aquascaping

Hello everyone! I’m still fairly new to reefing (under 1 year) & this will be the second tank I am setting up. Having some “aquascape regrets” on the first tank & I really want to get it right this time! Anyone with experience in the hobby please point me in the right direction! I know I need...

Aquascaping from a design perspective is rarely discussed. I’ve always wondered why we don’t talk much about what makes a scape look visually appealing, so I’ve started a series where I apply common principles of design used in art, photography, graphic design, etc. to reef aquascapes. This is...

Hey I am fairly new to the saltwater hobby and was wondering if any pros can help me with the placement of these newly bought corals, it’s greatly appreciated

I bought 7 pounds of live rock and 3 pounds of dry rock I went with a pound of rock per gallon, does it look like too much rock?

Intro - After 13 years of missing the hobby, I'm back with a plan to geek out with a large peninsula mixed reef tank. I live in Michigan and have different hobbies like electronics, software, radio control, 3D design, and printing, woodworking, etc. It is a long and ever changing list. I...

2 month old tank but had Covid when I put it together and regretting my choices. Have live rock,live sand,2 snowflake clowns,coral beauty,orchid dottyback some hermit crabs and an emerald crab (although he looks brownish to me). Would like to get rid of the the plastic and battleship but the...

Hi - r2r community. After a long hiatus, I've decided to give reefing another go. This time around I'm upgrading my little 55g to something larger. I'm looking into the Red Sea Reefer XL 425, though, I still haven't pulled the trigger on this. Looking forward to sharing my build and meeting...

Hey everyone just looking for some feedback on this aquascape any help is greatly appreciated

I am currently waiting on my display tank to arrive. In the meantime I am working on my aquascaping and everything thing else for an Ultra Low Maintenance setup. Needless to say I'm in the beginning stages but I wanted to share my progress thus far. Please feel free to ask questions or throw...

Howdy Reefers Wanted to share part two of my little aquascape and coral placement design series where I talk about how to add depth to your rockscape! Hopefully someone can find this info helpful in some way when making their scape even though my videos are pretty goofy. It’s a super easy...

Need some help Aquascaping. I want to go higher with this and I’m already pushing the boundaries of getting a siphon In between the rocks and glass for water changes. I’d like to keep the base how it is because I have a sea monster of an engineer goby and he will commit suicide moving sand if I...

Hey all so I’m doing a closed loop system for my new UV light. I need to put a pump in my 125 gallon DT. The pump is 8.2”x3.5”x4.13” I need to use that to feed the UV sterilizer then it’ll flow back into the tank. Has anyone had any success hiding/aquascaping this kind of item within your DT...

Silly little video I made about thinking of aquascaping from a design perspective. Expanding on it more and different coral placement techniques in my upcoming content but just wanted to share :) I know my stuff is pretty goofy but hopefully it helps in some way!

Building a new aquascape in my 100g and I want to add a mushroom garden in the front low portion of the tank, my initial thoughts are to build marina type rock structure around them to minimize the flow on them. Looking for inspiration, ideas and pictures, please:)

So I built this scape and was really excited about it, because I wanted something tiered that was easy to put frags on. Now that it is in the tank I'm worried about coverage and if the top tier is even usable because I'd say it's maybe 9" to 6" at tallest point below water line. My original...

Hey guys, so I'm about to work on my second tank and could use some advice on dry rock. Personally, I prefer dry rock method. It's a little slower, but it avoids any unwanted pests, and since this is going to be a frag grow out tank, I'd like to avoid any possibility of pests or problems...

I am starting a new 125 G tank. I am ready to cure and cycle rock but I dont want any pests. I have decided against any type of dry or wet rock. What is the best rock for a long term pest free tank? Reef saver???

Hey there, after all these sales and all I have a boat load of coral (19). I need to figure out where to place them to make the tank feel together! I have minimalistic amount of rock because i want a lot of free moving water. List of frags are 1 blasto 2 favia 3 acan 2 palys 3 ricordia 1...

Here is a sample of my reefscape. Still tinkering on a few things.. I’ll hide the acrylic rods once I put in tank. Check out the floating shelf that I am going to crazy-glue to my overflow box. Has anyone done this before? FYI I’m using Gorilla glue gel, eMarco 400 and CaribSea life rock...

I haven't quite made my mind up on this aquascape, and I wanted to see if anyone had any advice/constructive criticism before the new tank gets wet. This is my first time using base rock instead of live rock, so I know it isn't perfect.

Not final aquascape. Just playing around with it. Been working on setting up new tank for few weeks now, go some nice rock and had two pieces of Tonga branch, while trying to aquascape I started to not like the other rocks and begged my lfs to sell me the pieces he had. He refused but...

It’s my first if you don’t count my first nano tank with one large boulder and no thought. Lol. I’m missing one

Hey Everyone, It is that time again - April's CTARS meeting! We are hosting it at the Lutz Children's Museum, 247 South Main St, Manchester, CT 06040. The meeting will be Sunday 4/28 and start at 5:30pm. This month's topic will be on Aquascaping. Earl and Waz are going to give a...

Hello, I hereby summon all willing aquascaping masters, gurus, wise-men (or women) and zoa tamers to help me! I have about 20 different zoas and am trying to figure out a good way to "organize" them in my little 11 gallon. At the moment, as you can probably see in the picture I have some on...

Hello folks, On my way back from lunch I was wondering... What if I could use a large amount of epoxy to create some type of "shelf plateau" for coral placement? I never heard of anyone doing that, and maybe there are people out there doing it. I just wonder if you have any input on this, if...