Show Off Your Large Tank Aquascape :)

[dreadcapn]

The scape of my new build, still need to add water and sand

During cementing

Love this - any lessons learned? Did you use rods or just the cement?

 

[btackerman]

Here is my 400, not as many corals as the others above but my fish really enjoy it.

 

[ReefBeta]

Love this - any lessons learned? Did you use rods or just the cement?

I use superglue the do the shape, then cement for permanent bound. Basically the same way BRS did.

I found using carbisea arches make it a lot easier. A simple formula is stand an arch next to a big rock, tilting up, then another arch to from the tilted up end of the arch, allowing some of the second arch hang down from the first, instant impact.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

The scape of my new build, still need to add water and sand.

During cementing

Love this!!

My 600g nano..

Very nice!

Biggest nano around. ;Hilarious

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

oh.. i meant nano wallet

 

[Aussiemarine]

This is my scape for my 5x3x2. The large bommie was created in two pieces outside the tank and then assembled together inside the tank. The other rock was random

 

[MikeTheNewbie]

The scape of my new build, still need to add water and sand.

During cementing

Could you share the brand of rock you used and the cement too? Thanks!

 

[ReefBeta]

Could you share the brand of rock you used and the cement too? Thanks!

Caribsea dry liverock shapes and arches. MarcoRocks E-Marco-400 Aquascaping Kit.

 

[MikeTheNewbie]

Caribsea dry liverock shapes and arches. MarcoRocks E-Marco-400 Aquascaping Kit.

Thanks so much, I'll be getting the same as yours. It looks awesome.
How much did you use of each type?

 

[ReefBeta]

Thanks so much, I'll be getting the same as yours. It looks awesome.
How much did you use of each type?

I got 2 box of arches, 1 box of shape, 1 box of normal 40 lb. At the end have half a box stuff left.

 

[Rogueaquariums]

Top down of my new aquascape.

Side view

Very nice

 

[Bellasmith]

I'm going to set up a new aquarium for some mollies but I still have no idea about the scape. It is a 30 gallon fish tank and I'm also looking for some nice scapes. Please share it for me! Thanks!

 

[SPR1968]

This was my final design

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

One of my favorite threads to watch!!

 

[jaxteller007]

We've wound up going Tang/large active fish heavy in our 180 so I'm slowly working on redoing the aquascape. Going to make some pre made caves that can be easily moved around when adding new fish or if some aggression needs to be managed. Gotta figure out some idea to do with all the other rock though. Need lots of swimming and hiding spaces.

 

[sesegaL99]

 

[Mike Jenkins]

300dd

 

[jaxteller007]

Redid the aquascape this weekend. I'd like to eventually separate it into islands with maybe one bridge. But for now, this will probably be the last of it until we buy a house next year and have to move and redo it all.

 

[Peng1606]

My 10’ x 3’ x 3’ 650 gallons (750 Gallons total system volume). Three islands with lots of negative space in between for the fish to swim. Used dried (bleached and acid washed) Caribbean Sea live rock... had issues in prev tank with cirolanid isopods so nuked old rock and new fresh rock. Large pieces between 40-60lbs each stacked and secured with hydraulic cement.

 

[jaxteller007]

My 10’ x 3’ x 3’ 650 gallons (750 Gallons total system volume). Three islands with lots of negative space in between for the fish to swim. Used dried (bleached and acid washed) Caribbean Sea live rock... had issues in prev tank with cirolanid isopods so nuked old rock and new fresh rock. Large pieces between 40-60lbs each stacked and secured with hydraulic cement.

Looks awesome. I want to do something similar (on a smaller scale since we have a 180 lol) when we move and have to set the tank back up. I have figured out that I will always have to have some kind of "cavern" type set up in ours though. If you look at my pics I just posted, on the left side of the tank you see a spot cleared out down to the egg crate. That wasn't designed like that lol. Our Lt Tang has cleared all the sand out under that rock until he made his home there. And if any sand or shells or anything get under there, he flips out and cleans it out again. It's like he has OCD.