Aquascaping Tips, Please!

[lazluvtoo]

I have had my 90 sw/reef established for about 10 years. I have decided to take the plunge and perform a "re-aquascaping."

My bubble coral is so huge now that it needs to be in the center of the tank where it can spread it's tentacles and flourish. This is going to mean repositioning all of my mushrooms and polyps of which there are quite a few.

This is my first experience with aquascaping. Any input would be appreciated..."tips" per se to help me make this as pain-free and pleasureable as posisble.

I do have some coral epoxy to stick rocks together.

Tips, anyone?

Thanks!

 

[sunfish11]

Pictures would help...

 

[Roy G. Biv]

Caves and cliffs. I find that most entertaining.

 

[ledford1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11043691#post11043691 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pmolan
Caves and cliffs. I find that most entertaining.

Yeah, I'll add islands and ravines to that as well.

I personally like large show pieces of LR for aquascaping. It usually costs more to cherry pick these kinds of pieces though. I just don't like a hundred 4-pound rocks stacked up against the back wall. Save those for the sump, or at least use tham as base structure and show off some nice rock.

You may get so many corals though, you may not see much of your rock.

 

[ledford1]

Check out the TOTMs for ideas

 

[seapug]

I used the plastic eggcrate trick when I setup my JBJ HQI and it made the whole process a lot more fun & easy. I put the eggrate on the bare bottom, then created my base then added the sand. Does wonders for stablity. Since you're not starting from scratch you could probably just bury sections in the sand and put the rocks on top. Being able to have a flat surface to evenly distribute the weight of the rocks is a huge help in creating something other than the usual "rockpile."

 

[SPSpirate]

i like the island aproach my self for one you can get good current through out the reef. two it makes for really good photography and three i feel your corals have more room to grow and swimming room for fish. try to incorperate caves were possible.:rollface: