Do you have nice aquascaping? if so let's see it..

[stevek480]

"Super bad" - Tank looks great. You have a really nice home as well, the tank fits the room so perfectly.

 

[Mike de Leon]

Nice tank!

 

[Super Bad]

Nice tank!

"Super bad" - Tank looks great. You have a really nice home as well, the tank fits the room so perfectly.

Thanks guys!!!! My buddy and I built the stand to match the furniture as closely as possible to keep my wife happy:love1:!!! I had sherwin williams match the stain on the rest of my furniture as well. I am so happy that you like it, thanks again.

 

[M007]

Here's more.......

Here's a good thread about aquascaping...http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...3&perpage=25&highlight=aquascape&pagenumber=1


Here's Steve Weast comments............he says it well concerning this pic........

"Greg (Bonsainut) posted the best example of aquascaping perfection. It's the one I always come back to for inspiration....and why ? ....because I believe the answer to all your aquascaping questions are right there in that pic..... you just need to notice its philosophies...

1) have just as much postive space (rocks and corals) as negative space (open water and sand)

2) Don't worry about creating nooks/crannies/caves/etc....they just will be eventually covered by livestock. Instead focus on the general rock shape that has both low and high points...perhaps even breaking the surface. Focus on large details...not small crevises (especially if you have a large tank).

3) Maintain an algae free back (and sides if possible) to create an illusion of infinite depth....contrary to what we'd all like to believe, coralline does not create an attractive back drop...only a distracting one.

4) hide all the things of man.....overflows...pumps...pipes....etc.

5) don't clutter the sand bed with a bunch of livestock....a clam or two...maybe...but that's it. Cluttered sandbeds just make the overall display look too busy. You can improve the overall display tremendously by just removing all the frags, zoas, blastos, etc that so many people seem to keep on the sandbed these days......it just distracting.


And finally....the aquascaping will have to be adjusted every so often.....growth eventually will destroy the best of aquascaping. I've seen so many tanks start off so promising, with fantastic rockwork.... only to spiral down into something less so..... just because the aquarist didn't take action to prevent its downfall or simply just over stocked it.. It usually ends up with a solid line of rock....all at the same height....covered in livestock....from end to end. There could be all the purple monsters, acans and superman monties in the world in there....but, if the overall structure is two dimensional and over crowded, it's just blah.....OR you could have the most ordinary of corals....and softies at that....as long as the rock structure follows the above guidlines, it will inspire all who view it and deliver the oooohs an aaaahs......just like the Japanese tank above.

This subject is very dear to my heart....I spent this whole three day weekend re-working my aquascaping.....it was just that time again."

Very good points made. Also the size of the coral makes a difference as not to disrupt the scale of the entire look.

 

[reefsic]

^^^^^^^^^

Big E, the Tank is Killer bro!!!
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[mark54321]

Here is mine:

July 2010:

and now:

 

[roktsintst]

 

[Mike de Leon]

Here is mine:

July 2010:

and now:

Full of potential here.. How's the biopellets working out for u?

 

[Mike de Leon]

awesome!

 

[562socal]

heres mine. not the best pic tho.

 

[Mike de Leon]

Good scape" lose all the stuff in the sandbed and it would be georgeous. The transition to SPS

 

[mark54321]

Full of potential here.. How's the biopellets working out for u?

Thank you,so far I am very happy with bio pellets,I run 750ml in TLF 550 reactor with MJ1200, my nitrates and phosphates are both zero,no algae and I have a lot of fish and feed a lot.

 

[reefsic]

Ryans tank is one of my All-Time Fav's! Tons of Ooh's & Ahh's

 

[roktsintst]

Thanks Mike.

I appreciate it ReefSic. I wish I were a better photographer! I'll be redoing the rockwork soon too. Im not sure if I want to do something similar to what i already have or do a shape like this w/ open space in the middle... Any thoughts?

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This being the shape of the proposed rockwork. Or stay w/ the 3 islands... I would have it higher in the back and drop to one rock high towards the front. Stags inthe rear and more

tabling corals towards the middle. I could have corals going towards the front and middle from the front and side rock structure.

What do you guys thing?

BTW this is an 8' tank and 30" wide

 

[Mike de Leon]

So Ryan, I am sure you've seen this tank before...
http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_gallery.htm

 

[roktsintst]

Mike, I have always loved Steve's tank...But he's got like 500 gallons on me and a few feet of depth! What do you think about my proposed design? This way you could see a canyon when you look from the side... Or just leave it the way it is?

 

[Mike de Leon]

Your tank looks great as it is. It does look very natural. Love your sand bed. I would leave it if it was my tank.
How do you maintain your sand? Age old question...

 

[Mike de Leon]

Whatsup with this dp?

 

[roktsintst]

So, I just went through the entire All Time SPS Tanks thread with my wife and she told me the ones she liked. Then we went and looked at my tank and she said she loved it just the way it was, so maybe i'll leave it. Your comment confirms it Mike! I have moved a few things around already since the last picture and I have a few ideas to move soem things around a little but hte over all shape will probably stay the same. Maybe just a few things to enforce the depth of the tank.

The sand is tricky. Especially for a tank like mine with the Closed Loop coming in from the bottom and always blowing the sand all over. I try to stir it every few days. I take the wand with the algea scraper and move the sand all around. It releases a TON of detritus that would otherwise just acclumulate in the sandbed over time. I also use some Zeo supplements to help with algea. I have a lot of fish and feed a ton so there is a lot of nutrients I need to get rid of. I use the Zeo Start 2, coral snow, zeoBak, ect. to help grow the algea so it can be caught in the micron filters and protein skimmer. My skimmer pulls nasty THICK SLUDGE out of it all the time.

 

[Mike de Leon]

You're so lucky to have a wife that's also interested with the tank. Mine does not care one bit. And yeah, if leaving it makes her happy that's all you really need !

So let's see the latest image!