iball1804 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Dry rock. You can take as long as you want, an not worry about harmful hitchhikers. Link to comment
dmarkham Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Very clean set up!!!!!! I think the stand is sweet. I would stay with that rock formation. It will take a little longer but it will be epic in the end. Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 mmmmm If I were you, I'd go with dry rocks, I've dealt with live rocks for the most part of my reef years and kind of regret that I did, not that I got any bad hitchhikers but the fact that, if it's a new setup, you should go all out brand new and that's including the rocks you have right now, by the way that rockscape is amazing by far one of the best I've seen in my life. If you could rescape even better with live rocks and you really love live rocks then I guess why not, it's really up to you since it's your tank and taste. Link to comment
JR! Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 As a big fan of custom rockwork, my vote is for the structure you have now. That scape is probably the best I have ever seen. +1 to both Link to comment
Trav86 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Keep your dry rock scape You'll end up not being happy with how the live rock looks becuase it won't be as awesome. I did that to myself with my tank. Link to comment
Hognoxious Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Below is a look at my simplified aquascape ... The original rock structure was created for a 24" cube I was planning and just looked to large in this 19" tank. I think this new 'bonsai-arch' scape offers plenty of room for corals to grow without being right up against the glass. I purposely left a minimum of 4" between the glass and rock on all sides. This tank was initially intended to be viewable from all four sides but I have changed my mind (don't really have room in my house to do a proper walk-around tank) so I picked up some black vinyl from a sign shop to apply to the back glass. Should have sand and water in the tank this weekend and get things cycling. Link to comment
franklypre Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 You have a talent for this, If you are ever in Texarkana let me know. What coral are you planning? I can just see this full of SPS, which I currently have. Best of luck Link to comment
Hognoxious Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 You have a talent for this, If you are ever in Texarkana let me know. What coral are you planning? I can just see this full of SPS, which I currently have. Best of luck Thanks! Plans as far as corals go ... we want to go with less variety and let things grow in over time. With our current tank, I think we bought one of every frag from our LFS and it looks that way! So with this new setup were thinking of plating montipora, a few euphyllia pieces like torch / frogspawn, a couple types of zoanthids and then a few additional pieces that we have never tried to keep like blastos, acans, digitatas, etc. Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 wow even better!!! can't wait Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 subscribed! good stuff in here bro! Link to comment
Pandion Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 This is very cool! I want one now Link to comment
darthvictor Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Great job! it looks beautiful love your rockwork. Link to comment
Hognoxious Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks for the nice words everyone ... Looking for suggestions on sand. In our current tank we used 'CaribSea Argonite Argamax Sugar-Sized' and we like it but open to suggestions. We keep a shallow sand bed (less than 1") and like a really white, finer grain sand. Link to comment
Hognoxious Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 Any updates man??? IIX - thanks for checking in ... Long story short, just as I was planning to cycle the tank with the dry rock, my wife and I decided we needed to sell our house - so instead of having a bare tank sitting in the middle of our house, I transferred over all the live rock and corals from our previous tank. Once we move and get settled I plan on revisiting our original plan and starting the tank over from scratch. Here is a pic of the tank as it looks now although I did recently replace the Hydor Koralia nano with an MP10 ... Link to comment
21093r53 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 youre tank looks beautiful but that led is bleaching your coral Link to comment
Hognoxious Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 youre tank looks beautiful but that led is bleaching your coral Yea - I have since dialed the LED's back some since that picture was taken. The Torch coral at the top has grown since being moved over to this tank (was previously under T5's in our old tank) so I believe overall it is doing fine. Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 It's beautiful. Love the pristine look on it. Link to comment
Hognoxious Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 It's beautiful. Love the pristine look on it. Thanks ... only having 2 fish certainly helps in keeping the tank clean. We've thought about adding more fish but are fairly content with just the pair of clowns. Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Thanks ... only having 2 fish certainly helps in keeping the tank clean. We've thought about adding more fish but are fairly content with just the pair of clowns. Ahhh I see. Hope you still have the dry rock scape from last time....that scape was a killer dude. This current scape is fine but not as great as your dry rock scape ahah. Just being honest with my input. Link to comment
iball1804 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Updates? I know you're on here! Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Updates? I know you're on here! Link to comment
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