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  1. Thinking "Negative": An overlooked Aspect of Aquascaping

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    Steve Weast's famous 850 gallon aquarium:
    A masterpiece of negative space utilization.


    If you read my blogs and articles on aquascaping, you hear me blabber on and on about the virtues of great rockwork, avoiding the uninspired rock wall configurations, the Golden Ratio, etc. Yet for all my talk about rockwork, I seem to have neglected the need to discuss what is known as “negative space” or “white space” in an aquascape

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  2. Here is my story

    Well here it is... I used to be obsessed with reefong like two years ago visiting this site every day and it was crazy how obsessed I was! Well two years later I still have a tank but I barely pay attention too it. My new hobby is playing on the xbox... You should see how advanced this stuff is, the graphics aee unbelievable, so realistic and just addicting! I came here to introduce yall to some other hobbies... I know it sounds corny but it actually takes a lot of skill and the types of things ...
  3. Cannot find ID

    I was hoping someone could ID this stuff. My trates and phates are (supposedly) 0 and PH is 8.2. It almost looks like string or twine but its growing. Its much harder than other algae ive seen and its only growing on the outer edges of my returns.
  4. 150 G breakdown.

    Couple of weeks ago it was time to break down the 150G in my parents place and move the fish and some of the rocks to my sump...
    Was shocked to see the amount of detritus my sand and rocks trapped despite 50x tank volume flow.
    Another shock was to not find a single bristleworm or critter in my DSB. Could this be the cause of my nitrates struggle lately? tank was only moved (sand cleaned 1.5 years ago)
    Found 1 10 inches long Eunicid (sp?) worm in a big rock which could explain ...
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