Favorite Aquascape sections/logic behind it (not full tank, not individual coral)

[mntl]

There are alot of full-tank and individual coral pics but what section or small area, even a specific rock with a couple of corals is your favorite in your tank? We all have different aquascaping but what area in your tank turned out the best in your opinion and why. It can even be because of the way flow or light gets to the area. What is the most successful (visually and functionally) aspect of your display and explain why?

I have been trying to get a coral for my clam's rock for awhile, I didnt want one on top of the rock (would crowd the clam and the area in general) and I didnt want a plate because in my opinion it would not look right being perfectly horizontal from the rock. Today I found a small (what I believe to be a plana) wild colony that was already growing horizonatally. The color was light so it contrasted well with the clam. I have flow blowing under the coral (the flow used to keep crud off the ground) and the light reflecting from the starboard gives light to all sides of the coral. I think visually it works well together and functionally this was a good place for the colony (in this tank atleast).

I think this could be helpful and interesting, If anyone has any pics with descriptions of logic behind the acro's placement please post!!

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-John-

 

[zapata41]

well here is mine. its not full tank but the pic i am showing is to show you how it relates to the scheme.
ok so i wanted to have a flat section of rock work in the center to fully show off the depth of the 2' deep tank. so i stacked the rocks all similar in height and placed them from about 6" from the front pane all the way to the back. thus giving me a nice sence of depth to the tank and a perfect spot for some of my low light corals. also i palced the 2 250w halides over the ends of the tank to make a shadowed area in the middle to aid a little more in depth.

i love how it turned out
here is the pic

Tim

 

[mntl]

Thanks for the reply! exactly the type of info I am looking for.

Anyone else out there who would like to chime in?

-john-

 

[zapata41]

i am sure they should be tons of people. i mean when i designed the tank it was soley based on using a large rock rack and using the flat area. the rock rack is so i can turn a few valves and have the closed loop sytem blow out the detritus from under the rack where i can get. work like a charm.

Tim

 

[fuzz1974]

Mine would have to be the left side of my tank. It has some caves for the fish and one hides a BTA. There is also a flat rock with a bigger rock over it to make a cave for my sun coral. I got a piece of purple monti. cap to make the ledge a little bigger.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/84117mini-MVC-061F.JPG

A closer view:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/84117mini-mini-MVC-048F.JPG

Fuzz

 

[zapata41]

keep em coming, this thread could really help someone ho is planning a new tank layout too

Tim

 

[jackson6745]

Very creative idea for a thread

In my reef I like to overhang corals (in the center). They get flow from all sides so the growth is usually pretty interesting.

 

[jay2525]

Jackson^^^ thats a sweet setup....I likes.

 

[pi]

Great idea for a thread....

Here is mine favorite section. Though I admit it hesitantly, I got the idea from the nemo movie. There were several parts in the cartoon where they showed some background reefscapes that were full of different colours and coral textures that seemed to mesh in perfect layers as they moved up the reef slope.

I tried to replicate this look by mixing several different types of corals that exhibit vastly different growth patterns. This includes a stag (A nobilis), a plating acro (tuteliensis), a bushing acro (robusta), a fuzzy encrusting coral (pavona) down to a large boulder LPS (maze brain).

I do not think it has the perfect balance that the artists created in the movie, but it does have some of the layering I was attempting to duplicate.

 

[chtan]

My favourite section is the front middle of my tank where I cantilevered a 1.5 feet long staghorn live rock so that I could cable tie my light blue milli, A.valida and M.digitata (a orange and brown one ... the digitata has started to encrust the rock) so that these pieces would have minimum contact points to the rock surfaces (just make it hold firm enough not to be moved by snails or urchins) and have the maximum current flows and lighting ... it was also to achieve a precarious and overhanging kind of look to make it a point of interest in the display.

 

[mntl]

Great responses.

pi-I can totally see it, that is awsome.

-john-

 

[Detritivore]

i like the way this little "boulder" was done(invincible569's tank):

i also like the little rock with the slimer in rbaker's tank:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/totm/testpop.htm?images/DSC00070-(Small).jpg

 

[jackson6745]

Yeah that boulder is packed with coral!