Thank height shouldn't matter though...
Minimalist Aquascaping
- Thread starter E.intheC
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Thank height shouldn't matter though...
greech
New member
If you wanted to keep the scape low with that much light on a 40B, you would want to create a couple of peaks to mount SPS which would shade the LPS. There are some pretty cool scapes in this thread where the rockwork is minimal but there are several overhangs mixed in. Extreme overhangs typically require using acrylic rods and or flat tiles to support/balance the structure.
I thought about it. I am thinking of using acrylic rods and an acrylic base plate to attach rocks so they don't fall. I just don't know if I can do that now. I have sand in my tank and I need to burry those acrylic plates under the sand which means disturbing the sandbed.
Can it be done?
greech
New member
It could be but I would plan to do it the same day you did a water change. If you bed is fairly deep you may unearth some crud and anaerobic bacteria that you wouldn't want to do. Timing a water change and siphoning out the crud under your current rocks would be good to do.
I have severely rescaped my tank several times and have never had a problem. You don't have to go that extreme though. Here is a nice example of what looks to be a smaller tank with a great looking scape.
Not mine....
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Note the lighting looks similar to yours (MH + T5s). The tank owner most likely didn't need acrylic rods or bases to pull this off.
I have severely rescaped my tank several times and have never had a problem. You don't have to go that extreme though. Here is a nice example of what looks to be a smaller tank with a great looking scape.
Not mine....
Note the lighting looks similar to yours (MH + T5s). The tank owner most likely didn't need acrylic rods or bases to pull this off.
codyreed29
New member
Thank you, I will look at it. I have many LPS and they are all very big. Have a pagoda coral the size of a plate, so as my goniapora and elegance. I don't know if I can't fit them under rock shadows...
When I think about aquascaping it gives me a headache. I don't like whatever I do and change it constantly...
Rare Angels
New member
Here is mine. I am still in the final stages of the full aquascape but I was thinking minimalistic as I was creating it.
gmatta
New member
Thanks this is a year build lol .... Here is a picture of my fish room and don't mind the paint on the breeder tank I am in the middle of painting it . And the heater is not hooked up just was testing it...
Im so wishing I had a basement
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Stunning tank warfanax.
Its a 40g breeder. I have been running it for a year almost. I know people will be mad for keeping tangs in 40g but I got them when they are tiny baby and will be selling soon. I
wanted to document while building it but so many things went wrong and didn't have much time to take photos. I had to extend the 30g stand to fit 40 breeder. floor was so crooked that wood shims didn't work, had to find another solution. While preparing to move the house, drilling holes, repainting the stand building beananimal overflow shortly everything had to be done within 2 weeks.
Glad you liked it thanks...
yardboy
Advanced Bewilderment
Thank you. I have been changing the aquascape almost every day since I discovered this thread. Cant stop it. I think I have OCD. Whatever I do, I don't like it. I feel like it doesn't look as good as other tanks in this thread. I am afraid I might change it soon again. Even thinking it gives me a headache
Here is my first aquascape attempt for a 75 gallon. The pillar on the right is permanent I've already epoxied it. The structure on the left I'm not so sure about yet.
Also I plan on adding 20# of live rock to this scape. The 2nd picture points to where I'm thinking the live rock can go.
Also I plan on adding 20# of live rock to this scape. The 2nd picture points to where I'm thinking the live rock can go.
sweet ride
New member
I'll play along as well!
the rock work when I first set it up.
and the post resent FTS that I have
to see my build thread click here
the rock work when I first set it up.
and the post resent FTS that I have
to see my build thread click here
