invincible325i
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Ok how the heck do I get my photos enlarged like you all are posting? Mine are all small thumbnails, *** ??? lol
Minimalist Aquascaping
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Ducati 911
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invincible325i
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Perfect, thx ducati 
andbigdaddy2
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I like the spot lights. Do you plan on adding any additional lighting? also what brand and wattage are they?
invincible325i
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Bunnylicked
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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...
Your tank is gorgeous! What kind of rock is that, and how much did you put in there? Are there any fish in there?
Ducati 911
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Go to the picture you want to post in your photobucket album. If you put your mouse over the picture it will give you some options(dont click the pic just put the mouse over it.) Four different codes will pop up. Click on the HTML one and it will say copied. Then go back to RC and paste the code in the same place you would type your reply. Then Post Quick Reply. Thats the best I can do. Goodluck
Sebastian J.
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Glad you like it.
Cubes are great - the one thing in aquascaping you can't replace is true depth, and they come with plenty of it by default. Although this tank is sort of a skewed cube (65 x 60 x 50 cm or roughly about 25.5" x 23.5" x 19.5")
No - the tank is decidedly low-tech, and I have nowhere to put a sump. I'm not even sure if I'm ever going to use a skimmer.
I'm German - I just happen to like keeping an eye out for the international side of the hobby.
Thank you.
It's live rock, and according to the shop it's from Bali and collected at deeper places in the reef. Unfortunately, it had already been in the shop holding system for some time - the photosynthetic life had suffered quite a bit when I bought it. On the plus side, it seems that most larger "nuisances" like crabs had moved out of it by that time, too. The coralline algae recovered just fine, though.
All in all, there's 23 kg (or about 50 lbs) of rocks in the tank.
No, the mobile lifestock is limited to 5 Peppermint shrimp, 25 Blue Leg Hermits, 3 Rock Shrimp (Palaemon elegans) and about 20 assorted snails.
I'm not running a skimmer, so I'm holding back on fish - and most of my hobby funds still go to corals at the moment.
In the far, far future, I might get something like a Goby + Pistol Shrimp pair, or maybe a small and uncommon fish like a Possum Wrasse (Wetmorella) or Liopropoma Basslet. Some Nano-sized Gobies (Elacatinus, Gobiodon, Eviota, Trimma...), Blennies (Escenius stigmatura, Acanthemblemaria, etc.) or Cardinal Fish (Apogon parvulus, etc.) are another possibility.
reefjunkie42
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invincible325i
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invincible325i
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Thx Ducati, nailed it this time
invincible325i
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Can't wait for my new lighting so we can get some SPS going on up in this glass box
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invincible325i
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Is this minimalist? I can't decide. Not counting the tonga branch, there's only about 13 lbs of rock in a 30 gallon tank. It's definitely not a rock pile or rock wall.
Really nice.
Can't wait to see it filled with corals.
