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Old 09-19-2012, 10:26 AM
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Whoa, that's a LOT of rocks haha.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:31 PM
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Whoa, that's a LOT of rocks haha.
Yea it is but I want a beautiful aquascape and I'm hoping the rock and sand would be my main filtration..
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:34 PM
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Yea it is but I want a beautiful aquascape and I'm hoping the rock and sand would be my main filtration..
Not to be rash, but can almost guaruntee you wont fit 40lbs of rock 'beautifully' into a 17.5g tank!
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Old 09-19-2012, 09:29 PM
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Not to be rash, but can almost guaruntee you wont fit 40lbs of rock 'beautifully' into a 17.5g tank!
I think it looks great here is a pic of tank with rock and cycling just fine...alittle crowded but it all fits lol..
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Old 09-19-2012, 11:47 PM
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I think it looks great here is a pic of tank with rock and cycling just fine...alittle crowded but it all fits lol..
It fits pretty well. A crowded at k can be gorgeous . . . Just dig through Reef_Geeks threads to see pics of his.
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:18 AM
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It fits pretty well. A crowded at k can be gorgeous . . . Just dig through Reef_Geeks threads to see pics of his.
Thank you it took abit not a few different land scaping ideas and wholla finally ended up with it and I fit all 40 lbs in yay lol
I just thought good natural filtration should be good and id got tons of room for corals caverns for fish undecided on that aspect
His pics all pretty beautiful I only wish lol maybe
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:24 AM
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Thank you it took abit not a few different land scaping ideas and wholla finally ended up with it and I fit all 40 lbs in yay lol
I just thought good natural filtration should be good and id got tons of room for corals caverns for fish undecided on that aspect
His pics all pretty beautiful I only wish lol maybe
It just takes care and time for everything to fill in. You'll get there. And, I quite like you scape. You squeezed all that rock in very nicely, and there is interest in the placement.
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:22 AM
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It fits pretty well. A crowded at k can be gorgeous . . . Just dig through Reef_Geeks threads to see pics of his.
Damn you, autocorrect.

That should read "a crowded tank can be gorgeous . . ."
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Old 09-20-2012, 03:36 PM
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Damn you, autocorrect.

That should read "a crowded tank can be gorgeous . . ."

I hate auto correct too lol my tablet is the worst for it
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