Aquascaping!!!!!! Help!!!!!

Menez · 01/20/2009, 06:26 AM

Just bought a new 130g tank, no idea of how to aquascape it, does any one have a pics or links to give me ideas of how to!

thanks

Sugar Magnolia · 01/20/2009, 07:19 AM

Everyone aquascapes their own way. It's best to just jump right in and play around with the rocks, moving them and connecting them for the best fit. If need be, you can epoxy the rocks together, but I find that most of the time they tend to just "fit". Plus, if you want to change things around (which I usually end up doing) they won't be stuck together. My advice is to go ahead and put your aquascape together and spend the next few days looking at it and adjusting to your liking.

giapam · 01/20/2009, 07:21 AM

add rocks 1st before the sand. (^^,) it would be nice to make some bridge that fish can pass underneath. happy aquaplaning

46FiatYamaha · 01/20/2009, 07:48 AM

I agree with the above posts, it's like trying to paint like Bob Ross, it's something that everyone has to figure out in their own way. And given the fact that basically no rocks are similar in size and shape, it's hard to pre-design something. Keep at it though, you'll come up with something you like

Menez · 01/20/2009, 11:52 AM

thanks guys.

longdangler · 01/20/2009, 11:55 AM

Almost everyone moves there rocks around trying to get that exact look they want. It will take time to get everything right, plus are things mature, a rock may not be in the right spot anymore. My last tank I had, I moved the rocks around about every two months for 2 years until I got things where I wanted. My wife and my fish thought I was nuts.

Jump right in and have fun, the only wrong thing you can do is nothing at all. Look through people galleries, pictures on line of peoples tanks. If you find something you like, try and recreated it. The nice thing about having a living tank, no two tanks are the same.

01/20/2009, 06:26 AM	#1
Menez Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Gibraltar Posts: 147	Aquascaping!!!!!! Help!!!!! Just bought a new 130g tank, no idea of how to aquascape it, does any one have a pics or links to give me ideas of how to! thanks __________________ ______________________ What goes around, comes around!!!! Dustin

01/20/2009, 07:19 AM	#2
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Everyone aquascapes their own way. It's best to just jump right in and play around with the rocks, moving them and connecting them for the best fit. If need be, you can epoxy the rocks together, but I find that most of the time they tend to just "fit". Plus, if you want to change things around (which I usually end up doing) they won't be stuck together. My advice is to go ahead and put your aquascape together and spend the next few days looking at it and adjusting to your liking. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

01/20/2009, 11:52 AM	#5
Menez Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Gibraltar Posts: 147	thanks guys. __________________ ______________________ What goes around, comes around!!!! Dustin

01/20/2009, 07:21 AM	#3
giapam Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 67	add rocks 1st before the sand. (^^,) it would be nice to make some bridge that fish can pass underneath. happy aquaplaning

01/20/2009, 07:48 AM	#4
46FiatYamaha Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Matthews NC Posts: 990	I agree with the above posts, it's like trying to paint like Bob Ross, it's something that everyone has to figure out in their own way. And given the fact that basically no rocks are similar in size and shape, it's hard to pre-design something. Keep at it though, you'll come up with something you like

01/20/2009, 11:55 AM	#6
longdangler Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Omaha,NE Posts: 224	Almost everyone moves there rocks around trying to get that exact look they want. It will take time to get everything right, plus are things mature, a rock may not be in the right spot anymore. My last tank I had, I moved the rocks around about every two months for 2 years until I got things where I wanted. My wife and my fish thought I was nuts. Jump right in and have fun, the only wrong thing you can do is nothing at all. Look through people galleries, pictures on line of peoples tanks. If you find something you like, try and recreated it. The nice thing about having a living tank, no two tanks are the same.