Your aquascaping pics.

hamiltonguy · 02/21/2009, 08:45 PM

Post all your aquascaping pics from when you used to be a noob and were just setting up your tank :P or even if you weren't a noob, post'em anyway

to give all us noobs an idea of where to get started (yes I realize the over use of the word noob but couldn't help it

)

PRDubois · 02/21/2009, 09:01 PM

This is my 72 bow:

Tylt33 · 02/21/2009, 09:06 PM

Mine looked like a pile of rocks, shaped in a kind of pyramid stack. I think it's what 90% of newbs start with. Dense piles.

joem1cha3l · 02/21/2009, 09:09 PM

First time around:

This time around:

Tswifty · 02/21/2009, 09:35 PM

Reverend Reefer · 02/21/2009, 10:02 PM

Reverend Reefer · 02/21/2009, 10:05 PM

to be honest, it isn't that secure.... uh, ya. i guess i rearranged it after the fact and its hard to really tell if its secure because everything is a lot lighter in water.... ha. stable enuff that the tang and trochus snails don't knock stuff....

yannicksjh · 02/21/2009, 11:38 PM

Then (10months ago) My first tank and shot at aquascaping):

Now (2 month ago) with some changes:

Later

YE||0W TA|\|G · 02/22/2009, 12:22 AM

silent saab · 02/22/2009, 12:49 AM

Hey all well jus thought i would post my new Aquascape, let me know what you think..

I dont know how to make them bigger, it says 50k is the limit..

How do you all get them so Da** big? help me thanks

-Silent-

drparker · 02/22/2009, 02:06 AM

I like arches and caves!

The sand goes through this arch and loops around to the right to very back end of the cave on the right.

lenny8671 · 02/22/2009, 04:03 AM

Heres mine

epstein · 02/22/2009, 07:11 AM

heres my 92 corner with custom walls once again....lots of arches and caves

Brian

Fish_wiz2 · 02/22/2009, 07:15 AM

Mine:

baldomero · 02/22/2009, 08:41 AM

beautiful tanks guys

hamiltonguy · 02/22/2009, 12:14 PM

yeah I agree, BEA-UTIFUL tanks!
Tswifty If your rock work was a bit taller, it'd be almost like the trench in finding nemo :P
YE||0W TA|\|G & Fish_wiz2 love the caves, they give your tanks a very nice reefy look. And the caves in yannicksjh's tank.
Those caves combined with drparker's arch is just perfect. I'm definitely stealing that arch and those cave ideas for my next tank

which hopefully will be in a few months.

Again, awesome tanks guys, keep'em comin'!

MSD60178 · 02/22/2009, 04:45 PM

CoRPS · 02/22/2009, 08:15 PM

TheGuyWho · 02/22/2009, 09:05 PM

Im 4&1/2 weeks new...
This was the first "its perfect" stage at the beginning of the cycle:

Then this (after having to take a bunch of rock out to chase some dumb Damsels out):

This is the current "its perfect" stage: LOL

I wish I had a bigger tank. LOL

SteveNMegz · 02/22/2009, 10:08 PM

jterrell · 02/22/2009, 10:17 PM

Well tis isn't my first tank but my newest...

hamiltonguy · 02/22/2009, 11:25 PM

TheGuyWho Nice rock formation. Especially the flowery rock thing at the top. Sorry didn't know what else to call it

SteveandMegz Your arch and cave idea is also getting stolen by me for sure

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jterrell I'm also gonna have to steal your almost crescent shape of all your rock and somehow incorporate the caves and arches.

smoovie · 02/22/2009, 11:37 PM

Great thread.

crooks · 02/23/2009, 03:03 AM

I agree great thread.

Cloud everyone also say if their rock is just stacked or rod and glued?

crysis · 02/23/2009, 11:12 AM

This is my first. Epoxied everything together, because I have a mantis, which uses the pvc pipe at the bottom.

02/21/2009, 08:45 PM	#1
hamiltonguy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 906	Your aquascaping pics. Post all your aquascaping pics from when you used to be a noob and were just setting up your tank :P or even if you weren't a noob, post'em anyway to give all us noobs an idea of where to get started (yes I realize the over use of the word noob but couldn't help it )

02/21/2009, 09:09 PM	#4
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02/21/2009, 09:35 PM	#5
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02/21/2009, 10:02 PM	#6
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02/21/2009, 10:05 PM	#7
Reverend Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 883	to be honest, it isn't that secure.... uh, ya. i guess i rearranged it after the fact and its hard to really tell if its secure because everything is a lot lighter in water.... ha. stable enuff that the tang and trochus snails don't knock stuff.... __________________ - Rev. Tank: 65G glass 48" long tank; Sump/Fuge: 30G. Lighting: LEDs+single T5 strip. Maintenance: ATO Kalkwasser + 10% weekly WC, daily feedings LPS+Softies dominated.

02/21/2009, 09:01 PM	#2
PRDubois Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chester, VA Posts: 3,626	This is my 72 bow:

02/21/2009, 09:06 PM	#3
Tylt33 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chico, California Posts: 1,755	Mine looked like a pile of rocks, shaped in a kind of pyramid stack. I think it's what 90% of newbs start with. Dense piles.

02/21/2009, 11:38 PM	#8
yannicksjh Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada Posts: 225	Then (10months ago) My first tank and shot at aquascaping): Now (2 month ago) with some changes: Later

02/22/2009, 12:22 AM	#9
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02/22/2009, 12:49 AM	#10
silent saab Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Denver,colorado Posts: 323	Hey all well jus thought i would post my new Aquascape, let me know what you think.. I dont know how to make them bigger, it says 50k is the limit.. How do you all get them so Da** big? help me thanks -Silent- __________________ SW Aquarium = little ocean in a box!! Current Tank Info: 50 Gallon acrylic: mixed reef 20lbs LS, 25lbs LR,3 diff damsels, i clarkie clown, 1 banghai cardnal, 2 t-5HO DIY, 1 accu start ballast over driven bulbs to 54w, 2 blue plus,1 400w 15k MH light, 15g sump/fuge, ASM g-1x skimmer mesh modded. Last edited by silent saab; 02/22/2009 at 01:48 AM.

02/22/2009, 02:06 AM	#11
drparker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 2,652	I like arches and caves! The sand goes through this arch and loops around to the right to very back end of the cave on the right.

02/22/2009, 04:03 AM	#12
lenny8671 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: hartlepool U.K Posts: 342	Heres mine

02/22/2009, 07:11 AM	#13
epstein Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NYC transplant now in CT Posts: 1,501	heres my 92 corner with custom walls once again....lots of arches and caves Brian __________________ I'd Rather be a failure at something I love , Than a sucess at something I hate . George Burns Current Tank Info: 150 DD Cube / 100 Gal Sump(basement) 30gal cube frag tank plumb Panworld 250ps return/ Reef Octopus SRO3000 Skimmer/ Bubble Magus Doser/Lumenmax reflector with 400 watt Radium bulb Ice Cap Ballast Apex Controller 2 MP40wes 2 gyre 150

02/22/2009, 07:15 AM	#14
Fish_wiz2 Mangroves are kool. Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,246	Mine: __________________ -The Wiz Current Tank Info: Elos Mini Seahorse Tank, 2500 gallon Koi pond

02/22/2009, 08:41 AM	#15
baldomero Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: aguada,puerto rico Posts: 902	beautiful tanks guys

02/22/2009, 12:14 PM	#16
hamiltonguy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 906	yeah I agree, BEA-UTIFUL tanks! Tswifty If your rock work was a bit taller, it'd be almost like the trench in finding nemo :P YE\|\|0W TA\|\\|G & Fish_wiz2 love the caves, they give your tanks a very nice reefy look. And the caves in yannicksjh's tank. Those caves combined with drparker's arch is just perfect. I'm definitely stealing that arch and those cave ideas for my next tank which hopefully will be in a few months. Again, awesome tanks guys, keep'em comin'! __________________ Knowledge, the only thing that's cheap in this hobby. Current Tank Info: 75G, RO NW-150 Skimmer, MP40W, MP20, 48" 4x54W TEK light, Mag 9.5, TLF 150 Bio Pellet Reactor, JBJ ATO

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02/22/2009, 09:05 PM	#19
TheGuyWho Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Orange County, Ca Posts: 127	Im 4&1/2 weeks new... This was the first "its perfect" stage at the beginning of the cycle: Then this (after having to take a bunch of rock out to chase some dumb Damsels out): This is the current "its perfect" stage: LOL I wish I had a bigger tank. LOL __________________ "The supreme irony of life......... .......... If nobody gets out alive.......... What's holding you back!?" "As with MOST things in life --- I used it as an excuse to buy a new tool." Current Tank Info: 100 Gallons!

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02/22/2009, 10:17 PM	#21
jterrell Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ruidoso, NM Posts: 263	Well tis isn't my first tank but my newest...

02/22/2009, 11:25 PM	#22
hamiltonguy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 906	TheGuyWho Nice rock formation. Especially the flowery rock thing at the top. Sorry didn't know what else to call it SteveandMegz Your arch and cave idea is also getting stolen by me for sure . jterrell I'm also gonna have to steal your almost crescent shape of all your rock and somehow incorporate the caves and arches. __________________ Knowledge, the only thing that's cheap in this hobby. Current Tank Info: 75G, RO NW-150 Skimmer, MP40W, MP20, 48" 4x54W TEK light, Mag 9.5, TLF 150 Bio Pellet Reactor, JBJ ATO

02/22/2009, 11:37 PM	#23
smoovie Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 147	Great thread.

02/23/2009, 03:03 AM	#24
crooks Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Elgin IL Posts: 1,346	I agree great thread. Cloud everyone also say if their rock is just stacked or rod and glued?

02/23/2009, 11:12 AM	#25
crysis Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Rockville Centre, NY Posts: 210	This is my first. Epoxied everything together, because I have a mantis, which uses the pvc pipe at the bottom.