Minimalist Aquascaping

[sandry75]

I absolutely LOVE these threads AND I absolutely HATE these threads!!!
Love looking at all the creative designs and beautiful setups but then I end up hating my setup and feel like taking it down and starting again. Conundrum!!!

 

[biecacka]

im putting water in mine now and ill post a few pics again when im done
corey

 

[Eel Freak]

My 200, one week old so it's still a work in progress:

 

[geaux xman]

Eel Freak, man that tank is long. what are the dimensions on it? is that glass or acrylic?

 

[Eel Freak]

Yeah! I love it! It's a custom acrylic. It measures 96"L x 24"W x 20.5" tall

 

[LightTackle]

This is one of the threads that inspired my new tank. Hasn't been running long so it is quite empty.

What are the dimensions on this tank. I love it.

 

[tlo25]

What are the dimensions on this tank. I love it.

It's 30"x30"x16".

 

[Ducati 911]

Here my minimslist aquascape I plan on putting in a 20G

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[wavemaker81]

Here is my 75g tank with 45 lbs of rock. Still in the post cycling stages.

 

[Curious George]

Eel Freak--

Have you had the Moorish Idol for a while? He is a beast!! =-)

 

[Eel Freak]

I've had him since March. He eats anything, even from my hand! And yeah! He is! I love him.... Definitely one of my all-time favorites.

 

[invincible325i]

125 gallon minimalist reef

125 gallon minimalist reef

Shot with a Nikon COOLPIX L110 HD

 

[invincible325i]

125 gallon minimalist reef

125 gallon minimalist reef

With the doors off.

 

[invincible325i]

125 gallon minimalist reef

125 gallon minimalist reef

Its rare to find a minimalist style system that isnt full of sps, so I have went with that approach with a lps, softies & leathers throughout as to take a different approach with these types of corals instead of the traditional rock wall.

 

[invincible325i]

125 gallon minimalist reef

125 gallon minimalist reef

I will do an update when the new light comes in

 

[taku]

This thread warms my heart Thanks for posting everyone!

 

[StephLionfish]

This thread is so awesome! Beautiful tanks everybody! I tried to do this with my new 20g... but it's not near as fancy as everyone else's.

 

[invincible325i]

New Minimalist layout

New Minimalist layout

The above pictures is the before and this pic is the now, sorry everything is a bit closed as I just finished scraping all of the coraline off the back glass

 

[danyalexa]

The corals are not arranged yet.

 

[Sebastian J.]

I overshot my goal when picking out liverock. Without a sump to dump leftover LR as cryptic rock, I ended up with a less minimalistic build than I would've liked... the (50 gal) tank would need another foot of length to make the rockscape truly minimalistic. Oh well, it's no "breakwater wall" design, either...