Aquascape changes at the snap of your fingers.

[revhtree]

If changing your aquascape was as easy as snapping your fingers would you change it and why?

Let’s learn from one another by sharing!

Here is my tip: Aquascape with a vision. Envision large mature corals in those spots on the rockwork.

Will they have room to grow upwards or will they be too close to the top of the water?

Will you have room to clean the glass or will there be spots where even a cleaning magnet will not be able to fit?

 

[C-Reefer]

That's something I failed with in my first tank. I rescaped, and I like the way it looks now but I would definitely redo it. My second tank that I just set up about a month ago, I aquascaped with what I'd found out I liked: Lots of sand space, more minimal rockwork, lots of caves, nooks and swimthroughs for fish, and plenty of room for corals to grow into colonies. I am loving it. Can't wait for it to mature a bit more so I can fill it up.

 

[pdiehm]

I'm not artistic or creative in any way. I would pay someone to aquascape my tank to be honest.

 

[declanisadog]

I've made a snap decision to reposition one little thing turn into an hour long ordeal more times than I care to admit. I've learned my lessons in the past. I don't even like to think about moving rocks unless I absolutely have to.

 

[cracker]

Iv'e found less rock looks better , easier to maintain & betterflow to keep detritus from collecting. As for snapping my finger, Do I get multiple snaps or just one?

 

[Brew12]

I'm fairly happy with mine. Lots of empty space for fish to swim and coral to grow into. Not the best pic...

 

[jgvergo]

Uh, yeah...if I could snap my fingers and get this scape and corals!!!

 

[vlangel]

I am happy with mine as well. I am an artist so the aquascape is very important to me and when I get tired or bored with one, I do not hesitate to change it.

I used to maintain tanks for a lfs and back in the early 2000s some folks still kept fowlr tanks with bleached coral skeletons. I would choose a few of the skeletons with the most algae on them, bleach them, rinse them and then re-aquascape the whole tank and I had tanks ranging from 50 gallons to 250 gallons. Anyway you develop an eye for scapes when you do that, (some of mine in the beginning were pretty bad, ha ha). It does help you get over the intimidation factor however.

2018-09-07_08-41-55 by Dawn Gilson, on Flickr

 

[Swoody]

I would like to make a few changes to mine and at this point I think it mostly equals adding a few more pieces of the right shape and size. Sometimes I just look at it and think man if I had put this one over there or that one up there but for the most part I’m happy with it. Pic from a couple days ago.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

I wish...

I had to set up my 125 in a rush due to an ich outbreak in my original 55g... Its just stacked... When I buy my first house, I will be upgrading to a tank with more depth, and when I make the move I will scape it how I have always wanted to. I'm just trying to ignore my scape for now knowing it isn't this forever.

 

[ca1ore]

I much prefer an open aquascspe - both to provide swimming room and to accommodate coral growth. Eventually the corals grow to the point that intervention is required. Regardless of tank size.

 

[Chrispaul]

I'm going to remove all my rock then glue it all together how I want and that will be my final look, I'm sick of it been moved about and falling rock and corals

 

[albano]

Not quite a finger snap, but adding a blue or black vinyl background would make a major visual difference for your tank.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Not quite a finger snap, but adding a blue or black vinyl background would make a major visual difference for your tank.

Set it up in 1 day, literally, with a canister. Didn't know if I was fighting ich or velvet.

The old 55g is now my QT, I am done adding fish after the batch I have going right now. Plan is to convert it to a DIY sump. When I do, I will be draining this tank and everything in it into rubber maid containers. Drilling the side that is currently the front you see here, painting it black, mounting the overflow and then flipping it around before I put everything back in. Sucks, but I had to do it to save my fish.

 

[pdiehm]

I'm not artistic or creative in any way. I would pay someone to aquascape my tank to be honest.

For some reason the image isn’t showing. Like I said, not creative in any way

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

When I upgraded from a 60 cube to a Red Reefer 350 I decided to go bare bottom so I could re-aquascape without worrying about releasing all the crud in the sand! Worked like a charm!!

 

[Dsnakes]

I regret the left side rock. Too close to the glass to clean 2 small sections. It’s all concreted in place and can’t be changed now.

 

[norfolkgarden]

I would still have a similar amount of rock.
The rock is set up as a cube with cutouts. Not just a back wall of rock. Plenty of room for swimming through and around the rocks and lots of home choices for the 14 small fish. Staring at each other in empty space just makes them nervous.

I miss the scuba diving when I lived near the shore in Hawaii. Looking at a near solid rock bank with plenty of cutouts makes it easier to dream.
[emoji4]

I could have kept the rocks a little further from the front glass. Would still have kept 2" of lacey coralline on the bottom front glass, but no more.
The skittish fish and serpent stars interprete the lace of coralline as more rock and hang out in the front of the tank.

Lattice instead of eggcrate to rest the rocks on. With the bottom lattice running front to back.
Lattice would allow more flow. Eggcrate just collects detritus.
[emoji849]
Wasn't comfortable stacking this much rock on the bare glass. Was too afraid of pressure points on the bottom glass.

Tank is mostly soft corals. Planting the spreaders at the tops of lots of spires helps keep them from running amock.

 

[squampton]

I ripped my tank down as I was not happy with the look. Going to start over from scratch.

Mistake was using Walt Smith dry rock they sell. Simply too uniform in shape.

At least in the box I got. Which made it less than ideal.

Will reboot the tank next year sometime.

Fish only for now in a seperate tank.

I am also going to hire someone to build the scape, lack of skill on my part doesn't help...lol

 

[Rakie]

I rescaped. Was not easy time-wise, but the scape replacement itself was super easy as I built a structure and just put it all in at once.