Looking for Aquascaping Tips/Ideas **

Pisces28 · 01/21/2015, 09:43 AM

Hello Everyone

I have just set up my BioCube 29, and aquascaped with live rock.

Unfortunately, I really dislike the way it turned out, and will be starting over. Any advice on aquascaping would help.

Here is what I would like to know:

1. I will be putting soft corals in eventually, so I am wondering if there are any shelf-like pr any cave-like rocks I can purchase.If so, where and what kind?
2. Is there a specific way this should be done for the corals to live properly on the rock?
3. Does the rock have to be live or can it be dry, or some other kind?

If anyone has pictures or can share some ideas, I would appreciate it because I am lost and cannot begin to cycle until this is done!

slief · 01/21/2015, 10:02 AM

Here you go. This should give you lots of ideas.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hlight=amazing

You can make your own caves or shelf's and there are even some prefabbed ones out there. No special way of stacking. Most of us do it by esthetics. You can use live rock or dead rock and even a combination of the two.

chefbill · 01/21/2015, 06:32 PM

my 29 biocube. Rather hard to tell, but it is 7 medium rocks and 3 smaller ones, a total of about 33#. Is setup as an amphitheater or horseshoe arrangement with (what was supposed to be) open sandbed in the middle.

tom obrecht · 01/21/2015, 07:01 PM

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608...d=1.9&rs=0&p=0

01/21/2015, 09:43 AM	#1
Pisces28 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New York Posts: 26	Looking for Aquascaping Tips/Ideas Hello Everyone I have just set up my BioCube 29**, and aquascaped with live rock. Unfortunately, I really dislike the way it turned out, and will be starting over. Any advice on aquascaping would help. Here is what I would like to know: 1. I will be putting soft corals in eventually, so I am wondering if there are any shelf-like pr any cave-like rocks I can purchase.If so, where and what kind? 2. Is there a specific way this should be done for the corals to live properly on the rock? 3. Does the rock have to be live or can it be dry, or some other kind? If anyone has pictures or can share some ideas, I would appreciate it because I am lost and cannot begin to cycle until this is done!

01/21/2015, 10:02 AM	#2
slief RC Sponsor Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 14,173	Here you go. This should give you lots of ideas. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hlight=amazing You can make your own caves or shelf's and there are even some prefabbed ones out there. No special way of stacking. Most of us do it by esthetics. You can use live rock or dead rock and even a combination of the two. __________________ Director Customer Support Royal Exclusiv USA For All Royal Exclusiv & Bubble King questions please refer to our Sponsor forum: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=745 Current Tank Info: 480G display mixed reef, 90G sump, 90G refugium, 60G display refugium. Check out my build thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1783476

01/21/2015, 07:01 PM	#4
tom obrecht Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: WI Posts: 3,014	http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608...d=1.9&rs=0&p=0 __________________ Reef keeping is where Murphy's Law and your bank account collide!! TOTM May 2006