Inwall tank build with corals that "Sway"!

sampster5000 said:
Looks great! You did a very good job with the golden ratio. I have been into planted tanks for years. For your first try on this rule you did it like a pro. I considered using this in my first saltwater tank but didnt end up doing it. I'll leave the detailed aquascaping to my planted tanks lol. I love the soft coral. The waving motion is what I was always attracted to. I dont understand the obsession with hard coral as I think soft corals look more alive. This is what the eye is attracted to. Great job!
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Thanks for letting me know I did alright with the golden ratio! I read a lot and no one one the saltwater world really does so it was a little bit of a gamble. The trick for me now is to not pack the tank with too many corals and lose the ratio. :spin2:
 
Like with plants you dont have to worry about losing the feel if your hardscape is following the ratio. With planted tanks in the nature aquarium you know where you can and cant plant and how far to go before the dead spots. I think this will be easier with coral as they dont grow straight from the bottom to the top in a couple of weeks Lol. Or so I dont think! Good luck, doing great.
 
I have some diagrams that draw out the golden ratio. Ill post them up if you want. (I know you hit the nail on the head, but just encase someone else needs a visual ;))
 
SWINGRRRR said:
I have some diagrams that draw out the golden ratio. Ill post them up if you want. (I know you hit the nail on the head, but just encase someone else needs a visual ;))
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That would be awesome! Post them because I think it'll help people with their aquascaping. :beer:

If I can do it anyone can and I really feel people would be a lot happier with the look of their tanks.
 
Here's a short video and pic of the fish I've gotten so far:

Current fish list:
Magnificent Foxface, Yellow Tang, Tomini Tang, Flame Angel, Male Anthia, Golden Midas Blenny, Clownfish, and Yellow Watchman Goby.


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Somebody get that phone!!! J/Jing. Great looking video.
Ill post the diagrams tomorrow. They are on the work computer.
 
I know this isn't the best diagrams, but I saved them from years ago. I cant find the article that had them though. Ill keep looking.
First you do the math and divide the tank. (you can do this vertically and horizontally)
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Then you mark the spots
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And lay your rocks out.
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You can tell if a reefer comes from a planted background due to the layout of their rockwork.

It is a very interesting aspect of nature.
 
Just thought I'd jump in here. Great job on the build. I've been silently following since you started it and It's top notch! please forgive my ignorance here but can you please explain what exactly the premise is behind the golden ratio.
 
Sorry for the delay in updates!

Here's a pic of my new RO storage tank I got a couple of months ago from tank depot. It holds about 30 gallons of water and last about 3 weeks before I have to refill. I've been using a rubbermaid container for the last 5yrs and this time I wanted to eliminate any leaching issues so I bought one that was food grade.

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This past 3 months I've been trying add biodiversity to the tank and I've been able to collect sand and macro from 7 different individuals that have established tanks and it's really paying off. There are thousands of pods in my tank! So many that I have to clean them off the front glass everyday so they don't obstruct the view. I plan to get a wrasse or a mandarin in the next couple of weeks and I'm sure it'll bring down the pod population, but it's cool see them grow in size over the last 3 months. I've also been able to get some stomatella's, bristleworms, chitons, spaghetti worms, magarita snails, nerite snails, turbo snail, astera snails, cerith snails, bumblebee snail, benign flatworms, various sponges, feather dusters, and other tube worms. I'll try to start taking some pics of them, but for now here's a Melev link reference if you need a visual of the animal.

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/index.html

(Thanks again to all of you that have donated sand and macro!)

Here's a pic of the sump/fuge and I'll try to get more pics soon...

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This build is astounding - beautiful job - i love the swaying corals, as well

I was told to take a look by KafudaFish because I bought some dry rock and he suggested an acid bath, and gave me this thread as an example.

Can you tell me what strength you used for your acid bath? I'm using Home Depot brand Muriatic Acid.

thanks
 
goldmaniac said:
This build is astounding - beautiful job - i love the swaying corals, as well

I was told to take a look by KafudaFish because I bought some dry rock and he suggested an acid bath, and gave me this thread as an example.

Can you tell me what strength you used for your acid bath? I'm using Home Depot brand Muriatic Acid.

thanks
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I used high purity HCL at 10:1 which is a lot more concentrated than Muratic Acid, so I'm not sure what you should amount you should use but here's the thread I used to get the data I needed. It's got a wealth of info from Randy Holmes-Farley:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1587539&page=13
 
great - thank you. I read the thread, and it indeed gave me plenty of info. I'm going to stick with the 10:1 ratio, and with my old, problematic rock, i'll upp the concentration to 8: 1 or even 6:1, but that's for another time.

again, beautiful tank. I'm a big fan of Phi and I think i'll incorporate it into the new rockscape when my new rock is ready to go -
 
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