Aquarium Aquascape Concerns.

diver22 · 03/23/2020, 11:54 AM

Hi All, I'm so confuse, i keep seeing most of these Aquascape in aquariums with minimal rock, don't we need crevasses so the fish can have a place to escape ? wont it stress out your fishes if they have no place to hide away ?

Reason for asking I have a 150 with the two overflow in the back the problem i have is the 18 width, so Aquascape is extremely hard to accommodate fish and coral. The only thing i can think of is a wall affect in the back.

Any input and direction is helpful.

Thank you!

Michael Hoaster · 03/23/2020, 12:39 PM

A fake wall on the back is a great solution. Saves you a lot of room, while giving you spots to place corals.

cvrle1 · 03/23/2020, 01:05 PM

Wall does work, but it has to be made in such way that there is room behind it for water circulation. One issue people were having with walls is that they would get a lot of detritus built up behind it and it would cause issues as that decomposed.

Another thing you can look into is removing those overflows. I did this on my 120G tank, and it wasnt too bad. They do take up a lot of room. Take a look at this thread for info on how that would look like, and steps on removing them

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1934188

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diver22 · 03/26/2020, 09:26 AM

thanks great option, how did you cover the old overflow holes at the bottom of the tank ?

cvrle1 · 03/27/2020, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by diver22

thanks great option, how did you cover the old overflow holes at the bottom of the tank ?

I used piece of scrap glass 1/4" thick, cut it into squares that were about 1-2 inches wider than the hole and then siliconed it in place. Just for the piece of mind I did same thing on the bottom of the tank, even though it would not do much at all and is quite useless. I had more than enough glass and silicone, so I figured why not lol. Water tested it for literally a month and it was bone dry. Ended up selling that tank to someone else as i found a 5 foot tank that I really wanted, but had no reservations about using it as I originally planned. If you plan on usingany sort of sand bed, these patches will be covered, so you will never see them. If you go bare bottom, it may be a bit of an eye sore until either rock or coraline or corals cover them.

Here is sump that I did same thing on, but hole was on the side for external pump (I will use this sump as either QT or frag tank down the road)

03/23/2020, 11:54 AM	#1
diver22 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 6	Aquarium Aquascape Concerns. Hi All, I'm so confuse, i keep seeing most of these Aquascape in aquariums with minimal rock, don't we need crevasses so the fish can have a place to escape ? wont it stress out your fishes if they have no place to hide away ? Reason for asking I have a 150 with the two overflow in the back the problem i have is the 18 width, so Aquascape is extremely hard to accommodate fish and coral. The only thing i can think of is a wall affect in the back. Any input and direction is helpful. Thank you!

03/23/2020, 12:39 PM	#2
Michael Hoaster Registered Seaweedist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 5,807	A fake wall on the back is a great solution. Saves you a lot of room, while giving you spots to place corals. __________________ As many naturalists and environmentalists have suggested, we should set aside our arrogance, our desire to conquer and control everything, and walk hand in hand with Mother Nature. -Walter Adey Current Tank Info: 180g Seagrass Sandbar Lagoon, START DATE November 28, 2018

03/23/2020, 01:05 PM	#3
cvrle1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Surrey, BC Posts: 454	Wall does work, but it has to be made in such way that there is room behind it for water circulation. One issue people were having with walls is that they would get a lot of detritus built up behind it and it would cause issues as that decomposed. Another thing you can look into is removing those overflows. I did this on my 120G tank, and it wasnt too bad. They do take up a lot of room. Take a look at this thread for info on how that would look like, and steps on removing them http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1934188 To get around Photobucket restriction, just right click on pic and View Image. That will give you proper picture.

03/26/2020, 09:26 AM	#4
diver22 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 6	thanks great option, how did you cover the old overflow holes at the bottom of the tank ?