12 hours of Aqua Scaping for This....
 

After seeing some other peoples tanks around town, I decided a tear down and rebuild was in order. Used Acrylic rods (thanks for the info KIEN) and this is the result....

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Some day all those little frags will grow up to be nice big spectacular colonies (If I don't kill them first).

very cool...how did you attach everything to the acrylic rods??

It looks great. I like the multi levels and all the arches.

Drilled holes in the rocks slightly larger then the rods and just slide them in. Good old gravity and friction. If it all comes tumbling down over night I'll seriously regret not using epoxy or cement :biggrin:.

The scape looks good, but your Naso is absolutely STUNNING!!!!

I have no idea what it looked like before but I love how it looks now. That Kein dude sure sounds like a helpful guy. Wish I could be as cool as him. Anyway, well done! :biggrin:

Looks precarious and cool! I used to see builds at this stage with all the 2-3 branch frags and think 'man that looks bare'.

Now I've got the single branch frags (true sticks!) and I'm envious haha!

I'm liking this a lot! Any info on the lighting? It looks pretty cool :)

Yeah, if you have a chance you should meet 'Kein'. Great guy, nice tanks and an excellant speller. You could learn a thing or two from him. :redface:

i like it, once everything starts to grow in it will look killer

Thanks. The picture was taken using a Nikon D90 with a large external flash, (which is the only way I can figure out how to get the good picture colour). The tank has a Solaris LED G series and a 4 bulb T5.

I love arches in aquascaping.I just finished aquascaping my friend's 220g Reef-ready. Only spent an hour & a half, but that's cause I didn't have to worry about frags (newly set up fowlr). Didn't use acrylic rods though. I'm guessing you had a lot of drilling to do to get the rods in place.And yes, that Blonde Naso is spectacular!!!!

The Naso and the large Clam are both just GORGEOUS.

I love the arches looks great, and if your Naso gets to big for your tank feel free to send him my way as I think he's beautiful :mrgreen:

Thats your mainfloor display!!!
WOW what a change! is that all the same rock? it looks like theres way more swimming room!

12 hours of Aqua Scaping for This....
 

Sexy! I also really like your clam!

I have clam envy. Your tank looks great.

What diameter are the rods that you used? Did you attach the rods to the bottom or just stick them in the sand?

I have really begun to like the bonsai/minimalist look.

Andrew

Thanks. I lucked out picking up that clam, I have only had it about 3 months. The rods are 3/4", and yes they are attached to a small square (5"x5") of acrylic.