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Post by jess on Jun 7, 2013 12:27:59 GMT -5
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Post by dharmajedi on Jun 7, 2013 12:31:34 GMT -5
I love it I definitely try to do it with mine. Ryan also has a pretty nice of coral tank that has minimal live rock. Thank God the wall of rock era ended
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Post by gotareef on Jun 7, 2013 12:45:50 GMT -5
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Post by jess on Jun 7, 2013 12:57:57 GMT -5
I've looked at those as well. I REALLY like the simple clean look and think that's the reason I always hate my scapes. I'm seriously going to clean tank and keep only what I really love, and wait for them to grow lol
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Post by oceangirl2009 on Jun 7, 2013 13:44:23 GMT -5
When I finally upgrade to a 65gal, I am definitely going to look into those aquascapes, I bet they look great!
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Post by dharmajedi on Jun 7, 2013 16:59:35 GMT -5
has anyone seen any of those cultivated reef rocks in a tank?
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Jun 7, 2013 17:16:45 GMT -5
Minimalistic rock work is the way to go. It gives the most room for fish to swim, makes the tank look bigger than it is, and also allows better flow to the sand bed. The only drawbacks are rock stability which is easily overcome by using rods or PVC for support and the overall lack of rock to put more and more corals on. I say give it a try.
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Post by scoobnoob on Jun 7, 2013 17:43:22 GMT -5
I'm planning a semi minimalist rock design for my tank, my suggestion is to develop your livestock list ahead of time and stick to it. Like many reefers I get coral fever and buy stuff as I find it because it looks cool and I know how to care for it; however I don't really have a plan for it and my tanks always look like a frag tank at a petstore instead of a natural reef. My 24 nano cube has over 30 different corals in it...I have a problem!! I'm sure I'm not alone in this. My new 40 is being planned with only minimal real estate available for corals I'm making a list of exactly what I want and it should have no more than 22 corals this will give them room to grow out into mature colonies instead of just bigger frags and look more realistic...atleast that's my hope, this is the direction I'm going and would recommend doing the same as far as livestock planning and placement prior to buying any coral to really keep it with the minimalist look. Hope this helps good luck I'd love to see what you do. I'm also doing using pvc to keep my rock structure in place but every coral in my tank will be on a rock attached to the base rock via pvc so I can take each colony out for fragging or to move around I've had enough with stuff falling over or growing on base rock and being impossible to frag.
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Post by lesserof2weevils on Jun 10, 2013 5:40:59 GMT -5
I think a minimalist display is much nicer to look at than one where someone tried to put too much in it. More artistic... definitely nicer - remember less is more?
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