Show me your ULTRA lowboy aquascapes!

[zpete3323]

Picked up this awesome lowboy from a commercial aquaculture facility a few months back and still haven't decided what route I should take it.

Dimensions sit at 96x24x10 which only leaves around 7.5 to 8 inches of water depth after accounting for the 3/4" starfire glass.

If this was your tank how would you scape it?

 

[blaxsun]

I don't have a current image handy (you might be able to find it by searching), but I have a low profile aquascape for my 160-gallon that I formed with three large slabs of Marco shelf rock. Then I just built up various peaks using more Marco shelf rock.

 

[CoralB]

Nice! Tank !!!

 

[polyppal]

If you’re going to run it as a display and not a frag tank, Id do a single tier of shelf rock with like an inch or two lift from the bed.

and put it on a TALL stand

 

[Doctorgori]

I’ve always wanted to do a plain sand and scoly world type thing, no rocks
edit add, maybe clams too
maybe

 

[The Farmer]

I would build it straight out of the water and try to incorporate a water fall. Possibly three peaks with water falls, some mangroves a lot of schooling fish that don’t jump (this one is going to be hard).

 

[damsels are not mean]

A couple small piles of rocks and some seagrass and mangroves

 

[The Farmer]

It looks like there is a built in over flow. Can you post a better picture? Thanks

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Looks awesome

 

[Doctorgori]

I have a low boy 4ft 30g for just clams and frags and this thread is inspirational…
I wonder what a tankful of just jawfish and sand would look like
edit: or just zoas/rics/polyps, et

 

[zpete3323]

It looks like there is a built in over flow. Can you post a better picture? Thanks

Here is the overflow. I'm going to put a height adjustable baffle on the weir with teeth so I don't suck up anyone and to raise the water height up from 6"

There are x3 of the 2.5" bulkheads here for reference with the holes being close to 3"

 

[zpete3323]

The rest of the room with the other tanks before setup. The dual 180g tanks on the right are running currently

 

[The Farmer]

2.5” bulkheads? That’s some serious overflowing
Is that 1/2” glass?

 

[zpete3323]

2.5” bulkheads? That’s some serious overflowing
Is that 1/2” glass?

3/4" starfire all-round

 

[LegendaryCG]

I would build it straight out of the water and try to incorporate a water fall. Possibly three peaks with water falls, some mangroves a lot of schooling fish that don’t jump (this one is going to be hard).

Waterfall sounds cool but I think the salt creep would likely end up a mess relatively quick. I do like the mangroves though.