Dream Aquascapes is a Whole New Kind of Handmade Reef Rock

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…

Epic Reefscape Photography In Tela Honduras

Have you ever thought about underwater landscapes—or better yet reefscapes? The reefscape extends as far as the eye can see. It includes, sponges, sea weeds, corals, and critters, but more importantly, it includes the hills, valleys, walls, and other physical…

Salty Q&A: Can Powerheads Be Concealed in Rockwork?

Question I have a new 60-gallon reef tank, and I’m using two powerheads to provide water circulation. One is mounted in the upper right-hand corner of the tank near the back and the other is in the lower left-hand corner…

Anyone interested in doing an Archeological Reefscape?

This past weekend we attended the Fragstock coral farmer’s market at the Denver Downtown Aquarium. Along with many amazing corals and some neat, new products, we spied this interesting arrangement of home made reef rock. The maker Rich had arranged…

An open letter to Scott Fellman regarding the ReefScape competition

So the other day I was having a conversation with Jake Adams on the topic of aquascaping as a whole. Obviously we didn’t get too far off into the conversation without being derailed onto some sort of new LED gadgetry.…

Tear Down The Wall! Re-imagining rockwork for a new century

One of the biggest problems for most hobbyists when incorporating live rock into their display is figuring out how much live rock needs to be used. In the “old days”, it was thought that you needed up to a “few…