I just thought I'd put up some pics of my tank, Aquascape critique?

broke1 · #1 06/18/2007, 05:33 PM

It's still in the building stages, just finished the lights, canopy is next on the list. Please excuse the poor camera skills, I figure I only can better from here.

Anemone is still on the move, I hope he finds his happy place soon.

sufunk · #2 06/18/2007, 05:42 PM

Very nice! I like the aquascaping alot.

Is that only a 72g? It looks alot bigger, gotta be like a 150 or180. What are the dimensions?

rommelgin · #3 06/18/2007, 05:53 PM

looks good!

Mare100 · #4 06/18/2007, 05:55 PM

Your tank looks great! Sufunk's right.....it looks way bigger than 72 gal.! You said you were still in the building stages.....how long has the tank been set up? It looks like you have lots of great stuff in there!

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broke1 · #5 06/18/2007, 05:58 PM

The tank is actually a 240. I combined my 72 and a 120 I bought into this.

The tank is about a month old.

The tank is 96"x24"x24"

angelo123 · #6 06/18/2007, 06:01 PM

Looks GREAT

Scuba_Steve · #7 06/18/2007, 06:02 PM

Im placing my bet on 240g. Looks 8' long to me. Looking great btw!

mr_o98 · #8 06/18/2007, 06:14 PM

Looks good, lots of swimming rooms for the tangs.

broke1 · #9 06/18/2007, 08:35 PM

Thanks. The rockwork was designed to let the fish swim in the front and back, so my space in front was limited.

demonsp · #10 06/18/2007, 08:38 PM

Looks real good but i would be nervous about all that stock in a fairly new tank. Keep an eye on levels and dont forget water changes. Real nice tank though.

broke1 · #11 06/18/2007, 08:52 PM

Thanks demonsp, and I know what you're saying. I didn't plan to put it all in right away. The tank was cycling at the time I bought the complete 120, so I kind of got forced into it.

Southern Boy · #12 06/18/2007, 08:58 PM

Looks reallly good!Makes me miss my blue background alot.Aqua scaping looks nice too.I had to learn and leave mine be and keep my hands out so everyone could get used to it.I did close to the same thing.I moved all my stuff from my 48 to a 125 ,then a few months later up yo a 180 with a fuge.Still battling with a few high readings but has come together nice.

drummereef · #13 06/18/2007, 09:47 PM

Looks great! It's got a very natural thing going. I know you probably spent hours placing each individual rock in its perfect spot, but it comes across very natural. I like it.

Kayak_Guy · #14 06/18/2007, 10:06 PM

looks awesome, where can I get rocks like that

broke1 · #15 06/19/2007, 01:44 AM

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Originally posted by Kayak_Guy
looks awesome, where can I get rocks like that

Those came from a bunch of places. The big slabs and the giant rock on the right/middle are from Marcorocks. I bought around 500 lbs of rock and used around 250, so I really got to hand pick every rock.

Quote:

Looks great! It's got a very natural thing going. I know you probably spent hours placing each individual rock in its perfect spot, but it comes across very natural. I like it.

Thank you, yeah each rock was placed, turned, replaced, moved, flipped, taken out, put back in several times and I'm still not 100% happy with it.

That's kind of why I put it up here for public critisism.

Criminal#58369 · #16 06/19/2007, 05:11 PM

Looks awesome! I want a 240g now

broke1 · #17 06/20/2007, 07:10 PM

Thanks criminal.

And to all others, I'm open to all critisism, so anything that looks wrong, please speak up.

GreenPuffers · #18 06/20/2007, 07:14 PM

I LOVE your aquascaping. lots of room for your fish. WOW

chrisqueenz · #19 06/20/2007, 07:41 PM

Looks good!

dustybuddy · #20 06/20/2007, 11:13 PM

hmm...i think ill be the first to criticize slighty. you seem to take real good care of your fish and corals. u got tons of nice choice fish and corals in there. and having all that room for tangs. gotta commend u for that. but the aquascaping could be a bit more flowing. it looks like some of the rocks were just thrown in. the slabs look cool how they're piled but try doing something more wit the rounder rocks.