basser1 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 O.K., I admit I go to the "other sides'"forum to read stuff, especially the SPS section. Someone posted this aquascape, Now I know less rock is the "IN" thing, but this is really different! For some reason, it reminds me of the floating islands in the movie Avatar! I actually think I like it! Link if you're interested: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2463809 Link to comment
seabass Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 If it were mine, I would have gone bare bottom with this one. Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I like it. Very different look. It does kind of remind me of Avatar... Link to comment
patback Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Looks nice. Hate that you need to be a member to see the pictures. Are they all glued off of the base of another or is there some sort of infrastructure? I love the look of sps bunched together like that. Link to comment
Begow Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Wow man, dream aquascape. That is beautiful Link to comment
basser1 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 I like it. Very different look. It does kind of remind me of Avatar... Hey Slowtwitch...... to Nano-Reef!! Looks nice. Hate that you need to be a member to see the pictures. Are they all glued off of the base of another or is there some sort of infrastructure? I love the look of sps bunched together like that. I did not know that! The tank is from Hong Kong and the details were sketchy. Near as I can tell, they used rods somehow and 2 acrylic frag racks and is glued to side wall and back wall with, I assume, is epoxy? He says they use really strong glue..... Link to comment
seabass Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Are they all glued off of the base of another or is there some sort of infrastructure? Link to comment
GT350pwns Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 That is really cool Link to comment
hey Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Are they all glued off of the base of another or is there some sort of infrastructure? glad that bad boy is braced at the top lol I was looking at it going mehhhh I don't know if I would keep that in my living room couldn't say how much force is actually pulling at it though its prolly fine heh Link to comment
seabass Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 glad that bad boy is braced at the top lol I was looking at it going mehhhh I don't know if I would keep that in my living roomIt does look scary (like the silicone is holding the rock from the right panel). But I don't know if that small area of silicone would be enough to hold a solid rock structure (even if the panel could support the weight/pressure). I think that's part of the illusion, and the back of the tank might also be supporting it. I would also guess that the structure has to be light (maybe made out of foam with some porous rock covering the outside). Don't really know. I'd think that an acrylic tank, with thick acrylic rods and/or a thick acrylic shelf, supporting a foam rock, would be a better way to do it. It's neat and all, but I'm not really interested in having one in my home either. Link to comment
DodgerDave Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 That's awesome! You have the entire sand bed for coral. I big colony of dendros and sun corals would awesome under the floating island. Link to comment
cju84 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 How in the hell is that rock being supported? Looks awesome though. Link to comment
Maniu Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 How in the hell is that rock being supported? Looks awesome though. me think....... wire Link to comment
jikiya777 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 visually catching but it looks like a lot o empty unusable space to me Link to comment
DodgerDave Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 One negative is that you can't really have helpful crabs on the rock. You can place some on the structure, but they will eventually fall off and have no way of getting back on. Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Its definitely unique and interesting, but it just doesn't look natural to me Link to comment
CatfishSoupFTW Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 While I do like it - the flat substrate is too jarring for meh. needs some slooppiinn. Link to comment
basser1 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 While I do like it - the flat substrate is too jarring for meh. needs some slooppiinn. Yeah, but think about it, no dead spots to worry about!! Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I actually don't like this one. The whole bottom feels like it's wasted space IMHO. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2289970 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2465030 Link to comment
basser1 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2289970 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2465030 Thanks for the extra links!! Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 It is definitely unique and interesting. It does make me nervous if it was in my livingroom. Link to comment
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