Minimalist Aquascaping
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JCurry
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Wow...didn't take you guys long to notice that one. It's a Maxi-jet mod that is hooked up to a Sea Swirl, this mod allows the Sea Swirl to still function as normal but gives you the 2100 gph flow of the Maxi-jet mod moving through the tank. So the output is 2100 gph plus up to 1000 gph that the 1" sea swirl can handle or what ever your return flow is in my case. I'm going to start a new DIY thread with pictures, on it soon. I'm still in the evaluation period but things look good so far. I had two of them built but one of them I didn't get the impeller shaft straight enough and it ended up destroying the prop. I realy hate to see a beautiful reef tank with a lot of equipment in it so I'm trying to get more out of each piece of equipment that is in the tank. Let me know if you want more details.
cardiffgiant
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Here is my minimalist aqua scape in my 90, using the "2 island approach"
garrettm85
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Very nice tanks everyone! I am not sure that this is exactly minimal but it is my version 
I still like alot of rock in my tank but I definately have become a fan of a more open swim space and sand bed.
This is a few weeks old and I have since raise up the water level to the bracing. Also added some fish and a few more corals. Thi stank has been running now for about 2 months and added some corals about 1 month ago. It is hard to tell but the bigger rock structure on the left has kind of comes out towards the from in the middle and leaves the back side open for corals to grow and fish to swim.
The tank is a 90g aga drilled and plumbed into another 400g of coral, rock, and algae tanks. All the tanks are shallow grow out tanks and a few allow me to sort of test open shallow layouts..
The tank:
Some of the prop system:
I still like alot of rock in my tank but I definately have become a fan of a more open swim space and sand bed.This is a few weeks old and I have since raise up the water level to the bracing. Also added some fish and a few more corals. Thi stank has been running now for about 2 months and added some corals about 1 month ago. It is hard to tell but the bigger rock structure on the left has kind of comes out towards the from in the middle and leaves the back side open for corals to grow and fish to swim.
The tank is a 90g aga drilled and plumbed into another 400g of coral, rock, and algae tanks. All the tanks are shallow grow out tanks and a few allow me to sort of test open shallow layouts..
The tank:
Some of the prop system:
:thumbsup: on the prop system!
2 Sand sifting stars. People always say that they will eat everything in the sand and starve but I have yet to see them ever go below 1/4 inch in the sandbed of 2-3 inches. Also I only have a few nassarius snails and no sand sifting gobies. So no true competition for the detris.
Tangweed
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15430529#post15430529 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by garrettm85
Very nice tanks everyone! I am not sure that this is exactly minimal but it is my version
This is a few weeks old and I have since raise up the water level to the bracing. Also added some fish and a few more corals. Thi stank has been running now for about 2 months and added some corals about 1 month ago. It is hard to tell but the bigger rock structure on the left has kind of comes out towards the from in the middle and leaves the back side open for corals to grow and fish to swim.
The tank is a 90g aga drilled and plumbed into another 400g of coral, rock, and algae tanks. All the tanks are shallow grow out tanks and a few allow me to sort of test open shallow layouts..
The tank:
Some of the prop system:
Is that a prop system or LFS?
Nice :thumbsup:
