Minimalist Aquascaping

[acoff87]

great thread! thanks for the inspiration!:beer:

 

[yardboy]

Very nice tanks in this thread, inspiration to me on the rescaping of my big tank, but I noticed that few nano's are represented. With this 10 gallon AIO, I fell in love with peninsular setups, and with minimalist my paradigm of a great tank is complete.

 

[mboos]

Love the minimalist look to all of your tanks...great inspiration for a newbie to be. Question: Do you have to follow the 1.5 pounds per gallon rule as far as biological filtration is concerned? Do all of you have the remainder of LR in the sump, or is what you see in your tank sufficient?

 

[detroit_fan]

Mine's not as minimalist as some in this thread (nor half as good looking!) but the intent was to create something a bit different while still remaining 'clean' looking.

WOW! Great looking tank. Colors are amazing!

 

[E.intheC]

Love the minimalist look to all of your tanks...great inspiration for a newbie to be. Question: Do you have to follow the 1.5 pounds per gallon rule as far as biological filtration is concerned? Do all of you have the remainder of LR in the sump, or is what you see in your tank sufficient?

That's just another one of those "silly" rules like watts per gallon, etc. It depends on your actual rock, livestocking, and overall surface area. For example, a rock the size of a tennis ball can be super dense and thus weigh 3 or 4 lbs, but that's not nearly as efficient as something lightweight and porous that has a lot more surface area., yet only weighs 2 lbs.

If you have 10 large tangs you'll need a lot more rock than say a single neon goby. (For biological and other purposes.)

Some people do have extra live rock in their sump. You do have to be careful about providing enough flow (via powerheads) in your sump to ensure no detritus builds up in the rock.

 

[rioshilo]

Brand new tank and just starting to fill this one up so in this picture it only has two corals... Gotta a lot of filling up and growing out to do...

 

[Rennsport]

Here's mine, but not sure how minimalist it really is.

 

[tdyrkacz]

solana xl

solana xl

It was an upgrade/transfer from a smaller 34g tank

Kmu

I noticed you have the solana xl 67. Are you happy with it? Did you keep the stock sump or make a new one? Are there any frustrating limitations inherent with the design?

Thanks

 

[NaClCrocodile]

rioshilo, that thing looks like if you look at it wrong it'll fall over. Do you have it secured somehow?

 

[rioshilo]

rioshilo, that thing looks like if you look at it wrong it'll fall over. Do you have it secured somehow?

No it's just stacked...

Just kidding. It's skewered with fiberglass rod and uses epoxy and zip ties for further reinforcement...

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[Guy(ReefSmart)]

Heres mine I just started tanks a little cloudy its only been up 2hrs. The big shell has been removed did not like the way it looked.

 

[fishysteve]

 

[pbnj]

At first glance, I find some of these tanks to be very impressive (others, not so much....sorry), but don't you get bored with them very quickly?

I think the only way I could make a minimalist tank work for me is if I were to constantly re-arrange things.

 

[fishysteve]

I did the full box of rocks look for seven years. I recently moved and have gotten settled and wanted to change it up a bit. Different people have different tastes.

 

[reidcrandall]

A Recently snapped pic of mine.

Corals coming soon!

 

[turko]

Minimalist Aquascaping

Hello.

this is my Minimalist Aquascaping.

 

[James983]

reid, I love the curve. Awesome tanks on display to all.

 

[thetonyage]

this thread is great! i was just forced to go from my 125 gal with 100 lbs of LR to a 150 gal. thanks everyone for helping me realize i dont have to go spend a bunch of money on more rock.

 

[Guy(ReefSmart)]

Heres a updated pic of mine.

 

[Fireworm]

I love this thread