How should I aquascape this tank???
 

Hi all.
Check this baby out… my new 99 gal cube.
[IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b254/scubascott1098/12.jpg[/IMG]

here’s my tank build thread
[url]http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1222050&perpage=25&pagenumber=1[/url]

Anyway, I’m wondering how I should aquacape this baby. here’s my predicament. I have a 90 gal rectangle tank at my parents house full of mature rock and corals, and they’re all moving in to this new set up, so I’m limited on what I can do for aquascaping. I would like some cool extreme looking cliffs and things, but I don’t want to risk damage to my corals. Does anyone have any suggestions for some cool aquascaping techniques that would be safe for the corals?

id go with a pillar look, but closer to the overflow side.. with maybe an arch or 2 coming out.

volcano in the middle.

Here's my cube to give you an idea of how to aqua scape.

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The idea was to build it so you can walk all around it, but it's in a corner.

Here's a video of it overflowing:

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Sorry to go off topic george.

But Kinktao that's a sweet looking tank, what size is it?

pillar would be nice.

i would say a couple pillars maybe maybe a third short one conecting to one of the others as well...

i really wish i did pillars in my tank..:(

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11324436#post11324436 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kent E [/i]
[B]volcano in the middle. [/B][/QUOTE]

Thats what I was thinking.

when you guys do your pillars, would you put a peice of pvc or something up the middle and zip tie your rock to it?

the bottom of my tank will be protected by a peice of acrylic.I was thinking I could easily attache a few pillars to it for a nice stable base.

Couple of these bad boys:

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/redfan/rock2.jpg[/IMG]

With a few of these strewn about:

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/redfan/boat1.jpg[/IMG]

Make it different from everyone elses, same old, same old.

haha the sunken ship is kindof a neat idea. you don't see too many of those in reef tanks. I'm a diver, and here in Nova Scotia there are over 10,000 shipwrecks, so i've seen my fair share of real wrecks. it wouldn be cool (and incredably corny) to re-creat one.

id say go for 3 pillars. 2 twards the overflow, 1 offcenter in the front, and some brachwork/shelf peices linking them.

I used the acrylic rod method to make my pillar arch. Just drill peices of live rock insert acrylic rods and build like tinker toys.

[img]http://www.reefworkshop.com/images/image010.jpg[/img]

yes i've seen some pretty awsome tanks aquascaped like that. I would go with rigid airline tube because I have oodles of it. I may go with a combination of the rod method and the spire method. I'm just going to play with my rock and see what looks best.