Tips and Tricks on Creating Amazing Aquascapes

[geekengineer]

ah OK mine was light blue but I could change to different if it makes sense the acrylic idea is nice to be able to tweak color without hosing around with the actual tank too much.

[Apartmenttank]

Just posted a thread but i wanted to get some help on aquascaping my tank.

I cant quite get my Aquascape right for my tank. It is a 60 cube and i have tried a few things.



Maybe i don't have enough negative space(sand) What do you all think? any ideas. I want to get my aquascape down before i start placing the corals.

[bristle]

^ I'd get another 30lbs of rock.

[Apartmenttank]

Originally Posted by bristle

^ I'd get another 30lbs of rock.

Really? I have around 80 lbs i have a few more pieces in my sump just do not have a good places to place it.

[tonyftlaud]

Originally Posted by geekengineer

ah OK mine was light blue but I could change to different if it makes sense the acrylic idea is nice to be able to tweak color without hosing around with the actual tank too much.

Are you sure the blue tint your looking to achieve is the background color and not the light spectrum? Most of the tanks are running Actinic Blue light. The background wont really give your tank the blue look.
Krylon Patriotic Blue spray paint is the color that matches most manufacturers blue backgrounds

[Captain smoke]

Originally Posted by Captain smoke

I redesigned my landscape yesterday. Found out that I need more LR, so back to the LFS next week when I have the funds. ( got a HOB Eshopps skimmer) Im going to make a 2nd island on the right side and add some more height to the right side.

My tank is a 60gal tall and it only has a depth of 15" and 48" long. I need a tank with more depth perception. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic and supplies next to the tank

Since my 60g buildIve since upgraded to a 150g XT with a 40g sump. This time I shot for a lagoon style aquascape. I am still up in the air and thinking of going to a stepped island on the left going up to 10" from the top and a curved island on the right but stopping around 15" from the top

Should i keep the lagoon?

[geekengineer]

Originally Posted by tonyftlaud

Are you sure the blue tint your looking to achieve is the background color and not the light spectrum? Most of the tanks are running Actinic Blue light. The background wont really give your tank the blue look.
Krylon Patriotic Blue spray paint is the color that matches most manufacturers blue backgrounds

Ah ok. I didn't catch this post. Thanks for the tip. I still playing around with the colors.

[geekengineer]

Originally Posted by Captain smoke

Since my 60g buildIve since upgraded to a 150g XT with a 40g sump. This time I shot for a lagoon style aquascape. I am still up in the air and thinking of going to a stepped island on the left going up to 10" from the top and a curved island on the right but stopping around 15" from the top

Should i keep the lagoon?

Me personally this looks really good as it is. I am no expert of course.

[geekengineer]

So this is my first shot with the new rock I got. I sort of like this just cause it stuck it together without any glue just gravity and I did it out of the pieces I had. hehe.. but it has a cool arch. duno.. I would of course permanently bond it if I went with something like this probably add a bit more small pieces around it.

[Benar]

just waiting for a tank to put it in now!

[geekengineer]

That looks cool benar..

So does anyone know do you think I should bod my pieces together with acrylic something like Tinkertoy like setup where I drill a little hole on each end and glue it and snap them together with a piece of acrylic in between? or maybe just use the reef epoxy and that be good enough.

[Raul-7]

Here's some inspiration:



Always try to create an illusion of depth and make sure you have a well-define foreground, midground and background. This makes for a strong aquascape.

[Captain smoke]

Did some updating to my aquascape with a two teared island look, Im 2 rocks short of my goal so its time to cure some LR

[garwood]

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[JMorris271]

Originally Posted by mr9iron

Thanks , I know what I like, but have not seen a tank similar to mine. I am not very artistic, and pictures are a big help to me. Also hearing others input is valuable to me as well.

How do you known that what you like is not the perfect way to do it? I never understand why people want to do what others like and not what they create for themselves? Instead of thinking of yourself as non artistic, why not think of yourself as original?
It's kind of like when someone moves into a neighborhood and all the houses are landscaped with those meatball looking foundation plants, and that is why so many others do it.

[geekengineer]

lol.. Maybe I'm just seeing if people hate it and if so then its a go.

But yeah I wanted to do something different. I wanted to put it out here to see what sort of rules I was breaking etc. Anyways in the end I keep having to change it each time I glue a part, since I can't seem to hardly put things back together the same way twice. So doesn't really mater each time is a unique combination one of a kind..

[davocean]

Asking opinions on scaping is no different than asking for help in any other area, some people like guidance and constructive criticism.

Scaping is not just about aesthetics, it's keeping from having dead spots, some balance, places for proper coral placement,or an example in my case I wanted to build my tank to accomidate a Magnifica sea anemone, and I planned for that before I began.
Knowing they need heavy light and flow I provided a nice perch that isolates it and keeps it from corals or powerheads, and away from glass.
Planning your scape for the animals you think you want to keep is just another way of taking things to the next level IMO.
Telling people that ask opinions it's about what they like is kind of pointless, if they knew, they would not be asking.

[geekengineer]

Originally Posted by davocean

Asking opinions on scaping is no different than asking for help in any other area, some people like guidance and constructive criticism.

Scaping is not just about aesthetics, it's keeping from having dead spots, some balance, places for proper coral placement,or an example in my case I wanted to build my tank to accomidate a Magnifica sea anemone, and I planned for that before I began.
Knowing they need heavy light and flow I provided a nice perch that isolates it and keeps it from corals or powerheads, and away from glass.
Planning your scape for the animals you think you want to keep is just another way of taking things to the next level IMO.
Telling people that ask opinions it's about what they like is kind of pointless, if they knew, they would not be asking.

Good point. Its sort of hard when you feel like your a newbie and don't know quite what your doing. I did an arch sort of cause of just that thinking maybe there be some spots up top for something that need more light and then lower spots for things that don't but who knows. Otherwise a I thought it looked neat.

[davocean]

No matter what I do, there always seems to be that, "that rock could have been turned slightly more", or "oh man I wish I would have thought of doing what that person did"
And each time I say, oh well, next time I'll do that, and every time I say ""this one is the last time I ever do this again!" lol

[garwood]

hopefully final scape 20151108_172818.jpg

[garwood]

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[WAfrican]

This is my current setup but as i will be switching to a 65 soon I've been considering changing things possibly. I am open to any suggestions as this is not my area of expertise and I always end up regretting my aquascaping.

[ecoooks]

Here go, any thoughts. Like how they look like mountains from the kitchen.

[JMMJ13902]

Here are a few of mines. I'm always like to tinker around but hadn't much time to lately but still like to moving corals around to change the tastes.

60gal rimless




93gal cube. It will be soon dominate sps tank.

[joshky]

Changed my aquascape before placing my acros the other day