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Old 01-20-2009, 01:10 AM
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What does everyone think of the rock and foam aquascape? When looking at pics of aquascaping my wife always comments that she likes the look of them a lot. Some people have been running them for several yeas now with zero problems.


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I've done it a couple times in some of my FW tanks and love the way it looks. And just think of all the extra room for corals!!
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Only seen pictures but looks if done well, can look great. There's been some bad examples on RC where its looked like little piles of dog cr@p all put together on the back wall.
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I agree it has to be done right. I think the ones that look terrible are the ones people try to build with very little or no real rock. For it to look good I think yout still need to use alot of rock and only use the foam to tie it all together.
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I'd do some practice first :P Wouldn't want to start doing that on my 160g. Maybe a few 10g nanos to give it a try.
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do you know of any sites that show how it is done step by step.

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I agree it has to be done right. I think the ones that look terrible are the ones people try to build with very little or no real rock. For it to look good I think yout still need to use alot of rock and only use the foam to tie it all together.
Bingo...I've seen a lot of fugly ones. When they are done right, they look great, however, more often then not I see some real ugly ones.
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I have so many extra tanks and LR that I am going to try this....
Imagine a tank where you couldn't move the live rock, even if you needed to.
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