Aquascapeing Madness

[Stingray]

Hi, Thought now i had a bit of LR i would give aquascapeing a shot, what do you think, damn its so frustrating lol, been on this little bit an hour, its like a juggleing act...Still not happy

[GuitarMan89]

although it seems that many people don't do this, if you don't have that much lr, you can do two things to make it more visually pleasing.
1. make up pvc supports. All you need is some .5 in. pvc pipe and fitting, you can build a scaffold to stack the rock up on. Make 'U' sort of shapes with the pipe
2. Instead of spreading it out, make a single peak on one side that tapers off to the other, this also allows a nice open side so the fish can swim freely.

these are just thoughts. It just seems to me that after looking at people's tanks on this site, that nearly everyone just piles up all the way across the tank. Try to make it interesting

[bmshehan]

Are your base rocks just setting on the sand? IMO you need to put them on the glass then fill the sand in around them to give some stability. Then you can stack rocks on top of them. If you ever get anything that is a sand sifter it will eventually burrow under the rocks and topple everything.

[reefersRus]

I don't have alot of live rock either so this is what I did to make it a little more presentable. Also they are stacked right on top of each other coming slightly inward the higher it goes to make kind of a cave. Good luck and hope it helps.

[reefersRus]

sorry this is one side. I could not get good pics to load. I made on on each side with one side higher than the other.

[Stingray]

The base rock have been laid on the sand and then gently twisted all the way to the bottom untill they firmly touch the glass, the only sand under the rocks will be in any gaps, i like the idea of this, i think it will give the rock a bit more support and not as much pressure on the glass from sharp rock,make sense?
The light coloured rock is actually a bit of ocean rock i put in, hopeing it will cure in time...

[gazog]

Do you like it, If you do than its PERFECT! Looks good.

[Stingray]

Been out to lfs today to pick up another 5kg of live rock, what do you guys think of the aquascapeing?



They said at the lfs the 4 pieces that i got was indonesian l/r is this right , pic attatched, it was much lighter then the other stuff so i got more for my money?

[fishpoop]

i think it looks good. im real bad at aquascaping took me ages too
are the rocks in the last pic leaning on the glass?

[Stingray]

couple of the top ones, but will be off the glass once i got some more rock to support them for the next stable laye...