Aquascaping

[TangingOut]

Help!! I can't stop aquascaping. It always starts off as this or that rock will look better over there, but always ends up in a hour long session of aquascaping. Problem is I can get a nice look, but it's usually unstable. I also believe I have too many nice looking rocks that I want to display.

 

[Pife]

Sounds like you need to cover the rock in coral.

 

[firemountain]

I started my design outside the tank, and one I got it down....I placed them in, and glued a few pieces together. Just be careful and make sure what you glue in can be pulled out if need be.

 

[TangingOut]

Sounds like you need to cover the rock in coral.

This is exactly the plan, but it's a fairly young tank and I'm still saving up for some nice LEDs.

 

[Fallling]

It took me a few months before finally being happy. My scape now is totally different from the original... tonga shelf rock was leaching phosphate badly and created a hair algae problem so I pulled it out and basically started over. If it's dry rock, pull it out of the tank and experiment with different arrangements. Putty, zip ties, and plastic rods are very useful for creating structures. If it's live rock, it's going to be more difficult... I've seen people crumble up newspaper to replicate the different rock shapes so they can experiment with an overall scape out of water.

 

[thegrun]

It seems like I end up tearing down most of my tanks after 2-3 years for a major re-aquascape. I think I just get tired of looking at the same tank after a few years.

 

[xCry0x]

Drill holes + Acrylic rods

That said, yea, try re-aquascaping when you have some big SPS growing on things. I break pieces of my birdsnest every time i look at the tank wrong.

 

[TangingOut]

I believe I've made my last round of minor adjustments.......for now. Key word, minor.

Here's what I hope it'll stay like until I start adding coral.

 

[TangingOut]

Hard to see, but in the middle purple rock there's a small tunnel that the fishes love to swim through as well.

 

[Fallling]

I really like it!

 

[shesacharmer]

It's good. Leave it alone! LoL

 

[pbs1914bcc]

Nice setup. Wish you lived closer. I would hire you to do my aquascape, lol.

 

[TangingOut]

Thanks everyone. I truly believe it when I tell myself I'll be leaving it alone. Especially now that each rock that's sitting on another kinda locked into place like tetris.

 

[A320 FO]

Hey that looks great! Now don't touch it anymore.

 

[lutz123]

Looks really nice!

 

[BioCubeGuy]

Looks nice and clean!

 

[3dees]

nice. lots of places for coral. you may want to try moving the rock in the front middle and placing it to one side. it would give you a two island effect. just a thought.

 

[whosurcaddie]

Yeah it looks good OP leave it.

 

[igot2gats]

Agreed with most. Leave it alone. Leaving it alone will keep your hands out of the tank more - which is a good thing.

 

[coralsnaked]

A nice Helix can be tricky. Yours is very nice!