150g Tank cleansed & re aquascaped

[andestang]

So I'm looking for some critique on my recent attempt of rock work. Not sure if I like it or not. Would prefer a minimalist look like Johns (lobsterboy) Don't have the length so I have to go up :smile: For the past year and half I've been battling some real pests in my largest system (couldn't be the smallest as I can really only use one of arms :confused: ) The final straw was trying to catch a very large crab and ended up wrecking most of the rock work catching it. Also included a very bad case of aiptasia (very bad - leading cause for tear down), vermatid snails & neomeris annulata algae (thought it was neat at first). So I ended up pulling out all my rock and drying in out, cleaning out my over flow compartment & cleaning out my sump. While I was cleaning the rock I found 2 more crabs & a large bristle worm. My health has been in the toilet for a while now and off to surgery again on friday so the rest of live stock, corals & any changes will have to wait for awhile. Plus will be putting it up for sale when I get out.

Construction of one of the towers using tie-straps & acrylic tubing:

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr224/andestang/IMG_1825.jpg

Full tank shots(sorry still cloudy):

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr224/andestang/IMG_1830.jpg

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr224/andestang/IMG_1896.jpg

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr224/andestang/IMG_1899.jpg

A couple of shots to show the room underneath(again still cloudy):

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr224/andestang/IMG_1840.jpg

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr224/andestang/IMG_1838.jpg

One of the frags I made from my Tyree piece starting to recover:

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr224/andestang/IMG_1864.jpg

Don't get to see this guy up close very often:

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr224/andestang/IMG_1821.jpg

[mws]

Hi Mike! Here is interesting video I watched yesterday, helped me a little.

http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/joejvj/aqs/aquascape.wmv

[hillegom]

unaccessible video

[andestang]

weird, I started watching it (almost 3/4's of it), had to leave so closed it and went to watch it again and now needs login ...

[mws]

.It's not working for me anymore, sorry, don't know what happened.
The link worked before I posted it.

[andestang]

that bad eh ? thanks for all the input :)

[Delphinus]

I like it! Bommies are challenging. They need to get some coraline going before you really start to love them (or at least has been the case for me).

Only thing I might have done differently is offset the two islands a bit so that they're not quite side by side nor front and back, but such that the ravine in between (hey that rhymes) is a bit diagonal.

[lobsterboy]

looking great Mike

[lastlight]

Sorry to hear about your health Mike hope things turn around for you (and you don't need to sell). Like those structures they look beefy.

[mws]

The way I see it, I would keep the tallest tower in a overflow corner and lay other one pointing the opposite corner. Or take it a part and do a gradual decrease slope from the tall tower towards the opposite corner.
Or even better would do two decreasing slopes with an open lagoon/pass(pointing opposite corner to the overflow) running between them, where your tower by the overflow being the highest point.