Hmm I find that Rockscape sorta lacks.... mainly real estate for corals/frags.. They have TONS of room to grow into, but how many can you actually fit on the LR?

Definitely "Minimal".. :lol:

I agree with JDigital.

I would avoid symmetrical designs for starters. Nothing Will make your reef look more un-natural than those perfectly balanced piles.

I also find it alarming that you have rock in the tank at all =)

Growing room was a definate concern of mine. I'm hoping to find the happy medium between the two. Looks good but also functions well.

There is a lot of nooks and crannies that don't come across in the pictures. Some of the fish that get very large would have an issue, but I think they would in most tanks.

I have about 100 lbs more rock, just have to decide what to do with it.

The biggest problem I have is all my live rock is small pieces, I ordered it that way when I was going to do the rock wall thing. I might have to order some larger pieces.

The pile on the right actually looks really cool in person, the center and left piles need some work.

Thanks for the feedback all... I'll post up round two in the next couple of days.. :mrgreen:


I'm about ready for salt and water Brett, I have a guys trip to Vegas first week in Nov. Once I'm back from that it's time to start this thing up!

Liked this tank for the minimalist look.

Have you considered a masonry bit and some plastic dowels?

I've seen that tank before, amazing looking tank. Some people have a real talent for this kind of thing.

Here is another thread centered around minimalist aquascaping:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1658490

Of course if you look at what SunnyX has created it's most likely 2 similarily shaped lumps of rock on either side. I suppose that once corals are in there and growing the type of corals you select have the final say in what that pile will really look like.

You must be pretty stoked to fire that thing up! I'm finishing up the install of almost all my electrical components and will post an update when I'm done to make it look like I'm still in this race =)

I was thinking about making left side much taller and then having it "slide" into the middle of the tank and leave the right pile the way it is... I'm proud of the right one! ha :lol:

I think that's worth a shot man. A lot can be missed in a photo though there is likely some great little nooks and crannies we're missing.

Wish like hell I had money for a vegas trip. Then I'd take that money and finish my tank and tell Vegas to take a hike.

Honestly, I think you're going in a good way with this aquascaping. The look you have reminds me very much of Richard Harker's big tank which was a TOTM over at some other board a few years ago (the name of the board isn't important. Canreef is the one you need! :lol: )

From http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...3/aquarium.htm

Tony I've seen your big tank. No offense but it's aquascaped a little too minimally right now for my tastes :lol: Very good quote you posted btw.

:lol: Yeah, I figure if "less is more" then surely "nothing must be everything!"

That's what I used to tell the ladeez...

Had to beat them off with a stick I bet. :lol:

Read my post. I didn't have a stick.

Ok seriously this working from home is making me a WEIRDO.

I've been staring at the aquascaping the last couple of days and I think I might stick with it the way it is for now. It's really grown on me. That plus the eventual addition of my favorite fish the Sohol Tang, he/she will have lots of room to roam.

That's my favorite fish as well. But I don't have that extra 45 gallons of display volume you seem to be flaunting all over the place. So tempting...pimpest fish EVER but ever since I saw some video of one in what I think was a 10 foot 600 gallon or something...I backed out. Thing crossed end-to-end literally in the blink of an eye. I will be watching to see how it goes for you though.

Looks like it's time for more research...


Ha! I was wondering if you saw that.

Well the speed is an issue. Not to mention the MANY posts on RC about them being killing machines as they mature. And I STILL want one. That's the power of a sexy fish right there =)

Would be kind of cool to say I have a fish that's mean as a great white.. lol, but not really practical.

RO/DI is flowing - See you in three days. :mrgreen:

I still have a number of things to do before I add salt.. I'm waiting on another EB8 from Neptune so I can't plug everything in yet and I need to extend some wiring but it's coming together. I'm still shooting for operational in Nov. My better half doesn't want me to start it up then take off for a week, I can understand that.

Ok you really had me worried.

I think the winner is the guy with saltwater in there first. Not that we care about that sort of thing. Happy for ya =)

Uh oh =)

3days was awhile ago now... hope you didn't flood the basement.. :wink:

This thread's still around? I have something for Robb whenever he shows up again.

:second:

HHmmmm did you have salt before me or didn't you? A question for the ages!

OK robb enough IS ENOUGH 26 posts and NO pictures what the heck is going on dude.:sad:

and you call yourself a reefer. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm:biggrin:

I would have thought you'd have posted when you got salt in. Considering the stakes. How's the tank doing? Pics you slacker.

The tank is up and running, salt is in. But I have a few bugs / issues to fix. My skimmer is sitting too deep plus it's generating a @#$% load of micro bubbles. It seems to do this for a few days after being cleaned really well. One of my darts started making a bit of noise, I may have to pull it a part and check it out. It's the one I bought used, that's the chance you take, not a big deal.

The tank didn't really go through a big cycle, well not yet anyway. I've had the rock for quite some time and it's been soaking in fresh water for months. I'm still going to wait a bit before anything goes in the tank. I also need to get the fuge operational.

Tonight I need to make up all the cords to for my equipment so I can run them into the electrical cabinet properly. I'll take pics once things are cleaned up a bit, I can't post any now that Brett is showing off!

So I didn't get all the cords made up the other night, in fact I only started tonight.. :mrgreen: I picked up 250' of 18/3 and a bunch of ends.. The ends are way more then I thought they would be.. $10.00 for each pair, one male, one female! Got my halides all plugged into the controller. Man, this doing things neat thing is time consuming! Took me 3 hours to get everything wired and zip-tied for three plugs!

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...91120-2100.jpg

Very nice Robb. It takes a lot of back-breaking effort down there but you do it once and everytime you open that stand up you're going to be glad you did it.

I have a similar pile of sawdust in the back of my stand beside the dart. Been meaning to vacuum it out.

Did you ever tweak your rock setup or is it unchanged?

Thanks, it's getting there.

Nah, I haven't touched the aquascape yet, still the way it was. Maybe I'll get to that once the mile long honey-do list is finished. :lol:

I don't know about you... but my list keeps getting longer, never shorter. :neutral:

Until you've gotten the list that references another list you're still livin' THE DREAM.

Started to rework the aquascape today, I built four pillars that I hated. Here's the one that made it into the tank. I still have to work on the aquaspace for the center and right side of the tank.



http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/IMG_2739.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/IMG_2738.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/IMG_2736.jpg

Here's what it looks like behind the scenes..

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/IMG_2734.jpg

Wow! That's like the Mt. Everest of saltwater.
Nice job on the rock; it looks to be plenty stable.

Good build. Keep up the good work. Going to follow this.
More Pics???
Thanks

very intresting aquascaping. are you planning, soft coral or SPS, or mix. ?

Bommies! Awesome. :cool:

I like it.