My 180g Aquasystem tank build

That's cool. I like the "sleek" looking stand. Kind of looks like a fancy conference room with the dining table there. lol See the first pic that shows just halides on?

 

lol Seano...thanks! Wel just finished first round of aquascaping the rock. Not really satisfied, but it's a start for now....

 

And a couple more shots of it with my T5s on only....

 

wow! definitely one of the most sleek looking tanks i have ever seen. I have a 100g aquasystem and i ended up drilling it because i thought it would be too complicated to go AIO but you my friend have dominated it! regrets now haha

 

thanks Patrick! :-[ The Aquasystem setup can be a challenge, but with patience and persistence, it can be made to be adequate. Of course, it helps to have a very large tank as well! ;D If you have any pics of your setup, would like to see it as well (you can just message me offline if you'd like - I'm in the Bay Area as well).

 

Ok, after looking around at some aquascaping sites, came up with this fairly simple layout (convex style). I wasn't really taking advantage of the depth afforded by a large tank (as well as the fiji dead coral), so it didn't look natural. Hopefully, this one should last a while. I call it "Big house and a lil' playground!"

180 degree pan around....

 

much better I was hoping you would change the scape after looking at the pics with great wall of rock.

One suggestion If I may, is not having the valley in the dead center of the tank. this may make my suggestion clearer http://www.aquatic-eden.com/2006/11/golden-rule-of-aquascaping.html although its about planted tanks the principal is the same.


This is going to be a very impressive tank when you are done.

 

I saw that "golden rule" of 1:1.618 as well looking at:

Aquascaping Principles

I was going for the look of the convex setup somewhat:



but must of confused how to place it since the left rock is exactly at the 1:1.618 mark =/

I did try to photoshop what it would look like, but kinda hesitant to move it (don't you just love aquascaping?). I'll give it another whirl tomorrow when i have more energy! Thanks for the heads up!

 

grrr.... i hate aquascaping, always bugs me hehehe..... okay lets give the golden rectangle rule a try again:

 

looks perfect.. Get that RO/DI running so we can see it with fishies.