Dream Aquascapes is a new company building and designing reef rock structures that are undeniably works of art. Made with slabs of mined limestone and attached together with sinuous pillars and curving arches of solid mortar, these reef aquarium structures…
EpoReef Aquascaping Rocks by ATI
EpoReef is a new concept from German aquarium company ATI which is a kit of reef-suitable rocks. The selection of EpoReef rocks are specially chosen to be mixed and matched to create a modular system of aquascaping. Presumably made of…
Ceramic Vida-Rock is Back With Great New Shapes, WYSIWYG Too!
VidaRock was once one of the great Ceramic rock makers in the U.S. but they seemed to have busied themselves with other projects the last few years. After a long absence the company is back with a ton of new…
RedBonsai Treescape is the latest masterpiece from Filipe Oliveira
You may not have heard of Filipe Oliveira but undoubtedly you’ve seen in his work countless times in aquascaping publications. Mr. Oliveira rocked the aquascaping world in 2008 with his first bonsai tree aquascape which looked so supernatural that it seemed…
A masterpiece is born: time lapse aquascaping of Worldwide Corals’ new show tank
It’s not everyday that you know of a certain reef aquarium which is being built is destined for greatness, but when that tank is being set up by Worldwide Corals, you kind of just know. This weekend while working on…
Nice Japanese SPS reef tank video
When it comes to aquascaping a reef tank, there is plenty of discussion on advanced rock arrangement, the golden ratio, and getting an asymmetrical layout in three dimensions. Sometimes keeping it simple can be equally effective at producing a visually…
Simple Tips for Effective Marine Aquarium Aquascaping
Since we launched Saltwater Smarts, we’ve been sprinkling the term “aquascaping” into our posts with reckless abandon. While many of you seasoned salties out there might be well acquainted with this term, others may find themselves scratching their heads each…
Reef Aquascaping, why hasn’t the movement really caught on yet?
Aquascaping, the art of creating asthetically pleasing underwater worlds is widely popular in the freshwater hobby, but it hasn’t exactly caught on within the saltwater industry. There are plenty of amazing, well thought out reef aquariums out there that put…
Featured Reef: Reuven Tal’s reef from Israel
Great reefs can be found all over the world, and even though Israel might not be known for it’s reefing scene, the stunning reef of Reuven Tal is located in Israel. It is seldom an aquascape makes us stop in…
Radion & Zeovit powered aquarium is a mini reef coral-scaping masterpiece
This mini reef aquarium lighted by 3 x Radion XR30w and using ZEOvit for management of nutrients and elements is a masterpiece of fine coral reefscaping. Using a variety of SPS corals with complimentary colors and contrasting shapes suggests that…
