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@MightyCrazy

4 жыл бұрын

Rocks and Corals doesn’t need social distancing?

@joshuabaker3184

3 жыл бұрын

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@joshuabaker3184

3 жыл бұрын

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@joshuabaker3184

3 жыл бұрын

Po

What happens when you have a tank up for 2 months and you have just watched this video and want to re-aquascape because you didn't glue and you want to use a few of these tips lol 😆

@SASenglish

2 жыл бұрын

empty some water from the tank into a clean bucket. and place the rock in there while you work with it so the bacteria doesn't die off from the rock drying.

Pro tip from Thomas! He took cardboard in the size of the tank, back and bottom. Measure out space on the sides, top, and back. You can now stack your rocks in the way you want with out potentially scraching your tank! 😁

@BRStv

4 жыл бұрын

Solid trick!

@PollysPets

4 жыл бұрын

great idea!

@TheYear-dm9op

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't that stuff just (biogenic) calcite? It shouldn't be able to scratch glas by a long shot and I never saw it scratching anything in my tank. Different story in freshwater tanks with real rocks though.

This is like 100 years of experience packed into a 20 minute video. Super helpful and informative!! Just a couple of months into the hobby and I can tell this video is going to save me from some major heartache in the future. Thank you!

Ok A freshwater aquascaper, but my dream is to have a reef tank. I can just watch these videos and learn so much and some is even helpful for the freshwater side .

I don't have a saltwater set up freshwater here but found this video very informative none the less

10:37 that aquascape is exactly what I want mine to look like. I'm starting a brand new 66 gallon tank and I want it to look something like that. I know I can't make it look like that exactly due to being a smaller space to work with but great job guys. I love watching your videos and how in depth you guys go to explaining, describing and showing things for us. I love your channel. Thanks!

I've been watching the many excellent BRS videos for over eight years. This is SUCH great advice. These two gentlemen speak from MASSIVE experience. I'm thankful to learn form their mistakes. Nicely done!

I use acrylic rods for aquascaping. Theyre invisible and really work well to hold everything together.

About 2 years ago, I inherited my first saltwater tank from someone who abandoned a mess and I took over in order to save the fish. This Summer I plan on setting up a new tank from scratch and I'm really nervous about it, especially doing the aquascape. Your tips (and supplies) will help me! Thanks! 😎💕✌

The habitat one is one of my top priorities, and has always been because in freshwater, African cichlids rely on a good scape for happy fish. I'm hoping when I set up my first saltwater tank I can do all this. Good video.

these two are my heroes. i love all the information. I really appreciate the beauty of corals, the process, the journey plus the fishy folks, even the beauty of devices in setting up and maintaining a tank (and yes it can be very pricey most of the time) but im more of a plant type hobbyist. I do love plants. And the lockdown (due to COVID 19) has given me the time I need to relearn my passion after putting it aside for more than 15 years. I'll start building my marine planted tank this year and hopefully to stay on the course. My first marine tank I used to inject CO2 (my substrate was mineralized soil and a fine whitesand on top) i was not able to document it properly because it only lasted for a little over 6 months because the bottom of the tank just gave away. And it was a little bit of an experiment too. But now, I believe im more ready. Thank you so much. I'll be watching more of your videos especially discussion on marine plants. God bless you guyz

Fantastic comments and recommendations. I love aquascaping almost as much as my fish. I've settled with african cichlids as my core for creating my aquariums. It just allows me so much freedom with changing hardscaping. It's an addiction for sure.

I love you guys. I’ll keep it that simple. I’ve been buying from you since you started, and I’m getting ready to upgrade to a 150 from a 10 year old 90. This video is perfect, and absolutely perfect timing

One of the mistakes I made was to put the sand into a dry tank, this traps loads of unwanted air bubbles which can stagnate over time...sure you can loosen the gravel to release the air but you can't always get your tools into those difficult areas,I found adding 2 to 3 inches of water to the tank before adding the sand pretty much solves the problem.

@hajjdawood

4 жыл бұрын

This is a solid tip. In addition you dont want to be messing with your sand in the first place as you dont want to kill off your bacteria. Thats why generally I advise against vacuuming sand, if there is detritus just vacuum the surface or get animals that eat and stir up sand.

@nicamnad

Жыл бұрын

Never been an issue for me

@emmaroid9460

8 ай бұрын

That is a really good idea. Never thought about that before. Thank you for the tip!

isn't it funny how the liverock sometimes fits together like puzzle pieces, -like it was almost made to go in that spot? Something really satisfying about when that happens. Lucite/plexiglass rods and also Legos make for great support frame materials if glued correctly, imo.

What a fantastic and useful video. I made EVERY SINGLE one of these mistakes in my first 2 lps tanks.

#14 If you springle powder from crushed dead live rock on superglue it pretty much insta sets and it looks exactly like the dead live rock. It literally sets to touch within in seconds and is safe to lift in minutes. Much much better than that spray stuff.

Such a great video! I have only had freshwater so far. I have been watching reefvideos for 2 years and I will take the plunge this autumn. Looking forward to it. Thanks for all the superhelpful guides, they have taught me so much.

@PollysPets

4 жыл бұрын

Adding a salt tank will be such a fun addition! What type of tank are you thinking about starting up?

I love your tips I got back into salt water Aquarium s I have a 55 gallon saltwater aquarium running now My childhood dream was a bigger size aquarium. I pick up a 90 gallons aquarium very great deal. Now I'm feeling ready to do a reef aquarium. Its cool to have more than one aquarium running. And it teaches you what to do and not to do. Learning from your mistakes just buy having more than one

I gotta say as a 'freshwater aquascaper' just new into saltwater/reef tanks. Saltwater is way behind in terms of aquascaping and hardscape, compared to all the rules of freshwater there is not much to it. like adding details, maybe using different grains of zand or gravel, golden ratio, layers, shadows, end point, i actually think a lot can be used in saltwater too.. that said i'm already breaking down one of my scapes to convert it into a saltwater reef, u guys got me hooked. Best informative reef channel out here, thanks for the content and tips. great to see thomas on your channel, watched his content a long time ago, maybe not the best aquascaper but definitly one of the best vibes. Cheers from The Netherlands guys 🍻

I have been watching your videos for a while and can honestly say that you guys are hitting it out of the park! It is evident in your videos that you are highly in tune with this hobby and are not just trying to sell a product but rather reinforcing tried and trusted concepts without delving into the anecdotal stuff. This video, in particular, helped me a great deal in facing my previous mistakes as I plan on re-setting my tank that has been neglected for a great while. Most of the work in this hobby takes place without getting wet, thanks for all of the food for thought.

contemplating if I want to go saltwater for my next tank. This was really helpful, and prob will save me a lot of headaches if I do.

I needed this video two years ago! Thanks, you guys do an amazing job with the information for us young refers.

@BRStv

4 жыл бұрын

Doesn't that always seem to be the case. LOL! Thanks for watching though!

I may be that 1%, but I love it when sps grows on the glass.

Kudos! Thanks for being honest and informative... as always.

Great video from BRStv! Lots of sought after advise and some timely tips as I plan my first AIO.

I'm a freshwater tank kinda guy and usually don't pay much attention to saltwater specific, more especially reef tank specific content... But I've likely learned more about aquascaping from this video alone than inumerable hours of other stuff I've watched on KZread. Superglue? Foundation Rock? Fiberglass Rods? *Game Changers* Thank You.

@BRStv

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

Many of these tips I know them from aquascaping planted tanks. I now learn much more with you guys. Thank you ao much!!

Thanks for doing these videos during this time of uncertainty it’s so nice to take my mind off everything that’s going on in the world thank you guys for all the content. 😁😁😁😁

@PollysPets

4 жыл бұрын

Right?!? !! Good luck during this time, lets hope it will all be "normal" again soon!

You guys rocks thank you i have my 103 gallons red sea tank empty and will start soon tobwork on it you guys are so helpful thanks.

Great video, thanks!

Thank you for this, you guys always have great content! Getting ready to aquascape a 180 and I will definitely be watching this again.

Thanks for the videos. Helps a lot!

Had never thought of using the rods before, seems so obvious now. I feel like I may be breaking rules here, lol....I siliconed egg crate to back and part of sides of my 125, then used pond foam to secure live rock top to bottom around the three sides. So I stacked against the back wall, but the foam has filled in all of the gaps so technically I guess I didn't? break the rules. I'm locked into that background for good, but it will be framed up like a picture so I think it'll be alright. Just recently stumbled upon your videos, you guys are top notch. Have been doing this a long time and have learned plenty from you guys in just a few videos. Great work/presentation!

Another great video. You guys are great. Really clear and seamless.

A brilliant video.Thanks guys.

Awesome advice! Looking forward to putting it to use

Lots of great info, thanks guys.

This is super valuable guys, thank you

I’m loving this series lads!! Always get some awesome tips 😀👍🏽

Fantastic video. Thanks!

Loved this video! So many valid points

Great tips for a Reef only tank. New fish intro will require new aquascape

Just starting and this was fantastic advice

Great information ;-)

When introducing a new fish into salt water tanks Rearrange the rocks to remove territories of existing fish. It’s a must really!

I'm setting up my first tank now, and this has definitely helped me in many ways. Thanks guys

@clautamiralves712

3 жыл бұрын

I will be doing my in couple weeks

@ottav45

3 жыл бұрын

How’d it go! Two months in!

@clautamiralves712

3 жыл бұрын

@@ottav45 i am still gathering the supplies yet.

This was very informative, I realized I had done a lot right. The rod in the rock was a great idea.

I have heard that the mined rock can sometimes be mined from underneath what used to be fields that grew crops. So it can be full of phosphate due to fertilizer. So cycling helps to leach out those phosphates before you have it in your tank under strong light.

@GreenCanvasInteriorscape

Жыл бұрын

That's one far out theory...

Great video, thanks! Definitely a few things that I hadn't thought of.

Good timing for this video. I'm in the process of setting up a new 420 gallon reef, and there's a lot of good tips in here that I hadn't considered. Liked and subscribed!

@PollysPets

4 жыл бұрын

WOW!!! You'll need to make some videos when you get it all set up!!

@Ajaxn90tx

4 жыл бұрын

@@PollysPets , I definitely will. I'm currently waiting for delivery of the custom tank. It's a peninsula 72x42x32.

Love your videos!!!!

Hello from Switzerland, so good advises, planning for my new 170 reefer. Thanks 👍

You guys are a great pair, I’ve bought a lot from BRS. 20G Fusion Starter Kit, Desktop Skimmer, Aqua Shield UV Sterilizer, FragZone Coral Mounts, 5 Stage RO/DI System, RedSea Reef 50 LED..

@BRStv

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support! 😃

8:40 , arch needs to be offset. Not right in the middle. Looks off. 🤣 nice video!!

Number 21. Put the sand down before the rock when your aqua scraping. I learned the hard way when I was putting the rock first and then one rolled over breaking my 125 glass tank floor.

Foundation rock, what's that? Pre drilled for frag plugs👍 Now we need frag plug blanks with rubble, until we accumulate the frags 😁 You guys and the commenters are genius. I started with a 5g and dwarf seahorses in 1969

@BRStv

4 жыл бұрын

Great point!

Good tips even for non marine projects

been there haha I totally rescaped my tank this week

Many thanks Randy and Ryan for sharing your experiences!! ! For those who don't know how to do your Aquascape the proper way, I would HIGHLY suggest watching this entire video!! I am currently recurring around 100lbs of my old school Tanga Branch and my Marshall Island live rock for the new SCA Rimless 150!! Have a question guys- How long do you think I should recure my old Tonga and Marshall island rock for around 8-12weeks?

I scaped my 40 Cube Structure over the course of weeks using, acrylic rods and superglu/instaset. then set it in a container for 4 weeks to cycle. turned out great. But for Some reason my LFS thoght it was a waste of time/effort. i still dont understand his reasoning but....needless to say i dont go to that LFS anymore. and my tank looks amazing now and is one big solid structure of arches and over hangs. before i put in in bin to cycle i grabbed the highest rock on the structure and shook/swung it around to make sure it solid and. it was truly one solid structure when i was done.

@anannyosamayel1350

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe your LFS thinks it's useless is because after you have all the corals in, you just wouldn't see the rock. I have also spent a lot of time searching for the very best aquascapes on the internet, I had planned to drill, use acrilyc rods and what not, but in the end, I realised the juice isn't worth the squeeze for me personally.

Merci pour ta vidéo !!! 👍👍👍

One of the biggest things I regret is building a structure with lots of vertical rock cliffs- it’s hard to place corals there and it leaves big empty spaces of rock while the rest of the tank is filled with coral

@jasonarthurs3885

2 жыл бұрын

Branch off the vertical cliffs.

Think what kind of flow occurs in nature. Almost always random and to snd fro

dry sort your rock design then cable tie, simples.

haha, I feel like you need my liferock memes i've been posting on the group lately... I'm basically poking fun at all these liferock branch / arch rock scapes. I just don't think it takes much talent to pile up that stuff and call it a scape. Branches or arches are accent pieces, but shouldn't be the entire scape! That scape at around 4:10 is basically what i'm poking fun at. It's become a "tank trope"

I once used sand from beach 3lbs & rinsed it in tank water & seachem Prime 💥💥

20:46 lmao the rock

I don't glue my aquascape because I'd like to be able to move rocks around when the corals need more space or to frag stuff.

30 seconds ago!!! Hell yeah I’ll watch it. Hello from Bangladesh 🇧🇩. I’m 12 years old.

@PollysPets

4 жыл бұрын

Hello (from texas)!

Yes

One thing to consider: Eventually you will have to deal with some pests. So, A few islands, keeping the scape low, and not gluing everything together... these tips will allow you to remove a rock and treat the coral on it. Or break off a couple coral and ditch the rock. This way you won’t have to treat your whole tank. Or when than Rose BTA splits or moves and is stinging your prize colony you can deal with it. Also as coral grows, you can shift things slightly into better light or to allow for better flow. There are many more advantages to being able to move stuff around.

@bulkreefsupply look at the coral tree structure from Caribsea. It’s 250$ but for that stable verticality and ability to change it is worth it. I’ll probably buy it. You guys should make one, bet it’d be even better & cheaper.

Photoshop the corals. Fantastic idea.

I like acrylic rods so you can use a heat gun and bend it

Some fantastic info here. I just wanted ask a quick question. Started a reef tank a year and a half ago. Now i want to rescape. Can i take the Bolders of Marco Rock out. Break them, rescape and epoxy now? How long can i have it out of the water?

so thinking ahead.. would it be smart to drill some holes in my rock for frag plugs before i put them in?

Compared to freshwater aquascaping, reef aquascaping has still to be invented, I have never seen a really well scaped reef in my whole life. Great functional tips though.

@russelmuldowney8736

4 жыл бұрын

Alfredo Reis Deus you are absolutely right. Coming from freshwater, I thought to myself, "this is it?"

@LightSearch

4 жыл бұрын

@@russelmuldowney8736 I tried to create a video with the top 10 most beautiful reef aquascapes on youtube. I had not only to reduce it to 7 but I also I had to include tanks that I didn't think I would have to. I have been looking into this for a long time and reef aquascaping is much more challenging than freshwater aquascaping. You have incorporate all the stuff that they talk about in this video and combine it with aesthetic considerations. A lot can be learned from studying the freshwater aquascaping, but for some reason no one wants to do it. There are thousands of people doing great freshwater aquascaping and not a single one doing great reef aquascaping. I have tried to persuade a few of those freshwater aquascapers to try their hand in the scapping of a reef tank but without success.

@Bdoncford

4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree. I had been doing planted tanks and what you see in that community are works of art. In saltwater not so much. Most reef tanks just look like random piles of stuff with little thought for the final look. I just started up my first reef tank but I held off for so long because I couldn't find any inspiration that looked like art like I used to. I finally decided that I'm just going to do my own thing and make a scape that goes against the norm for a reef tank.

@marcelrodriguez2067

4 жыл бұрын

@@LightSearch check westcoast reefer on ig his new tank scape is amazing

Awesome video. Most of the things I realised by myself over the years but yeah, good to have some confimation. Especially the point about not being able to clean the glass because you built too close to it or building a closed wall against the background...guilty as charged ^^; . Actually I'm restructuring right now an didn't want to go without tips this time haha.

All of this is new to me. I accidentally brought home a Hermie about a month ago and trying to make him a good home

* I purchased 1 gallon of biomedia and placed it into 12 mesh bags. I placed it in an Ikea tub with a food source, heater, pump, bacteria and flow. I seeded this media 2 months before my tank arrived. * When dryscaping, place your rock on a table; your back will thank you. Also, you will have a better vantage point. I had initially planned my rock scape on the floor; so I was getting more of a “bird’s eye view”. When I placed my structure on to a table; I didn’t like the structure when looking straight on. * Before your epoxy dries, touch it lightly with a small rock to give it texture and to camouflage fingerprints. * Save some small rubble. It helps make the manufactured edges in shelf rock look more natural by adding irregularity to the straight edge. * Use a rasp to dull some of the sharp edges that look unnatural from broken Reef Saver Rock. * Avoid making stilts for your structures. I added some to elevate my scape and to allow for better flow. It turns out that’s where all of my dead spots are.

@9StickNate

4 жыл бұрын

Take into consideration lower, unshaded space for Monti Caps, Efflo or other corals that grow laterally.

It happened to me. I got just the right amount of rock that I needed. But after I finished aquascaping I realised I needed more rock.

Combine number 8 and 3... it's rule of thirds for the grown in reef, not your rock structure.

awesome video guys!! can you add dry rock to already stablished tank?

@BRStv

4 жыл бұрын

As long as it's cured beforehand, then that's not a problem.

Can you glue the rocks and rearrange the rocks that are already in the water and are wet? What's the best glue to use?

I used I think 12 pieces of rock in my 200 gallon tank. Literally every piece was a large piece of rock, and no snail is going to knock it over, and with that I doubt I could put enough super glue to make it not fall over if I tried. That said, I really like use corals to glue rocks together. Put some encrusting SPS or montipora (they grow fast) right on the boundary between two rocks, and it'll quickly fuse those pieces together :D

@BRStv

4 жыл бұрын

Solid trick!

The worst thing i ever did is rescape an already established tank. I took all the rocks out to scape with e marco 400 mortar and due to me letting it dry up till the next day cause a massive dieoff of bacteria and guess what happened after i added it to the tank? Got those damn DINOS! Been 3 months since that and its still going strong have lost close to 2k in corals since then, im going fowlr once my remaining corals die off the hell with that.

Is the plate coral montipori? I need some! Well, I just ordered some 😂. First sps coral

Here is another tip: Use tape on your floor in the exact same dimensions of your aquarium, and then do the aquascape on the floor. This way you don't have to lean over the tank and risk scratching you tank. Even worse, dropping a rock into the glass. Also if you have alot of rock it can be hard work to get it in and out of the tank so many times before you'r happy with how it looks.

@PollysPets

4 жыл бұрын

oooh YES!!

If you want a bigger tube of "super glue" or cyanoacrylate check out 2P-10. You can get 10 ounces for about the price you would pay for a little tube of Gorilla brand cyanoacrylate. They also sell an activator for quick setting...and it's quick. I get mine from a local tool supply shop but you can also find it online.

@GreenCanvasInteriorscape

Жыл бұрын

I thought I was doing well getting two tubes for $1. 25 at Dollar Tree

To me there's no right or wrong way to make an Aquascape is all about ideas. I make all mine just out of pile of rocks and they come out just fine and never had a problem with them.

hi. Is there a site that offer suggestions and pic to aquascape a 125 gal. rectangle tank? I'm new to my area and I have not found any local aquarium groups to learn from. I will be doing a fish tank, not coral. thanks for your time and this site.

I'm guilty of just stacking my rock. And it cost me when one of the reef bulldozers knocked an small piece loose and caused a very large piece to fall and crack the glass, which failed 20 minutes later. Nothing like getting woke up to the sound of rushing water to find all your livestock flopping in the floor. Not to mention the aftermath of your wife almost beating you...

@TheNeuel

4 жыл бұрын

man.....I am starting to get nervous any recommendations?

@joeymerrell8585

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNeuel the maxspect glue gun. It let's you pinpoint glue while your rock is under water, without moving your hands all over the place.

@BRStv

4 жыл бұрын

OMGosh NO! That is all of our worst nightmares. Hopefully most everything survived.

@TheNeuel

4 жыл бұрын

@@joeymerrell8585 thanks man I super appreciate the response. Got one on order now.

@marcelrodriguez2067

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao if that would have happened to me my parents will kick me out the house

What's an ABS board? Is that like the star board stuff?

I did the glass cleaner thing Rock is way to close lol

One question you maybe mentioned but i missed, where is your heater located?

I’m setting up my first reef tank and used stainless steel thread rod to get a few pieces of dry rock together, is it ok ?

Hi can anybody help, planning on setting up my aqua scape with Pukani rock the question is can use ABS plastic rod as a strengthening dowel And then aqua cement. Thanks for your help in a advance.

I built a structure using 20lbs life rock shapes and bonded the areas that touch with super glue and insta-set. I can lift the whole structure up by the top rock, that's how well the super glue/insta set combo holds up.

@PollysPets

4 жыл бұрын

oh dang. Thats strong!

@TTanner1989

3 жыл бұрын

Just regular super glue that you can get from any box store? It won't harm any of the tank inhabitants?