Tips and Tricks on Creating Amazing Aquascapes

[juniorrocketdad]

Originally Posted by MCX23

I am loving this thread and getting tons of ideas for when my tank arrives. I'm still not sure what to do about the back glass? Paint it black, blue, leave it clear? What do most people do and why? My tank is a bowfront 72 gallon reef ready so virtually everything plumbing wise will be under the tank, I'm planning on running the power cords for my lights and powerheads either down the rear corners or running them along the top and down behind the overflow. My LFS has a guy that tints the back glass, I like the idea of going that route if I decide to not leave it clear only because I can always remove it. Any tips or suggestions?

I prefer to have a black background because it provides good contrast to the rock and coral making it pop that much more

[welsher7]

What does everyone think of scape for my 125g




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[vikinglord13]

How do you guys propose having a black background and maintaining the ability to clean it? Do you put a black sheet on the outside of the tank so any algae/coralline can be cleaned directly off of the glass?

[juniorrocketdad]

Originally Posted by vikinglord13

How do you guys propose having a black background and maintaining the ability to clean it? Do you put a black sheet on the outside of the tank so any algae/coralline can be cleaned directly off of the glass?

I'm pretty sure whatever method you use to make the glass black is always done on the outside of the tank, the two most popular methods of doing his is spray painting with krylon fusion or using window tint which is basically a giant black sheet with adhesive on one side

[Oceanunderwater]

So I've done my best to follow the rules and construct an aquascape. It was way harder than I had expected! I'd love some advice on how to make the tank 'look' deeper as it's a very shallow tank and any other advice that would be helpful. I hope to not have to change all that much as it did not go together very easily and the rocks are sitting pretty solid now. Also, ideas on corals? Ive had a SW tank for about 8 years but am just getting into corals (have done some lps). I have AI lighting if that helps. TIA.

[StarF]

Can someone give some feedback on my aquascape? I am about to redo it, to get some of the rocks out.

my idea is to lower the height a bit over all, the left side needs to be way lover, and moved in to the back of the glass to add more dept to the view.

the big center rock, should be made lower, and move more back.

then i want more free space on the right, more sand.

[kevan]

I always like the look of two separate piles with a channel to give depth
different size stacks and channel going at angle .

[vanburen]

Here is my feeble first attempt on the new tank


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[Jetmech2000]

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[TangingOut]

New Cadlights 165 build: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2640521

[Jetmech2000]

Here's my 300 FOWLR that I am setting up








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[SP1187]

there are some good tips and pics in the current issue of CORAL on aquascapes.

[vikinglord13]

Thanks for the ideas all. I'm still debating for my dream tank whether or not I want to have a peninsula separating two rooms or a wall. Either case I want to have two different piles, one more with monti shelves and SPS and the other more for Softies and LPS

[Moto_fish]

On cardboard:

REALLY difficult to translate into the water from cardboard.

In tank:



How'd I do? Tank is 60 x 27 x 27, and I feel I'm struggling to capture and maximize the depth.

[NilsRenstrom]

Just sharing my new build. About 105kgs of marco rock and old lumestone.

[NilsRenstrom]

https://youtu.be/aHkLgLiR5UU

Originally Posted by NilsRenstrom

Just sharing my new build. About 105kgs of marco rock and old lumestone.

[MCX23]

So here's my start. 72 gallon bow front, I painted the back with gloss black. I know I need some more rock but I feel like this is a decent start. Tips or suggestions are always welcomed.



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[MCX23]

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[vikinglord13]

I like the general approach you are taking. Two different piles, one with more of an arch, and the other with a tower approach. It's pretty similar to how I want to do mine. As you said, you can go larger, that would provide more space for corals!!!

[MCX23]

Thanks for the encouragement.
I stopped at my lfs and picked up some more rock. This is the end result as of now.



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[vikinglord13]

Liking the arches.
I'm concerned with the stability of the central tower, is it sturdy?
I wonder if you could jam the top rock on the right arch in between the right and left rocks to open the arch a bit. It would decrease the possibility of the top rock falling off due to a fish knocking it, and I think it would give you more surface area to work with.

[FireReeferSteve]

Nice scapes and ideas will be following this thread FO SHO


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[UABsleeper]

Been watching this thread for a while and used it for a little inspiration when scaping my tank its a reefer 350 about 47 inches long and 19 inches wide here is the end result!



The first thing you see when you walk in the room the tank is in is the left side of the tank so I wanted a scape that progressively got higher from left to right!



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[afgi]

Hi,

Can you please help me to find best aquascape out of these rocks?

thanks

[afgi]

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