Bonsai Tree inspired Aquascape

[mattnano]

I want to start this by thanking crazy4acros for inspiring me to revamp my entire system! As you can see from the picture I desperatly needed an upgrade.. I went from a 30 gal Oceanic (that I tryed to modify myself) to a 34 gallon Solana so a whoping 4 gallon upgrade! But as you can see by the pics the Solana looks 100x better and has inspired me to revamp my tank. Like I said crazy4acros was my inspiration, while I was drilling my rock & bending my acrylic I actually had a pic of his tank on my computer for referance! I wanted to try a diffrent method so I bent a 5/8th inch acrylic rod to my desired shape and smashed my 40lb rock into smaller rocks. I then drilled holes in my smaller rocks and put them onto my acrylic structure. I hope everyone likes it!

30 gal tank before my upgrade...ugly I know

Empty Solana w/ bent acrylic rod

Finished product

I phone pic

All I need is a few more ORA/tyree frags and time to let everything grow!

 

[crazy4acros]

:eek1: WOW VERY NICE mattnano great job!!! I used a similar method in my previous tank but with PVC I covered the pipe with pieces of rock zip tied together although I still used a rock for a base. Love the way you used a piece of acrylic for the base looks like it works perfect for a smaller scale. Please anyone who has redone their aquascape feel free to post up and share your pics here.

Thor

 

[mattnano]

Thanks! It feels good to get complamented by the master! Sorry if i hijcked your thread ! I was a little hesitant to use the acrylic becaue when I dry tested it sagged quite a bit but water adds buoyancy to the rock and it seems to be holding up just fine! evan when I put my Vortech on the side to make a "wave"
Thanks again crazy!
-Matt

 

[Whalehead9]

mattnano- How did you attach the acrylic rod to the Acrylic sheet? I have wanted to do something similar, but was afraid that it would fail over time.

 

[bheron]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13917720#post13917720 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crazy4acros
I used a similar method in my previous tank but with PVC I covered the pipe with pieces of rock zip tied together although I still used a rock for a base.
Thor

This is what Im thinking of doing. So how did that way turn out?

 

[maxxII]

Mattnano....

Looks great! Very Impressive! You're starting a trend Crazy!

Nick

 

[aaron1987]

You definitely should make a thread for a write-up of how you did that mattnano! Looks fantastic!

 

[mattnano]

Thanks for the comments I decided to finally get a build thread up so that this gread thread can get back on track! Its over @ the nano section on reefcentral. Thanks again crazy for the inspiration! I am sure that mmannyyy people will be reaquascaping to try & match/mimic your unique design.

 

[AJDuran]

what diameter rods did you use crazy?

 

[crazy4acros]

AJ Duran, 1/2 inch for the top plate and about a pencil size for the overhang, keep in mind the zipties and putty for added strength.

bheron, It worked out just fine however, this time around i wanted it to look more like the rock has naturally formed in that structure rather than a cluster formation.

mattnano, Thank you and once again great job! Im glad my tank has inspierd you.

 

[PISITH]

Your tank to inspired for me to set up my tank.

 

[crazy4acros]

WOOOOHAAA! Nice PISITH, looks like an exact replica of my tank! Great Job dude! It's like my tank has children lol looks great!

 

[Felix1021]

Yea good stuff there...wish you had bigger pics...do u have your own thread?

Felix-

 

[aaron1987]

+1 for bigger pics of that tank!

 

[Felipe_Caetano]

Bautyfull tanks!
It´s impressive how you guys had set them up almost exactly the same...
I´m thinking giving this idea a shot on my 120G... i´ve got lot o rock to play with, maybe it turns in something at least 10% of yours great job.
Best wishes!

 

[chingchai]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13933931#post13933931 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PISITH
Your tank to inspired for me to set up my tank.

Bigger pics of his tank
at the beginning


as of now

 

[Felix1021]

very nice dude..THanks for sharing!

Felix-

 

[sailfintang]

Here are some photos of one structure in progress:

just various angles, note I only used epoxy, adhesives, and zip ties for this. I plan to remove the zip ties once the epoxy cures. I have a second one I need to build once I cure this sculpture. Thanks for the inspiration crazy.

 

[crazy4acros]

NICE structure sailfin!!!!! looking great guys keep em comming.

 

[Patrick12]

Very nice. Like the design.