aquascape pictures

reefrf · 03/16/2008, 09:47 PM

I need your opinion. Do you like #1, 2 or 3? Three is my latest attemp at aquascaping my 130g.

Thanks for your comments,

Ron

FlamesFan · 03/16/2008, 09:54 PM

3, or 2 if you have poor lighting and want coral close to the surface?

reefergeorge · 03/16/2008, 09:59 PM

I like three.

reefrf · 03/16/2008, 10:00 PM

Thanks. I have 2x150w halides with 2x96w PC actinics. The tank is 4x2x 30 inches tall. #3?

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Originally posted by FlamesFan
3, or 2 if you have poor lighting and want coral close to the surface?

reefrf · 03/16/2008, 10:06 PM

Any others takers?

BLKTANG · 03/16/2008, 10:13 PM

i like 3.

RyanMcLaughlin · 03/16/2008, 10:17 PM

2 or 3

WWodyz · 03/16/2008, 10:28 PM

3 for me.

FragMan07 · 03/16/2008, 10:30 PM

I like 2

0yst3rman · 03/16/2008, 11:07 PM

I like three.

jthao · 03/16/2008, 11:11 PM

4...............j/k i like 3

reefrf · 03/16/2008, 11:14 PM

Thanks everyone. Any suggestions to improve #3? More rock, create a bridge? Just right?

drparker · 03/16/2008, 11:15 PM

I like the cave in three. Have you tried creating an arch from one pile to the other?

drparker · 03/16/2008, 11:16 PM

Wow you asked while I was typing. I think the bridge would look really good.

reefrf · 03/16/2008, 11:22 PM

Not yet. I was thinking of doing that but I wanted to make sure there was an open area seperating the two islands.

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Originally posted by drparker
I like the cave in three. Have you tried creating an arch from one pile to the other?

drparker · 03/16/2008, 11:30 PM

I really like bridge or arches, I've got one in my 75 and I'm try do one in my other tank now. They give you a place to mount coral high, a place for fish to swim through and a slightly shaded area for coral underneath it.

reefrf · 03/16/2008, 11:34 PM

Great, I'll try that next. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Originally posted by drparker
I really like bridge or arches, I've got one in my 75 and I'm try do one in my other tank now. They give you a place to mount coral high, a place for fish to swim through and a slightly shaded area for coral underneath it.

NewFish3 · 03/17/2008, 12:14 AM

I like #3....but I would get some cool corals on rocks & start to stack them up....more color..... better looking, for a reef tank

reefrf · 03/17/2008, 12:23 AM

Yes, I agree. But the tank is cycling right now. It has only been set-up for 12 days approx. Once it cycles...believe me I will be adding corals!

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Originally posted by NewFish3
I like #3....but I would get some cool corals on rocks & start to stack them up....more color..... better looking, for a reef tank

NewFish3 · 03/17/2008, 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by reefrf
Yes, I agree. But the tank is cycling right now. It has only been set-up for 12 days approx. Once it cycles...believe me I will be adding corals!

Ya..Ya.. Waiting for the cycle is the worst time in a reefers life.......I want to add everything.... but gotta wait.

Please post pictures as you go....we all would love to see them

LOL...Not pictures of the cycle....thats like watching water boil...LOL LOL LOL..

uscharalph · 03/17/2008, 02:19 AM

3

newsalt · 03/17/2008, 04:52 AM

3

woodycb · 03/17/2008, 04:54 AM

2

Mojo Jojo · 03/17/2008, 05:17 AM

3

Ritten · 03/17/2008, 06:05 AM

3 then 2

03/16/2008, 10:06 PM	#5
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03/16/2008, 10:13 PM	#6
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	i like 3. __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

03/16/2008, 10:30 PM	#9
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03/16/2008, 11:07 PM	#10
0yst3rman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 59	I like three. __________________ [spiderman song tune] Oysterman Oysterman dose the things an oyster can Oysterman Oysterman soficates when he`s on land DUH DUH DUH DUH OYSTERMAN!!! I AM ZIM!!! Visit the Zoo Tycoon Volcano Current Tank Info: 29 galon for salt fish, 10 galon for cleaning and new fish, liverock, deadcoral, dinosaur bubuler, plastic cave, Turbo snail, powerhead.

03/16/2008, 11:11 PM	#11
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03/16/2008, 09:47 PM	#1
reefrf reefrf Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Diego CA. Posts: 1,026	aquascape pictures I need your opinion. Do you like #1, 2 or 3? Three is my latest attemp at aquascaping my 130g. Thanks for your comments, Ron __________________ RF RIP 150g.... http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1651699&perpage=25&pagenumber=1 Current Tank Info: 250g 72x30x27 (Starphire) Lighting-Giesemann Infiniti 3x250w HQI Phoenix 4T-5's. 75g sump/Reef Octopus SRO5000 Skimmer/ GEO 624 Calcium Reactor. Circulation 3 x MP40QD 1/4 hp Artica

03/16/2008, 09:54 PM	#2
FlamesFan Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Alberta Canada Posts: 378	3, or 2 if you have poor lighting and want coral close to the surface?

03/16/2008, 09:59 PM	#3
reefergeorge Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: St Louis MO Posts: 4,222	I like three. __________________ $35-50 for a <1" frag of some stupid named thing that came from a colony you bought for $40-60 wholesale and chopped into 20-40 pieces? No thanks. "JasonH" Current Tank Info: 125 aggressive reef, DIY led lighting, swc cone skimmer, 33 gallon sump, posiden Ps3 return.

03/16/2008, 10:17 PM	#7
RyanMcLaughlin Moved On Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anaheim Posts: 982	2 or 3

03/16/2008, 10:28 PM	#8
WWodyz Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Rosemead Posts: 1,862	3 for me.

03/16/2008, 11:14 PM	#12
reefrf reefrf Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Diego CA. Posts: 1,026	rock work Thanks everyone. Any suggestions to improve #3? More rock, create a bridge? Just right? __________________ RF RIP 150g.... http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1651699&perpage=25&pagenumber=1 Current Tank Info: 250g 72x30x27 (Starphire) Lighting-Giesemann Infiniti 3x250w HQI Phoenix 4T-5's. 75g sump/Reef Octopus SRO5000 Skimmer/ GEO 624 Calcium Reactor. Circulation 3 x MP40QD 1/4 hp Artica

03/16/2008, 11:15 PM	#13
drparker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 2,652	I like the cave in three. Have you tried creating an arch from one pile to the other?

03/16/2008, 11:16 PM	#14
drparker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 2,652	Wow you asked while I was typing. I think the bridge would look really good.

03/16/2008, 11:30 PM	#16
drparker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 2,652	I really like bridge or arches, I've got one in my 75 and I'm try do one in my other tank now. They give you a place to mount coral high, a place for fish to swim through and a slightly shaded area for coral underneath it.

03/17/2008, 12:14 AM	#18
NewFish3 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,096	I like #3....but I would get some cool corals on rocks & start to stack them up....more color..... better looking, for a reef tank __________________ On a scuba dive in the Cayman Islands, I kept thinking.........Why is that Fish getting bigger.........Then it hit me Current Tank Info: 7 years saltwater.. Setting up a 120 gal reef. Office BioCube 14...1 perc clown, 1 royal gramma, 1 six line wrasse, fire shrimp, cleaner shrimp, green stripe, brown shrooms, coco worm, purple leather, Misc CUC

03/17/2008, 02:19 AM	#21
uscharalph Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 1,248	3 __________________ Ralph Mendoza Jr. Long Beach, CA Current Tank Info: 80 Gallon Reef Tank

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03/17/2008, 04:54 AM	#23
woodycb Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: N.W. Ohio Posts: 785	2 __________________ We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART Current Tank Info: 75 gallon

03/17/2008, 05:17 AM	#24
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03/17/2008, 06:05 AM	#25
Ritten Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,164	3 then 2