Ideas anyone?

I gotem from my LFS and I was a total noob so obviously I don't think before I act because I'm so impatient and just want rocks to look good and then fish in. I just put rocks in there, then fish, but i never really cared about the scape until later. IMO I have a feeling you're criticizing me; not sure why but it sounds that way to me...

 

I never really had a plan for mine when I got it. I like it just to look natural, nothing special.

 

i know what you mean but define natural. I cant really get a good look; all i want is for it to look appealing for me and good for the fish as well

 

Its easy to do but hard to explain. Its not a fancy formation nor a "work of art" its just put in place.

 

I suggest you try to identify the type of aquascape that you like. I think over all what a rock has on it can be half the difference. If you have a pile of rocks that is clean with nice coral on them they will look pretty nice even if they are just a pile. I like rocks with lots of holes in them and got some good dry rock here Dry Rock. I am pretty happy with my scape now, but this is the first time I did work on it before I put it in my tank. I used gorilla glue to put mine together, but there are many ways. I know you can use super glue in your tank for smaller applications, but I think there are some other things for bigger in-tank attachments. when I use super glue I clean both spots to be glued, put a small drop on one piece and dip it in the water to create a film on top of the glue. The film lets me put more glue on without it running all over. I repeat until I have a good bit on and then I push the rock onto the other rock with twisting movement so that I brake the film on the top of the glue exposing the wet glue to the other rock. I really suggest working with the rock you have, if you take your time you might find a angle that may let you like your rock, and you can always spend more money and have a chance your not happy with that rock too.

 

hmm nice idea and good point but i've tried a lot of different cmbinations and I mean A LOT of combinations; I think i've done so many that I just can't find a suitable formation... I really really cant. I have a rock that sort of has a cave and tried to stack it on 2 other rocks to make a bigger cave but it looked ugly, wasnt pleased with it, and it actually fell one time (didnt use glue but still wasnt pleased). I'm gonna try a few scapes tomorrow and if I come up with one then maybe i'll keep it but most of the scapes I've done haven't looked very good IMO. Thinking about getting rock from reefcleaners.

 

Now I'm not going to lie but I'm getting pretty pissed off and discouraged since I see so many amazing tank with really great aquascapes while my tank I have no idea how to aquascape with the rocks i got. I feel so sad... Support please? I really want my tank to look nice... but I can't get a good aquascape!!!