How should I aquascape this tank???

[george1098]

Hi all.
Check this baby out… my new 99 gal cube.


here’s my tank build thread
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...5&pagenumber=1

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?

[noobwithatank]

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

[Kent E]

volcano in the middle.

[kinktao]

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

[kinktao]

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

[kinktao]

Here's a video of it overflowing:

[dougiee]

Sorry to go off topic george.

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

[yrema]

pillar would be nice.

[NanoReefWanabe]

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..

[johno4]

Originally posted by Kent E
volcano in the middle.

Thats what I was thinking.

[george1098]

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.

[RumLad]

Couple of these bad boys:



With a few of these strewn about:



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

[george1098]

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.

[phish guy]

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

[Keelay]

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.

[george1098]

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.