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11/22/2008, 01:17 PM
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Show off your Island Style AquaScape
I would like to see some island style aqua scaping so show me your aquascaping. I plan to do this to my next tank and I hope to get some ideas. Thanks
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11/22/2008, 01:32 PM
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Starting to feel kind of silly posting my rockwork on so many of these threads but:
 Mix of fiji pukani and shelf from BRS drilled together with vinyl driveway marker rods, holes made with masonry bit and sealed with GE I. |
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11/22/2008, 03:12 PM
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11/22/2008, 03:21 PM
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logzor, dont feel silly... I had not seen it yet and it is def worth showing off!
Very cool! Boiler, how long has your tank been running?
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11/22/2008, 03:26 PM
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Umm.... about 15 hours.
 Everything was transfered from my 90 last night. |
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11/22/2008, 05:43 PM
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That type of set up is becomming more and more popular. Nice tanks!!!!
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11/22/2008, 05:48 PM
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My 120 gallon (there's no water yet...soon I hope)
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11/22/2008, 06:49 PM
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This is an old pic, but here is my kind of island:
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11/24/2008, 02:52 PM
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Sweet More pics please
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11/24/2008, 03:21 PM
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This is what happens two years after you build one of those "minimalist" aquascapes and can't quit buying crap. At least nothing touches the walls.
 
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11/24/2008, 03:25 PM
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MY Warmest Regards , MIKE [For My Tank Spec,Photo Album,Articles and website, click on my name] 92 gal Corner Tank,13.5 gal sump,Tunze Osmolator, ATC800 temp controller,PH Controller,Phos Reactor,3 Tunze 6025s,1 Tunze 6045,3 k2s,2 Maxi-jet 1200s T5 lighting,TMC 1000 calcium reactor, V2 800 skimmer,125 pounds Figi live Rock,1 " Sand,18 Mixed Corals,3 fish,2 Handfuls of cuc,[moving 50x in flow] Current Tank Info: 92 corner, (proud member of the reef central corner club) 130 gallon with 50 gallon sump coming soon |
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11/24/2008, 03:36 PM
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That pic is with 150W 14K Phoenix + 12K Reeflux + 2 X 130W dual actinic PCs.
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11/24/2008, 04:00 PM
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Wow more pics please, those are awsome shots of the tank.
Crazy zoa garden going on down there too. |
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11/24/2008, 05:08 PM
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about 6 months old, you get the idea though -58g
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11/24/2008, 05:53 PM
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nice zoa carpet
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11/24/2008, 07:59 PM
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Click on my red house to see my 390 and 300 build thread. Those are my last 2 tanks in Tampa. Now in Pasadena waiting to buy a house to set up my next tank....anemones and clowns...probably a 3x3 150 gallon. |
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11/24/2008, 09:16 PM
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left side
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PLEASE DONT USE GREAT STUFF (THE YELLOW STUFF) IN YOUR TANK........USE POND FOAM (THE BLACK STUFF).. I BEG YOU! Great stuff====$5 a can 24-48 hour cure Epoxy to cover it====little as $5 for small projects or up to $100+ for larger projects and another 24-48 hour cure I hope you covered it well cuz if you didnt it will start to break down in a few months sand is another added cost to cover up the yellow. Pond foams====$9-$15 a can 24-48 hour cure DONE! You can cover it with sand if you want to (YOU DONT HAVE TO) though but thats added cost again Current Tank Info: 125 foam and diy rock was taken down and replaced with a 150xt foam peninsula!!! |
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11/24/2008, 09:17 PM
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11/24/2008, 09:31 PM
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two sides, one aquarium
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11/24/2008, 09:45 PM
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11/24/2008, 09:49 PM
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all look great.
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Steve Irwin, still my hero, and never forgotten. Current Tank Info: just bought a 225 gal. Halides,4 vortechs, big skimmers! hell yeah all the good stuff. |
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11/25/2008, 01:15 AM
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beautiful aquariums, thats the bar most of us guys dream of reaching
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MY Warmest Regards , MIKE [For My Tank Spec,Photo Album,Articles and website, click on my name] 92 gal Corner Tank,13.5 gal sump,Tunze Osmolator, ATC800 temp controller,PH Controller,Phos Reactor,3 Tunze 6025s,1 Tunze 6045,3 k2s,2 Maxi-jet 1200s T5 lighting,TMC 1000 calcium reactor, V2 800 skimmer,125 pounds Figi live Rock,1 " Sand,18 Mixed Corals,3 fish,2 Handfuls of cuc,[moving 50x in flow] Current Tank Info: 92 corner, (proud member of the reef central corner club) 130 gallon with 50 gallon sump coming soon |
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11/25/2008, 08:47 AM
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If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. Current Tank Info: 180g reef: 3x 250w halides, 55g sump, Octopus Pro 300 skimmer, 2x maximods on wave timer, Ca reactor, bells, whistles, etc. Set up summer 2009. Also 37g temperate atlantic "local" tank. |
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11/26/2008, 03:41 AM
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Very nice pictures guys!
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11/26/2008, 07:56 AM
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FTS
 Left Side  right side 
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