New aquascape.

bevo5 · Mar 25, 2020

Set this all up before being locked down so now I’m just pouring ammonia in to stay cycled, but I Figured I’d share the rock work. I HATE aquascaping because I never know what to do but I just messed with stuff until it felt right.

Tank is a 200g 80in Long

fishface NJ · Mar 25, 2020

Love it! It great that you were able to have little contact of rock to sand.

bevo5 · Mar 25, 2020

fishface NJ said:
Love it! It great that you were able to have little contact of rock to sand.

Hey thanks! Yeah - this rock is from https://blueiquatics.com/ - it's extremely light weight and fits together really easily. That big segment on the far right took some putty, but everything else is just tucked together. I think the heaviest piece probably weighs like 10 pounds. Great stuff. I just had to get it a couple pieces at a time because $$$.

A few spots have gotten a bit white but once I can get some coralline growing it'll all work out.

Nico_853853 · Mar 25, 2020

That aqauscape is great! Definitely lots of spots to put coral and also for fish to hide.

CK00020 · Mar 25, 2020

Could you throw up a still pic, vid doesn’t work for me

bevo5 · Mar 25, 2020

Sure thing. Here it is. My plan for the tank is to focus on fish that may or may not be totally reef safe, and then fill in with some large, flowing LPS stuff. I like a lot of motion and coverage. I had this tank set up before and it all just got too complicated with the SPS so I'm scaling it back.

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CK00020 · Mar 25, 2020

Looks great

bevo5 · Mar 25, 2020

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CK00020 said:
Looks great

Thanks. Will be great when I can finally get some fish in there..........

YankeeTankee · Mar 26, 2020

How porous is this rock? Never heard of these guys before. Scape looks great!

bevo5 · Mar 26, 2020

YankeeTankee said:
How porous is this rock? Never heard of these guys before. Scape looks great!

thanks. Yeah I think this stuff is relatively new but it’S popping up all over the pacific Nw. I think it’s made out here in Oregon or Washington.

I don’t know specifics but it’s definitely way more porous than other types of man made stuff. I had some stuff that was literally just concrete. This stuff feels more like the consistency of lava rock. You can crumble it a bit and it feels like it could break open easily.