Tips and Tricks on Creating Amazing Aquascapes.

[Streetdoc77]

Thanks for your feedback ! Maritimer

 

[Streetdoc77]

Final scape

 

[vriserva25]

Hey does anyone have experience taking rock out and cleaning it?

 

[Luna]

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[Streetdoc77]

Hey does anyone have experience taking rock out and cleaning it?

I have done it once ....took the rock out put in in a brute can with a heater and fresh saltwater scrubbed them down and rinsed them in another heated can and back in the tank , I would not go this route again though .Theres no real east way to do it .... These days i take a decent size soft scrub brush and a toothbrush with a powerhead to blow off the detritus and get all the trash down the overflow.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Hey does anyone have experience taking rock out and cleaning it?

Do you mean restarting rock that was once live or cleaning rock with say H2O2 to remove algae?

 

[vriserva25]

Do you mean restarting rock that was once live or cleaning rock with say H2O2 to remove algae?

Cleaning rock to remove algae

 

[NY_Caveman]

Cleaning rock to remove algae

Toothbrush works great for me. You may want to PM @brandon429 if you are looking for a treatment like H2O2. He has much experience with it.

 

[brandon429]

Post pic of the rocks needing attention curious to see

 

[vriserva25]

Post pic of the rocks needing attention curious to see

So I ended up bleaching about 30lbs of rock and scrubbing the other 60-70 lbs. Everything is rescaped and I did 25% water change after. It's a fowlr tank currently and once I get params plus algae in check I will be adding corals. Originally took out the 30lbs because i had to catch hippo and 6line with ich. Successful hospital visit they're back in DT after a month. My mistake was I left the rock in saltwater no heater no circulation and it took longer than I planned to get them back in so that's why I chose that route there.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Great placement. Everyone setting up a tank needs this as a guideline for scaping.

 

[sawdonkey]

Thought I post my scape as well. Very happy to receive input. Aquarium is a Red Sea reefer 350.

All towers stand on little stilts so that as little stone is below sand as possible. I realised that I need some more hiding places, so I prepared some little "caves" that I will attach to the towers.

I like the two outer piles but don’t like the inner ones. The vertical column looks unnatural and will not be good for placing corals. Any corals near the top will shade stuff toward the bottom.

I suggest combining the two center rocks into one, more natural looking form.

 

[happyschneiders]

I like the two outer piles but don’t like the inner ones. The vertical column looks unnatural and will not be good for placing corals. Any corals near the top will shade stuff toward the bottom.

I suggest combining the two center rocks into one, more natural looking form.

I think you are absolutely right. I will continue trying to work on the middle one and improve the tall one.

 

[LowLi]

My scape for my 120

pls pls feel free to let me know what corals should go where on my current reef i glued a candy can on the highest rock worst placement for it lol dont know my placements too well

 

[vetteguy53081]

Like it. Many shelves for nice colonies or trachty, wellso, or scoly

 

[Jon Snow]

I loved this rock for the holes that go all the way through it. But I also didn’t do very well in art class. I guess I could move everything 90 degrees and put that branch in the very back.
Anyone have any advice?

P.S. there are three large holes that go all the way from front to back. One at the bottom left just had a bit of sand in it.

 

[MamaLovesHerReefTank]

I loved this rock for the holes that go all the way through it. But I also didn’t do very well in art class. I guess I could move everything 90 degrees and put that branch in the very back.
Anyone have any advice?

P.S. there are three large holes that go all the way from front to back. One at the bottom left just had a bit of sand in it.

Personally, I would remove the branch altogether. Your main rock is a very nice piece but the branch doesn't seem to "fit". What does the other side of the main piece look like? Try turning it around and see if the branch may fit that way.

 

[Jon Snow]

I should be able to get a picture of that tomorrow night. On the reverse the top would overhang the base quite a bit I’m not sure if I would have much space to place coral in the future.

I thought about turning the main Rock sideways putting the branch in the back. Kinda like how you can see it on one of the profile shots.

I’m just not sure if it would be worth losing the the holes you can look through.

I can see what you mean with the branch. I guess I could use it in another tank or try laying it flat?

 

[MamaLovesHerReefTank]

I should be able to get a picture of that tomorrow night. On the reverse the top would overhang the base quite a bit I’m not sure if I would have much space to place coral in the future.

I thought about turning the main Rock sideways putting the branch in the back. Kinda like how you can see it on one of the profile shots.

I’m just not sure if it would be worth losing the the holes you can look through.

I can see what you mean with the branch. I guess I could use it in another tank or try laying it flat?

Try laying it flat in the sand. Move it around to different spots, step back and see how it looks. Is there a curve to the branch? It looks like it does in one of your pics. If it does, try laying the branch flat but with the curve up against the right outer corner of your main piece. I understand about the backside of the rock limiting coral placement. That is a nice piece of rock though and it's going to look good with corals. Keep the holes showing. If I saw that at my lfs, I would definitely buy it. When I do any scaping, I try to make my rocks look like they "grew" together. It's like a puzzle.

 

[Jon Snow]

I have some other dry rocks I was given so I could try and play with them so I can try play with them I just don't want to overcrowd the tank with rock.
The only reason I ended up putting the branch where I did was there was a round groove the the branch quite literally fit into. The branch is sadly the only live rock I bought but it's not the end of the world I guess. I could try to use it help seed a second tank.