Pics of Aquascaping? Tips?

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  1. NittyGritty

    NittyGritty Millepora

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    word. looking forward to seeing it...
     
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  2. TruespeedEM1

    TruespeedEM1 Skunk Shrimp

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    check out ratemyfishtank.com for ideas as well...

    speaking of which, i can access my picture from there:

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    its ok, def not as nice as the others posted, but it does have a lot of space for the fish to swim through
     
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  3. rufio808

    rufio808 Plankton

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    Nice what light fixture is that?
     
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  4. JP909

    JP909 Feather Duster

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    It's wavepoint 4x54w t5 ho then added moonlight. Thanks!
     
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  5. reefitis

    reefitis Plankton

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    not a 55, but a mini elos. thing about aquascaping for me, is i tend to place the rocks into a natural formation, as in letting the rocks piece together like a puzzle, as if they were meant to be one single piece/formation/aquascape. of course, this involves lots of twisting and turning and rotating, but imo, it creates a natural form. lots of trial and error. you can then build on this idea by doing what MoJoe said (bigger rocks as a base, then building up using smaller pieces).

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    probably would be good if you had a mental picture of what it is you would like to see in your own tank (cave, minimal, islands, deepwater wall, overhangs, etc.) hth
     
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  6. civiccars2003

    civiccars2003 Great Blue Whale

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    Heres mine, its 55 gallons...Nothing is touching the glass, its all stack without glue. Its like putting together a puzzle.
     

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  7. NittyGritty

    NittyGritty Millepora

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    Looks awesome. Nice work!
     
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  8. TruespeedEM1

    TruespeedEM1 Skunk Shrimp

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    very nice
     
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  9. offensetaken

    offensetaken Montipora Digitata

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    Great Aquascaping guys/gals! Here is mine although it's not a 55. It's a 46 BF with about 65 lbs. 30 BRS dry and 35 from my old 24 Nano. It's been running about 2 mos.
    I ended up with a "wall" kind of look but I was happy with it. Lots of flat shelves to place corals and I also gave myself a few ledges with "shaded" areas for less light demading corals. I have eggcrate on the bottom, used reef epoxy and have 2 or 3 smaller rocks against the back glass.

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  10. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Nice tanks everyone.

    Here's my 29g. I have 2 islands... an arch on the left(CB angel likes to swim through it) & the right hand side overhangs the left a bit, but they do not touch. It was mostly all dry rock when I got the stuff. This is about 15lbs, but I will be getting some more to add to it. No corals yet.

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    I recently painted the back glass with flat black Krylon spray-paint. Looks much better.
     
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