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18 months ago and now
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18 months ago and now
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Wow looks great pretty significant change in 18 months. Good job.
 

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Here is the beginning of my Planet Aquarium Aquascape 233G let me know if y’all have any tips about 160lb of rock

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i struggle to get real thin ledges, i want like either thin flat wide ones, or even thin branches and i cant seem to get the rock to break like i want. do you know if there is concrete mixes that will let you make your own rocks? like pre made mixes i can just buy? i saw the marco 400 concrete but thats just for gluing rocks together not creating entire structures.
 

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@TOMACONDA I really like yours

Building a scape that I like has always been one of my biggest challenges. My waterbox 330.7 is my latest attempt. My main goal was to have room for the fish to swim through and all the way around the rock so I seem to have at least accomplished that. They are more actively swimming than they were on the 180g they came from.
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i struggle to get real thin ledges, i want like either thin flat wide ones, or even thin branches and i cant seem to get the rock to break like i want. do you know if there is concrete mixes that will let you make your own rocks? like pre made mixes i can just buy? i saw the marco 400 concrete but thats just for gluing rocks together not creating entire structures.
I found the shelf rock helped with the couple thin edges that I had I think the key is smashing up the rocks and small enough pieces where you can put it all back together in a way that makes sense. I did break it apart a couple of times because I didn’t like it. did the BRS super glue tack weld then motor together !
 

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@TOMACONDA I really like yours

Building a scape that I like has always been one of my biggest challenges. My waterbox 330.7 is my latest attempt. My main goal was to have room for the fish to swim through and all the way around the rock so I seem to have at least accomplished that. They are more actively swimming than they were on the 180g they came from.
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Yeah it looks really cool! Those branches
@TOMACONDA I really like yours

Building a scape that I like has always been one of my biggest challenges. My waterbox 330.7 is my latest attempt. My main goal was to have room for the fish to swim through and all the way around the rock so I seem to have at least accomplished that. They are more actively swimming than they were on the 180g they came from.
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those branches that BYU used above could be a cool addition to help you accomplish some of that negative scape and you can do it while it’s wet
 

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i struggle to get real thin ledges, i want like either thin flat wide ones, or even thin branches and i cant seem to get the rock to break like i want. do you know if there is concrete mixes that will let you make your own rocks? like pre made mixes i can just buy? i saw the marco 400 concrete but thats just for gluing rocks together not creating entire structures.
 

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Great looking setups everyone! The boomies and minimal rockwork is the way to go. ;) These sorts of setups look great with stags growing out to great heights. My fish also appreciate the extra room to swim. Oh, and flow is MUCH easier to handle and deal with when you have minimal obstructions.

Here is my 3.5 month old 72*36*22 Rimless Reef

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Sonny
get a green moray eel
 

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those branches that BYU used above could be a cool addition to help you accomplish some of that negative scape and you can do it while it’s wet
I think mixing the branches with the rock looks odd. All branch or all rock. I did a mix once and it was a flop. But it very well could be my lack of creativity :thinking-face:
 

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You could make some scapes with Marco rocks
With glue and Marco powder
I started with this but changed to branch later

 
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Heres my newly setup 330g. 84"x30"x30"

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Love this scape.. tall on one side and down to the sand on the other with a nice natural look.. I am planning something like this but with a sand bar in the middle .. if it turns out looking ok and makes good use of my LR.. we will see.
 

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