tank in a while

lol I am running a MH tank now. Love it.

 

[joshbrookkate]

What a difference in appearance it makes having the sand in! Looks so much like a landscape now.

After looking it over for a day, I shifted the rock around a little bit to make the pattern flow better. Subtle, but better to me...

The result is beautiful!

 

[funior]

I love all the arches. That tall arch is awesome. What method did you use to hold them together?

I glued the fast setting mortar, dries a few minutes

 

[Dmorty217]

I glued the fast setting mortar, dries a few minutes

Like quickset?? or what exactly did you use? I used portland cement/sand mixture in the past but found unless you use a lot of it or several coats that it doesn't work as well as I would like, not to mention the long dry time

 

[jpa0741]

Here is my new setup. Im actually happy with how my aquascape turned out for once.

 

[funior]

Like quickset?? or what exactly did you use? I used portland cement/sand mixture in the past but found unless you use a lot of it or several coats that it doesn't work as well as I would like, not to mention the long dry time

Hi, I used CX 5 Rapid cement (Ceresit)

a link to the manufacturer's website.

- very well combines rock
- Waterproof
- dries very quickly (about 5 minutes)

I recommend

 

[SpikeDangles]

Here is what I ended up with.

beautiful. What did you use to glue it together?

 

[bjbass]

beautiful. What did you use to glue it together?

Hey thanks! The arches are constructed with acrylic and fiberglass rods along with superglue/reef putty. I got the acrylic rods off of Amazon and a fiberglass rod from Wal-Mart that was a reflector originally. The columns are all constructed with rods and putty and I covered up wherever you could see the rods with random loose rock with putty. To get them to stand up I used a hacksaw to saw the bottoms flat.

 

[tripleS]

Today at cleaning back glass one island fall

So I have to redo my rock work :headwally:

 

[Dmorty217]

Hi, I used CX 5 Rapid cement (Ceresit)

a link to the manufacturer's website.

- very well combines rock
- Waterproof
- dries very quickly (about 5 minutes)

I recommend

Thanks for the link, I am going to give this a try

 

[Dmorty217]

I glued the fast setting mortar, dries a few minutes

Where did you find this product at? I have been looking on the net and am only able to find it overseas it appears?

 

[kingbonno]

Some pictures of the scaoe of my tank tath is currently cycling.
It is going to be a SPS tank! kind regards Bonno Mulder