How To Aquascape a Saltwater Reef Aquarium

How to aquascape a saltwater reef aquarium
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[@Hozay1]

Nothing more exciting than starting a tank and building a scape.

[@ReefDudes]

Agreed. I love the build process!

[@queencityreefs]

I used that Nyos and glue trick from a different youtuber too and wow! I love it.

[@di_ankaa]

Love it!

[@ReefDudes]

Thank you!!

[@fletcherwright7042]

Nice scape 👍

[@ReefDudes]

Thank you!

[@teereefer1276]

Very nice looks good. Are you using water or glue?

[@ReefDudes]

Liquid super glue.

[@Fish_Ventura]

I like your back yard, except for it being up there where it snows

[@ReefDudes]

Hehe thanks ! Lots of trees. It’s like a mini park :)

[@Brabostaan]

Can you explain what happend with the glue and cement? So I have reef cement, some fine sand but would every reef glue work?

[@Reefkpr1]

Scape turned out very nice. Good call on cycling the rock while waiting on the tank. I did that on my big tank while prepping the room and setting up the tank. When I moved the rock into the tank, I added fish and Acros day 1.

[@ReefDudes]

Heck yes. I’m likely going to re use the sand from my old tank to bring in all that surface are. Also is he 3L siporax seeding in my waterbox. Should make it pretty safe to transfer the fish when I do the swap

[@OnTheReef]

Which rock specifically did you end up using for this scape? Just curious.

[@ReefDudes]

It’s a bit of a blend but mostly the art reef rock chunks that were previously in the shallow office tank

[@JCTReefer]

Not sure what Emarco you are using. The natural is all that’s available here in the States now. I was told they don’t make the gray anymore. I have found the gray sets up faster and seems to be a better/stronger bond. When I first used the natural it would crumble if you messed with after bonding. I thought I had a bad batch. The natural also comes with bits of rock mixed with the powder. I would crunch that stuff up to as close to a powder before mixing. I now let the natural cure for at least 24hours before touching it. It’s a shame you can’t buy the gray anymore. I bet I used 20 buckets of the gray. Pancake batter consistency is what I always went for. Maybe slightly wetter. Love the scape.

[@ReefDudes]

I ended up just using sand, nyos cement and liquid superglue. Worked wonders!

[@Sammy31Dee]

They still sell the purple marco cement in the states....also it's best to mix it a bit thicker like actual cement or a touch drier and yea takes ages to cure vs some of these other glue and sand methods but it's so much more solid imo

[@RogueAquariums]

The rock scape turned out very nice: I like how you positioned the rock to form different structures. Good call on cycling the rock as you’re setting up the new tank.

[@ReefDudes]

Thanks! Pretty happy with how it turned out

[@EugeneRu777]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍