Tips and Tricks on Creating Amazing Aquascapes

[afgi]

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[UABsleeper]

Originally Posted by afgi

No 3

Good well thought out aquascapes!

My two votes would either be


Both of these aquascapes are visually pleasing to me and look to have lots of places for corals


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[afgi]

Originally Posted by UABsleeper

Good well thought out aquascapes!

My two votes would either be


Both of these aquascapes are visually pleasing to me and look to have lots of places for corals


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Thanks for your vote

[bwhit1406]

Thoughts?

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[rc4kinu]

Originally Posted by bwhit1406

Thoughts?

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Looks awesome!

[bwhit1406]

Originally Posted by rc4kinu

Looks awesome!

Thank you, going to tweak it a little when I cement it together

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[Catchio]

Sorry for cutting in but the pictures in the original article/post seem to have expired, or is it my computer skills that have?

[dartier]

Originally Posted by Catchio

Sorry for cutting in but the pictures in the original article/post seem to have expired, or is it my computer skills that have?

They were hosted on Photobucket. Photobucket has changed their terms of service and pictures are now broken all over the internet (including many here). The owner of the photos has to pay $399/yr to restore service.

Don't hold your breath. Best we can hope for is that they are still on Reefcentral and move their photos to a different provider and update the links. Pity, the photos are what makes this thread valuable.

Dennis

[ajm83]

Originally Posted by dartier

They were hosted on Photobucket. Photobucket has changed their terms of service and pictures are now broken all over the internet (including many here). The owner of the photos has to pay $399/yr to restore service.

Don't hold your breath. Best we can hope for is that they are still on Reefcentral and move their photos to a different provider and update the links. Pity, the photos are what makes this thread valuable.

Dennis

You can see a cache of the original post (& images) here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20161108....php?t=2217633

[Catchio]

Originally Posted by ajm83

You can see a cache of the original post (& images) here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20161108....php?t=2217633

Great! Thanks!

[dartier]

Originally Posted by ajm83

You can see a cache of the original post (& images) here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20161108....php?t=2217633

Ah, good idea. I had not thought of using archive.org for seeing threads with the photos still intact.

Dennis

[JVU]

@Veganbrian-

Thank you for starting this great thread! Now that Photobucket has broken everyone's photo links, would you consider updating your original posts' pictures with a different service so that they show again? I remembered how useful this thread was and went back to it to review and was dismayed to see the pics gone. Thanks!

[SethTheWineGuy]

Couple things. Both of these points are most relevant if you have aspirations of being successful with acros...

1. I would suggest bringing down the height of your tallest structures. Aros will reach for the sky on their own and don't need an elevator that puts them close to the surface. You end up only seeing the side and bottom of the colony otherwise. Larger tanks that can have multiple rows of structures back to front can get away with taller towers. Small tanks don't so much.

2. Think of your tank and the circulation of water like cities such as Denver, Salt Lake City, or even L.A. All those cities have terrible smog issues due to the geography of their location. They're all in "bowls" so to speak surrounded by mountains and the air has nowhere to go. It's just trapped. Your rock work is much the same. You only have one side of your tank to create flow from. The back and left side are blocked.

Some may debate me on this, but, the single most important thing to keeping Acros alive is flow. As frags, it's not as crucial as when they are large and/or dense colonies. Strong water flow needs to be present from all directions to bring oxygenated water to the inner tissues of the coral's structure.

Even though I run (4) MP60's and (6) MP40's on my tank, I still find dead spots in it even though I took great care to keep water movement channels open. Corals will grow and create their own flow barriers, so, try to limit the ones you create from your rock work. Fiberglass rods will help you keep the filler "support" rock to a minimum.

BUT, it you're planning a mostly LPS tank with some easy SPS here and there, you actually have a natural lagoon type shape going on that would do well by LPS.


Seth

Originally Posted by bwhit1406

Thoughts?

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[bwhit1406]

Originally Posted by SethTheWineGuy

Couple things. Both of these points are most relevant if you have aspirations of being successful with acros...

1. I would suggest bringing down the height of your tallest structures. Aros will reach for the sky on their own and don't need an elevator that puts them close to the surface. You end up only seeing the side and bottom of the colony otherwise. Larger tanks that can have multiple rows of structures back to front can get away with taller towers. Small tanks don't so much.

2. Think of your tank and the circulation of water like cities such as Denver, Salt Lake City, or even L.A. All those cities have terrible smog issues due to the geography of their location. They're all in "bowls" so to speak surrounded by mountains and the air has nowhere to go. It's just trapped. Your rock work is much the same. You only have one side of your tank to create flow from. The back and left side are blocked.

Some may debate me on this, but, the single most important thing to keeping Acros alive is flow. As frags, it's not as crucial as when they are large and/or dense colonies. Strong water flow needs to be present from all directions to bring oxygenated water to the inner tissues of the coral's structure.

Even though I run (4) MP60's and (6) MP40's on my tank, I still find dead spots in it even though I took great care to keep water movement channels open. Corals will grow and create their own flow barriers, so, try to limit the ones you create from your rock work. Fiberglass rods will help you keep the filler "support" rock to a minimum.

BUT, it you're planning a mostly LPS tank with some easy SPS here and there, you actually have a natural lagoon type shape going on that would do well by LPS.


Seth

Thanks for the feedback, I actually tweeked the layout a little before I cemented the structure together. The original pictures may not have represented the height of the rock properly. Here is a side shoot of current layout

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[Veganbrian]

I will hopefully be posting a new tank update soon. Nice job on all the aquascapes. I'm glad i was able to help, even a little bit.

[The Reef Dork]

Nnnnnoooooooo! I bookmarked this thread ages ago and now the photos from page 1 have been photo bucketed! Are they available anywhere?

[Fredfish]

Originally Posted by The Reef Dork

Nnnnnoooooooo! I bookmarked this thread ages ago and now the photos from page 1 have been photo bucketed! Are they available anywhere?

Look up... 6 posts up.

[Papermonkeys]

My first go, looking for feedback as well (be mean if you gotta!) I tried to keep it off the back wall, to allow more places to swim/ maybe grow things? haha . I probably need to add a little bit more eventually I think I'm only around 40-45lbs in a 54g display

[Raptor72]

Where are we at with this build?

[vikinglord13]

Even the archived thread has some photos missing.

[chaudhry]

Hi Everyone, I am trying to set up a 25 Gallon IM Nuvo lagoon. Trying to work on my aquascape. This is what i have come up with so far.
What do you think.
Thoughts, tips, input appreciated!


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[juniorrocketdad]

Dry-1 year

[becon776]

help! lol. reefer 450

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[nessbuilder]

Thoughts?

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[Jamie1210]

First rock structure looks a lot better

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