Minimalist Aquascaping

[Sugar Magnolia]

Beautiful tanks everyone. I really like the minimalist style rockwork. It's just so pleasing to the eye instead of a tank crammed full of rock.

 

[downhillbiker]

Mine is cycling right now. For a large tank I feel mine is pretty open. Do you think it fits in minimalistic aquascaping?

 

[Dustint21]

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic! Still a work in progress!

 

[browntrout]

nice tanks!!

 

[macronut]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15231075#post15231075 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by burnah

50 gallon breeder, picture from yesterday

10 gallon tank from 3 years ago, i wanted to create this look again with my 50

I really like your naturalistic look of the top pic.

 

[E.intheC]

there has to be a large number of pics on here with minimalist aquascaping....

 

[biecacka]

Many tanks in Japan are run with NO rock at all.

i would love to see the look of these tanks. i like the minimalistic look. i have a 220 with minimal rock, and its in pillars so it looks even less


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[E.intheC]

so, bie... post your pics



:lol:

 

[andrewk529]

my tank is 3 months old

 

[seafansar]

Dunno if there are too many rocks in there to be in this thread, but it's pretty minimal to me. I was at least minimal with the fish! lol.

BTW, all the corals an the sand bed will be removed once I get around to epoxying them to the rocks.

 

[E.intheC]

Sara, that's awesome! Wait until all those corals grow in, it'll look great!

 

[seafansar]

Thanks! What you see now, the bigger corals at least, is one year of growth from when they were in my other tank. All started from little frags.
We left a lot of room on top to give the corals plenty of room to grow.

 

[E.intheC]

thats a great idea. I just checked out your red house thread, and that shows even more pictures. You guys have a great tank, and will have an even better one as the time goes by!

Those are nice custom screen/tops you have on there.

Finally, I agree that leaving room at the top to let the corals grow in is a good idea. I'm going to be doing that with my next setup.

 

[E.intheC]

oh, and those top three tanks are definitely minimalist rockscapes! :thumbsup:

 

[GrimReefer82]

I love minimalist style tanks but the taller the tank the harder it is to acheive w/o looking like it needs more. I wish there was a way to make tall minimalistic rock scape for my 90 gallon. Currently I have 200lbs in a 90!

 

[prettypearl08]

I think I will probably be on the minimalist list because I only have about 60lbs of rock in a 90 Gallon Aquarium. I was thinking open swimming space for the fish. I didn't them swimming into the side of the tank thinking they could keep going.......

 

[Tadashi]

Awesome tank Sonny. You have definitely set the standard. I like the minimalist look also.

 

[amkelly802]

<a href="http://s953.photobucket.com/albums/ae11/amkelly802/?action=view&current=fulltank.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae11/amkelly802/fulltank.jpg" border="0" alt="Full Tank"></a>

 

[Milhouse]

I think to have a successful looking minimalist layout, you need interesting looking rock. It's about more than just having a little rock in there. The composition is extremely important. I think that's the difference between a successful minimalist tank and one that just comes off looking boring.

 

[E.intheC]

Amkelly, that's a very nice start you have there. Certainly much better than my first tank, for sure.


Milhouse, I agree with you to an extent, but I think its also important to show almost no equipment in the tank. A powerhead or two is fine, but that's all I want to be seen in my tank. Patience is key with this as well. Its very hard to have a great looking minimalist tank in the beginning. You need time for the corals to grow out.