[b]What is aquascaping[/b]
Aquascaping is the art of fish tank designing. The inside of the tank, specifically. Cool people decorate their own houses but even cooler people decorate their own fish tanks. Aquascaping involves placing rocks and plants strategically, putting colours together stragetically, and for the coolest of the cool, making other features underwater such as waterfalls (pictures will come).
[b]Types of aquascape[/b]
As wikipedia will gladly tell you, there are a few different types of aquascaping.
First, there is the dutch style which is just using conventional aquarium plants etc. and arranging them in a nice way. Here is a photo of a rather dutch aquascape:
[img]http://bubblesaquarium.com/images/Aquascape%20Test%20Page/front%20page/Aquascape%20Front%20Page%20Sample%20Layout.files/Aquascape%20Front%20Page%20Sample%20Layout(1)_8444_image020.jpg[/img]
Next, we have the nature style aquascape. This normally involves recreating some sort of natural feature (such as mountains/trees) underwater. Natural scapes create a sort of landscape underwater. Here is a picture of one:
[img]http://www.aquascapingworld.com/gallery/images/358/1_PinheiroManso_2008.jpg[/img]
Biotopes are another aquascaping style. Biotopes are normally species tanks (containing only fish of the same species / 2 species) that are designed to mimic the natural environment of the specie in question. So for example, if you were to keep mudskippers in a biotope style setup, you would have light coloured sand and mangrove plants. Here is a pic of a Lake Malawi Cichlid biotope:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/AquariumArtis.jpg/275px-AquariumArtis.jpg/[img]
The final style is the saltwater style. This isn't so much of a style per se, but the other styles are almost always freshwater so many like to give saltwater it's own category. Most saltwater aquascapes are reefs, containing lots of corals and stuff.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Reef_Aquarium_At_Home.jpg/340px-Reef_Aquarium_At_Home.jpg[/img]
[b]Now for the fun part. Pictures![/b]
Most of the following pictures are taken from the AGA Aquascaping Contest.
[img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cwbt2D65i9k/RyOH_FZSuQI/AAAAAAAABLw/h-wsP88hkOY/s1600/2007_7.jpg[/img]
WATERFALL!
[img]http://www.konolua.com/RSS/Volcano_Tank/Entries/2010/3/23_Got_Some_New_Feather_Dusters..._files/IMG_0688.jpg[/img]
[img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cwbt2D65i9k/RcQYPu03ZvI/AAAAAAAAAMM/D885xGruWEE/s1600/contest05.jpg[/img]
Now you should have a bit of an insight into how cool kids roll.
Yeah I also meant to say that post your own fish tanks as well (doesn't matter if they're not badass like those)
Ok, here was mine with only half of the bedding in (the front green stuff) more went in to completely cover the bottom.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNbfdZ7YyZg[/media]
Never knew fish-tanks could be so pretty
rated arty
That is.. BEAUTIFUL! Wow!
wow
that's pretty nice, like eye-candy
Those fish have a better house than me
wow
I wouldn't be surprised if the fish had little purple pimp suits and matching feathered wide brim hats with a tank like that.
Those are amazing
My fishtank is very ugly
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Holy shit that is underwater. Goddamn.
[QUOTE=Jund;22979388]Holy shit that is underwater. Goddamn.[/QUOTE]
I said the same thing.
This thread is beautiful.
Imaging having to clean them out
I would love to see something like these done in hammer.
[QUOTE=Sub-Zero;22979595]I would love to see something like these done in hammer.[/QUOTE]
What's hammer?
Wow that is very nice
If I ever get fish, these are the sort of tanks they're going to live in.
They only look nice because they have no filters/thermometers/pumps and all that.
[QUOTE=ijyt;22979882]They only look nice because they have no filters/thermometers/pumps and all that.[/QUOTE]
They do. What most aquascaping people do is have what is called a sump underneath the tank. A sump is basically a smaller fish tank underneath into which water is pumped. The sump has a filter and a heater in it, so the water from the main tank gets filtered and heated there and constantly circulates between tanks, so all you need in the main one is a small powerhead to pump the water into the sump and an outlet to get it back into the main. Fishkeepers are geniuses.
Must be a pain to change the water.
I watched pictures at google and I like the ones with under and over water the most.
[QUOTE=Killuah;22980182]I watched pictures at google and I like the ones with under and over water the most.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, they're called paludariums. They're complete ecosystems with both land and water. They're awesome.
I could never do that with my fish tank, my fish and snails just eat my plants, and it has gravel at the bottom rather than anything else.
Maybe one day I will try something like that though.
[QUOTE=Ori Child;22980279]I could never do that with my fish tank, my fish and snails just eat my plants, and it has gravel at the bottom rather than anything else.
Maybe one day I will try something like that though.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I hate the fact that I've wasted my tank by not discovering this stuff beforehand.
Thats awesome with the underwater waterfall.
Heres my fish :3:
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Myfish.png[/IMG]
I know... still there's always a chance to do it in the future and start from scratch.
[QUOTE=ACupXOfXNoodles;22980411]Thats awesome with the underwater waterfall.
Heres my fish :3:
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Myfish.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
That's a pretty nice tank. Replace the blue gravel with white sand and it will be amazee.
Also, what fish is that?
[QUOTE=ACupXOfXNoodles;22980411]Thats awesome with the underwater waterfall.
Heres my fish :3:
[IMG_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Myfish.png[/IMG_thumb][/QUOTE]
Wow! That makes my tank look slightly green =s
I think the gravels quite good
I had a fishtank with a huge periscope you could look at fish with.
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