Tips and Tricks on Creating Amazing Aquascapes
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kevan
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Finally got to a real computer. I guess my point is for those building a full reef don't forget to consider the colors and forms of the final colonies or at least what you hope they will look like after a few years : )
Joe
sorry this is the tank I am talking about mediocre rock work (good spacing )
but final results stunning .
mygsris2slo4u
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I agree that rock work is not everything, but it goes hand in hand with coral placement. If you dump 100 lbs of rock in a tank and think coral placement alone will make it amazing is pretty shortsighted. Also, even with the rock "invisible in a full grown reef, it still provides the basic structure of that reef.
ahmed_iAM
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Anyone have rockscape for a 120 that focuses on swimming from but can house a good amount of LPS and SPS? Have a blue throat trigger, pair of ocellarius clowns, foxface and yellow tang. Will upgrade to 6' 125 or 180 within the next year. Thankfully all my current fish are small so I can save up till then.
tripleS
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Tips and Tricks on Creating Amazing Aquascapes
So any suggestion as I am having small rock
So any suggestion as I am having small rock
harsh , but true.
Open up the rockwork and vary the height to provide more depth, focal point and coral placement.
As others have said it is a very dense pile of rocks. Small rocks can be a challenge. You can take the small rocks and connect them into bigger, taller structures with acrylic rods and/or glue. In a tank that side maybe you could have two separate islands of varying height and lots of open work. Takes a bit of work and imagination but I think it could look very nice
aleithol
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...sorry, don't know what happened and can no longer edit my post. Here we go again to get better white-balanced (duhhh!) pictures in place.
The "just about finished" scape for my 150gal reef (54"Lx30"Wx24"H). Approx 160lbs of "pre-cooked" and dried Fiji, Tonga Shelf and Complex Branches. Return is on the right end. Wavebox will be behind that in the right rear corner, pointed down the length of the tank through an open channel behind the back part of the structure. Base pieces have been reinforced to be structurally sound, but minimize low surface area while accommodating a 1.5" sand bed. Tomorrow, a few strategic balls of epoxy and a couple of zip-ties go into place to ensure stability of the top layers.
THANKS to everyone that has contributed to this thread. It helped me a lot over the last several months get to something I like -- larger swimming areas, but lots of grottos with a mix of different height shelves and some shaded areas for lots of future coral possibilities, and something that for me is visually interesting and a bit more realistic vs overly minimalistic or modernistic. (...and yes, the tank is in an unusual location near the floor that suits my situation. More info about that on my personal website or in my build pictures as part of my Flickr Photostream.)
Front Left Corner (Tank is visible on 2 sides; Return is in the upper area of the doggie-door reflection on the far right end)
The Just-About-Final Aquascape by WDW1Fanatic, on Flickr
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The Just-About-Final Aquascape by WDW1Fanatic, on Flickr
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The Just-About-Final Aquascape by WDW1Fanatic, on Flickr
The "just about finished" scape for my 150gal reef (54"Lx30"Wx24"H). Approx 160lbs of "pre-cooked" and dried Fiji, Tonga Shelf and Complex Branches. Return is on the right end. Wavebox will be behind that in the right rear corner, pointed down the length of the tank through an open channel behind the back part of the structure. Base pieces have been reinforced to be structurally sound, but minimize low surface area while accommodating a 1.5" sand bed. Tomorrow, a few strategic balls of epoxy and a couple of zip-ties go into place to ensure stability of the top layers.
THANKS to everyone that has contributed to this thread. It helped me a lot over the last several months get to something I like -- larger swimming areas, but lots of grottos with a mix of different height shelves and some shaded areas for lots of future coral possibilities, and something that for me is visually interesting and a bit more realistic vs overly minimalistic or modernistic. (...and yes, the tank is in an unusual location near the floor that suits my situation. More info about that on my personal website or in my build pictures as part of my Flickr Photostream.)
Front Left Corner (Tank is visible on 2 sides; Return is in the upper area of the doggie-door reflection on the far right end)
The Just-About-Final Aquascape by WDW1Fanatic, on FlickrFront
The Just-About-Final Aquascape by WDW1Fanatic, on FlickrTop Down
The Just-About-Final Aquascape by WDW1Fanatic, on Flickr
...sorry, don't know what happened and can no longer edit my post. Here we go again to get better white-balanced (duhhh!) pictures in place.
The "just about finished" scape for my 150gal reef (54"Lx30"Wx24"H). Approx 160lbs of "pre-cooked" and dried Fiji, Tonga Shelf and Complex Branches. Return is on the right end. Wavebox will be behind that in the right rear corner, pointed down the length of the tank through an open channel behind the back part of the structure. Base pieces have been reinforced to be structurally sound, but minimize low surface area while accommodating a 1.5" sand bed. Tomorrow, a few strategic balls of epoxy and a couple of zip-ties go into place to ensure stability of the top layers.
THANKS to everyone that has contributed to this thread. It helped me a lot over the last several months get to something I like -- larger swimming areas, but lots of grottos with a mix of different height shelves and some shaded areas for lots of future coral possibilities, and something that for me is visually interesting and a bit more realistic vs overly minimalistic or modernistic. (...and yes, the tank is in an unusual location near the floor that suits my situation. More info about that on my personal website or in my build pictures as part of my Flickr Photostream.)
Front Left Corner (Tank is visible on 2 sides; Return is in the upper area of the doggie-door reflection on the far right end)
Front
Top Down
Great!
So many interesting spaces yet open for better flow and many areas for coral placement.
