Minimalist Aquascaping

[Steve Lowes]

I like the cantilever style even if it's not minimalistic. Did something similar with this museum instal.

 

[Monkeytank]

I like that a lot.

 

[Steve Lowes]

~ 1yr later

 

[Tek]

I was looking for some inspiration before starting my aquascaping today. Minimalist is what I had in mind. I may add a few pieces here and there when the need for more coral area is needed.

Rich's tank earlier is one of my favorites and have been trying to mimic.

 

[kated416]

The first is my 90 afyer I downsized from the 120 in the second picture. All of my tanks have minimal aquascaping.

Kate

 

[Jstn]

Here is my crappy tank

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[SchnitzelReef]

Here is my 8' 250g tank, I consider the aquascape pretty minimalist

 

[shred5]

My Tank...

This is a good example of minimalist tank lots of open space both water and sand with very little live rock. While most pics in this thread show some nice tanks most are not minimalist.

 

[Trevor40]

This is my tank a few years back. I was going for the minimalist look-bonsai style

 

[Trevor40]

 

[CastAway]

Just a few flat pieces of Liverock :)

@Leonardo_, your Apogon Reef tank was the inspiration that got me started, my own picture or definition of "minimalistic". Love the negative space, just don't have the discipline for it myself.

 

[shred5]

@Leonardo_, your Apogon Reef tank was the inspiration that got me started, my own picture of "minimalistic".

Nice, now that is defiantly minimalist.

 

[rokiman777]

Not necessarily minimalistic but negative space works!

 

[rokiman777]

My IM38

 

[eric3316]

This is a good example of minimalist tank lots of open space both water and sand with very little live rock. While most pics in this thread show some nice tanks most are not minimalist.

Totally agree with this statement. Just because a tank isn't filled to the brim with live rock, it doesn't qualify it for minimalistic.

Also when I think of the the term minimalistic, to me it represents a certain style. Usually modern, unique, artsy. Something very minimal but well thought out. Filling a space when we look at it but physically not filling the space at all. Just dropping one rock in the middle of the tank would not be considered a minimalistic look to me just because there isn't a lot there. It is much more then that I think.

 

[CastAway]

Totally agree with this statement. Just because a tank isn't filled to the brim with live rock, it doesn't qualify it for minimalistic.

Also when I think of the the term minimalistic, to me it represents a certain style. Usually modern, unique, artsy. Something very minimal but well thought out. Filling a space when we look at it but physically not filling the space at all. Just dropping one rock in the middle of the tank would not be considered a minimalistic look to me just because there isn't a lot there. It is much more then that I think.

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Personally, I have a hard time calling any tank with sand "minimalistic". So much subjectivity in the term.

 

[Cleo642]

@Leonardo_, your Apogon Reef tank was the inspiration that got me started, my own picture or definition of "minimalistic". Love the negative space, just don't have the discipline for it myself.

What do you use for a biological filter? That's not a whole lot of live rock.

 

[eric3316]

@Leonardo_, your Apogon Reef tank was the inspiration that got me started, my own picture or definition of "minimalistic". Love the negative space, just don't have the discipline for it myself.

I love the little sprinkle of sand on the bottom. It kind of completes the whole look. Although I do not know how it would stay perfect looking like that unless it was glued down some how.

 

[metrokat]

 

[eric3316]

Very Nice!