Post Pics Of Natural Looking Tanks

[jiggy]

in my tank, im going for the 'natural' look, as if you were going diving in an actual reef rather than the aquascaped 'garden' look.

can u please post pics of natural looking tanks? (tons of liverock and corals)

thanks

 

[MIKE NY]

here's mine...alittle bit of everything.....

 

[DirtySouth056]

cward's tank comes to mind

 

[Patio]

Those are nice.

 

[deansreef]

nice tank

 

[Tyler Werbowski]

Natural looking is the key........ so many of the mature tanks are beautiful but "fruit stand" looking.

 

[Travis]

You probably won't find many truly "natural" looking tanks in this hobby. If you go diving in nature you will primarily find reefs that are 95% brown corals and 5% colored corals. In this hobby we typically strive to keep the more colorful corals so the majority of our tanks aren't going to look like anything you would see in nature. When I think of a natural looking tank, Bomber's barebottom sps Carribean biotope tank comes to mind.

 

[Tyler Werbowski]

I was refering to the aquascaping layout not the actual corals. I think acuascaping is the key to having a natural looking reef.

 

[MiddletonMark]

Cward's tank is great.

Totally agree with Travis. The amount of stuff on a reef we don't keep in the hobby really makes our tanks pale if you want a straight up comparison IMO. [sponges come to mind, as do sea fans ... nevermind parrotfish, half the stuff you see at night]

Though I do love tanks [somewhat unlike my own bonsai garden] that have less stands/# of coral variety, more spread out into large grown colonies = natural looking, whether truly representative or not.
I figure I'm just collecting other stuff while I grow my prized colonies out to big enough to do that with. Or so I try to justify any new corals. :lmao:

Along with aquascaping, that has something to do with it, to my eye. Everyone's got their own.

 

[BRISK495]

Yea, Cward's tank is awesome! I love the natural look of his tank. One coral grows into a large colony....like in nature.

Another favorite of mine is SimonH...I don't think it gets much better then this tank. Especially how natural it looks.

And this.....

 

[PL-Reef]

now thats NICE!

 

[gillies]

That tank rocks! You gotta' appreciate a shot that hasn't been photoshopped to death with the "blue" button. I second Travis' comment that most coral in the ocean are various shades of brown. The true color on a reef is in the sponges, sea fans, and fish. The color morphs we prize are quite rare.

 

[Cody Ray]

But I love the blue button

 

[DirtySouth056]

I do alot of freediving here in Miami, most of the reef's I dive are called "patch reefs" meaning they are much smaller than an "barrier reef." These patch reefs are surrounded by sand, so when I think of natural looking tanks, plenty of open room comes to mind. Remember these are just my thoughts. Here is another example of what I'm speaking of, Cprowler's tank from Dec. 05 These pics were taken from this great old thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=728911&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

 

[jjackson]

dont know how natural it is still fairly immature but there is alot of swimming room in front and back....
forgive the corals on the sand, a friend was setting up a tank and needed somewhere to house them

 

[fishdoc11]

Cwards tank is awesome...www.oregonreef.com also comes to mind........I have a fruit stand

IMO it is very hard to aquascape a tank naturally without about 4' of depth...not to mention the whole tank would likely be filled with one relatively uncolorfull species of coral. Minimizing the amount of rock and creating little valleys etc.. helps with smaller tanks.

Chris

 

[Froggy]

Not sure how many of you have seen this site already but there are some NICE tank videos posted here with documentaries about them. As far as aquascaping, check out Carls 150 gallon video. The aquascaping is rather impressive with a pegging technique to coral placement. Here is the link

www.reefvideos.com

 

[mikeguerrero]

How about mine; 72 gallon reef does it look natural to you guys....

MG

 

[docwells]

I also agree with Steve Weast's tank. It looks just like a cut of the ocean.
www.oregonreef.com

 

[GreshamH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7344262#post7344262 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishdoc11
Cwards tank is awesome...www.oregonreef.com also comes to mind........I have a fruit stand

Shoot, then I have a few boxes of apples

I concur about Steve's tank, simply amazing